We hope you
enjoyed the
13th Annual Brownsville Latin
Jazz Festival, definitely one of the
best ever... see you next year!
The Latin Jazz Festival proudly
welcomes to Brownsville
our latest sponsor:
THURSDAY OCTOBER 8
featured a
FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT
with A MUSICAL
TRIBUTE TO
DIZZY GILLESPIE & CHANO POZO!
Dizzy Gillespie
Chano Pozo
Latin jazz
history was made when trumpeter
“Dizzy” Gillespie, already a
dazzling and controversial musician for his contribution to the then new
music known as "Bebop" brought Cuban percussionist
Chano Pozo into his big
band in 1947. The music they made during before Pozo was tragically killed a
short time later helped launch the fusion of American jazz and Cuban
music first called “Cubop”, a fusion still explored and
reinvented not just in Cuba and the USA, but all over the world!
It was the
best straight ahead Jaaz we've ever had with
selected students, faculty and artists of the UTB/TSC Jazz Bands,
local Jazz guitar master
Clay Moore
& his Frontera Jazz Quartet,
trumpet virtuoso
Dennis Dotson
and WORLD RENOWNED trombone maestro
Ron Wilkins!
2451 Pablo Kisel Blvd, Brownsville, TX 78526 in front of Best Buy... click
here for a map.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 9
was the
PREMIER SALSA
DANCE
EVENT OF THE YEAR with
Considered one of the top Salsa dance bands in Texas, Ritmo 3 is
an Austin-based
ensemble with an energetic groove fusion.
Performing a diverse Latin repertoire that includes Son Cubano,
Timba, Salsa, Cumbia, Cha Cha Cha and
other rhythms, they are
dedicated to making people feel the
music and enjoy Latin dancing!
PLUS
Everyone was amazed
with
the most spectacular
Salsa Showcases by the
best professional dancers
we could find
in Mexico
& Texas,
featuring
ROMEO y ERIKA, from
Oaxaca, the
five-time
Mexico Salsa Champions
and featured
dancers
of Televisa/Univision's
super popular reality
TV show
"Bailando por
un Sueño!
Check out their amazing
performance
on YouTube!
SATURDAY OCTOBER 10
was our TROPICAL GALA
in an ambience reminiscent of a classic Latin Dance Club,
with
the world-class music of the Festival's headline band,
the Grammy Award Winning
DIRECT FROM NEW YORK CITY... MASTERS OF OLD-SCHOOL SALSA!
with an opening set by the RGV's very
own...
PLUS...
Professional Salsa Dance Showcases!
SUNDAY OCTOBER 11
from 2pm until 10pm
was the Latin Jazz Festival's
popular
FREE CONCERT
...a
day of excellent music, dance, art, good food and wholesome
fun for the entire family from 2 PM to 10 PM, featuring:
The UTPA
Salsa Band
our neighbors from the upper RGV,
directed by Dr. Pedro Martinez were bigger and better than ever!
ANI THARPE
Jazz Ensemble
A
favorite of countless RGV kids for many years, the star of TV's
"Ani Time" sang smooth Latin Jazz with Zeek Aguilar, Jimmy
Cantu, Terry Tomlin, Tom Nevill, JJ Peña and other top musicians!
A spectacular show never seen in Brownsville
was a favorite of the 13th Annual Brownsville Latin Jazz
Festival...
the Carnaval of
Rio came to the Rio Grande with over 30
drummers (bateria) and dancers, complete with the luxurious
silk, plumes and velvet of the flag-bearer (porta-bandeira), and
a Master of Ceremonies (mestre-sala). No one
there will ever forget this fun and colorful Brazilian spectacle
that also featured the giant incredible puppets of San Antonio's
LasMonas.org!
Check out
a video
Salsa del Rio
The
award-winning salseros from San Marcos' Texas State University
have traveled the world over impressing audiences from
Switzerland to South Bend!
Grupo Aché
The lords of the Rio Grande
Valley's Salsa
scene LEFT NO DOUBT
as to why they're considered the
best with truly great showmanship
in a memorable performance...
our congratulations Aché!
Check out this video
of their closing set!
Every venue
of the 13th Annual
Brownsville Latin Jazz Festival
displayed the tropical masterpieces
of TONI HUDSON and the friends of
