San Jose Jazz Festival 2011: Friday Schedule

5pm	The Boathouse Allstars
6pm	Doug Beavers' Titanes del Trombones featuring Wayne Wallace and Abel Figueroa The Poblano Project
6:30pm	Swing Dance Lesson
7pm	TBA Ron Gariffo Orchestra
8pm	Karabali Zoë Keating Michelle Pollace's Jazz y Clave
8:30pm	Ohio Players Swing Dance Lesson
9pm	Stompin' at the Savoy
10pm	Non Stop Bhangra Eliza Henderson After Hours at the Pagoda     (DJs and performances, 10pm–1:30am)
11pm	Millennium Sounds Orchestra

San Jose Jazz Summerfest Overview

The San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2011

The San Jose Jazz Festival is coming this weekend! This is a must attend event for anyone in the Bay Area that even remotely likes Jazz music. With 10 stages, every type of Jazz genre you can think of, and an amazing line-up of talent, there is something here for everyone.

For more information, head on over to the San Jose Jazz website. Each morning we'll also be posting the full lineup of artists for that day.

2011 San Jose Jazz Festival!

Our good friends over at WMS Media have provided us with a little preview of the San Jose Jazz Festival, which is happening from August 12-14. This is one of the largest Jazz festivals on the west coast and is definitely worth checking out!

San Jose Jazz Festival Breaks Attendance Records, Releases Cool Video

Thanks to Thomas Wohlmut for the tip!

The San Jose Jazz Festival is This Weekend!

One of the largest Downtown San Jose events is kicking off tonight! To give you an idea what's in store, below is tomorrow's epic schedule for the 2010 San Jose Jazz Festival. For the full 3 day schedule just head on over to the San Jose Jazz website.

SATURDAY 8/14:

 

Performer

Genre

10am

• Los Gatos / Saratoga Big Band (48Hr jazz club)

• Straight Ahead Jazz 

12pm

• John Ellis & Double-Wide (main stage)
• The VW Brothers (jazz at the rep)
• Lucy Woodward (smith dobson stage)
• SJJ High School Latin Band (latin stage)
• Orquesta Borinquen (salsa stage)
• Mr Clifford Music School (future of jazz)
• Let's Play Jazz (48hr jazz club)

• New Orleans Fun
• New Grooves
• Old School R&B
• Latin
• Brass Band
• Youth Jazz
• Big Band

1pm

• Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums (blues stage)
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• Jump Swing Band
• Youth Jazz

2pm

• Maceo Parker (main stage)
  
• Gretchen Parlato Band (jazz at the rep)
  
• Fatum Brothers' Jazz Orchestra (smith dobson stage)
• Ray Obiedo & Mambo Caribe (latin stage)
  
• Avance (salsa stage)
• Santa Teresa High School  (future of jazz)
• Yoshiaki Miyanoue Tokyo Quartet (48hr jazz club)
  

• Funk / R&B
• Straight Ahead jazz
• Straight Ahead Jazz
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• Latin Jazz
• Salsa
• Youth Jazz
• Jazz Guitarist

3pm

• Crystal Monee Hall (blues stage)
• Razin' the Bar (future of jazz)

• Blues
• Youth Jazz

4pm

• Marcus Miller Tutu Revisited(main stage)
  
• Vijay Iyer Trio (jazz at the rep)
  
• Aaron Lington Quintet (smith dobson stage)

• Grupo Falso Baiano (latin stage)

• Montuno Swing (salsa stage)
• SJSU Jazz Combo (future of jazz)
• Harold Fethe Trio (48hr jazz club)

• Jazz Fusion
• Experimental Jazz
• Jazz CD Release
• Brazilian
• Salsa
• Student Jazz
• Swing

5pm

• Ms. Taylor P. Collins (blues stage)
• SJJ Jazz Camp (future of jazz)

• Blues Vocalist
• Youth Jazz

6pm

• Irma Thomas Soul Queen of New Orleans(main stage)
  
• Jazz Mafia's Brass, Bows, and Beats (jazz at the rep)
• The Tamburr / Vitchev Project (smith dobson stage)
  
• Bobby Matos and his Afro Latin Ensemble(latin stage)
• Louie Romero y su Mazacote (salsa stage)
• Santa Clara Swing (future of jazz)
• Altered Roots Quartet (48hr jazz club)

• New Orleans Vocalist
   
• Symphonic Hip Hop
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• Standards Updated
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• Salsa / Latin jazz
   
• Traditional Cuban Son
• Swing / Jazz
• Reggae / Jazz

7pm

• JC Smith Band (blues stage)

• Blues Band

8pm

• Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans (salsa stage)
• Dara Tucker (48hr jazz club)
• Wally Schnalle & Idiot Fish (jazz beyond stage)

• Latin / Brazilian
• Jazz / Gospel
• Electronic Funk Grooves

9pm

• Ruthie Foster (blues stage)
  
• Festival Jam Session (smith dobson stage)

• Blues
•  

10pm

• Joe Bagale (jazz beyond stage)
• JC Smith Band (48hr jazz club)

• Avant Garde Jazz
• Blues Band

12am

• Billy Davis Blues Band (48hr jazz club)

• Blues