The San Jose Jazz Summer Fest returns to Plaza de César Chávez this weekend, bringing dozens of local and national acts to nine indoor and outdoor venues across downtown starting early Friday evening.
The San Jose Jazz Summer Fest returns to Plaza de César Chávez this weekend, bringing dozens of local and national acts to nine indoor and outdoor venues across downtown starting early Friday evening.The festival, which runs through Sunday, August 11, will feature more than 80 artists representing the best in jazz, R&B, Latin jazz, salsa, soul, funk, bossa nova, blues, and a myriad of other styles.
Among the other acts gracing the main stage at Summer Fest are the Family Stone -- featuring original Sly and the Family Stone saxophonist Jerry Martini and Phunne Stone, daughter of Sly Stone and band co-founder/trumpet player Cynthia Robinson -- UK funk band Incognito, Grammy Award winning Beninese vocalist Angélique Kidjo, New Orleans trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis and his Uptown Jazz Orchestra, next generation second-line funk outfit the New Breed Brass Band, singer Ms.
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