SAN JOSÉ JAZZ SUMMERFEST

SUNDAY AUGUST 13, 2023 PART 2

TELMARY DIAZ AND FRIENDS

PHOTOS AND TEXT BY © TOM EHRLICH

Leader, Rapper  Telmary Diáz

Drum Set - Yissy García

Vocals - Yellow Dress Thalia Gelalchino

Vocals - Blue Dress - Maga Shuka

Trombone/Vocals - Witney

Piano/guitar - Juan Vidaurre

Congas - Juan

Bass - David Gomez

Trumpet/vocals - Onier  Bacallao

Tres (guest apperanace) - San Miguel Pérez

Telmary Díaz

Telmary Díaz is one of the Cuba's best hip hop artists.  Her style is a fusion of many influences combining hip hop with Afro-Cuban folkoric and dance music, funk, Afro-Beat, dance hall, raggae and jazz.  Telmary's lyrics usually are socially conscious including issues related to women, society and every day life in Cuba.   Her delivery can be speed raps or slower less aggressive raps, she descibes that she does not want to just mimic male hip hop artists.  Telmary perfomrs with a full band with vocalists singing coros and doing dance routines.  

Yissy García

Yissy García is one of the best young drum set players from Cuba.  Her drumming was a perfect match for Telmary's music.  Yissy is a band leader as well as a long time member of the all woman Maqueque led by Jane Bunnett.

Here's are two videos of songs in various styles:

Juan Vidaurre

Juan Vidaurre played keyboards and some guitar.  Juan is originally from Caracas, Venezuela.

David Gómez

Juan

Witney trombone and Onier Bacallao trumpet

Maga Skuka 

Maga Skuka 

Thalia Geladino

Oniel Bacalao

Yissy García drum set and Juan congas

San  Miguel Pérez tres

San Miguel Pérez is an outstanding Cuban tresero from Cauto, Granma, Cuba. who sat in for a few songs.  He also perfromed with his own group at the festivla which I am sorry I missed

Whitney and Oniel Bacalao vocals