Event Listing - Music

Wed Jul 9

Jewels in the Square Presents

Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble

Tel. 415 477 2610
Email Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble
Website

Location	Date and Time
Union Square Stockton and Post San Francisco, CA - map cross street: Powell & Geary district: Union Square/San Francisco Centre	Wed Jul 9 (6pm - 8pm)

Description

The Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble (LJYE) of San Francisco is a performing group of talented musicians ages ten to 18. They perform Latin jazz classics and original compositions at a level that has landed them gigs at the San Jose Jazz Festival, the KCSM Jazz Festival, KGO Radio, Yerba Buena Gardens, SF Museum of Modern Art, Paramount's Great America and the world-renown jazz club, Yoshi’s. The LJYE has shared the stage with legendary performers such as the great Cuban bassist, Cachao; piano virtuoso Chuchito Valdes; Latin jazz heavyweights Poncho Sanchez and Clare Fischer; and the Grammy Award-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra. The LJYE mission is to preserve the traditions of Latin jazz and Afro-Cuban music by teaching it to youth and to create role models for aspiring student musicians.