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19th Annual
San Jose
Jazz Festival
 
 
   
 
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
     
David Sanborn
NYPD Jazz Band
 
Each year, the Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival presented by Southwest Airlines brings the best of jazz to San Jose, the capital of Silicon Valley. This year over 100,000 enjoyed the weekend.
 
 
Friday, August 8
Saturday, August 9
Sunday, August 10
main
stage

5:30pm - Joe Ferrari Big Band

6:45pm - Orquesta d'Soul

8:30pm - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

12:00pm - The Jazz Funk All Stars

2:00pm - John Densmore's Tribal Jazz

4:00pm - Yosvany Terry

6:00pm - David Sanborn

12:00pm - Bill Holman Orchestra

2:00pm - George Brook's Summit with Zakir Hussain

6:00pm - Javon Jackson/Les McCann/ Lonnie Smith

8:00pm - Manhatten Transfer

jazz at
the rep

12:00pm - Yuma Sung Group and the San Jose Jazz Youth Orchestra

2:00pm - Gini Wilson & the San Francisco Chamber Jazz Quartet

4:00pm - Eddie Gale

6:00pm - Chico Pinheiro, Marcos Silva

12:00pm - East Coast Standards Time

2:00pm -Bob Mintzer & Pete Yellin

4:00pm - Mimi Fox

6:00pm - Christian Scott
latin
stage
 

11:00pm -Juan Chavez y Arco Kemao (Jazz Brunch)

1:00pm - Samba Da

3:00pm - Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet

5:00pm - John Santos Quintet

7:00pm - Bobby Matos

1:00pm - Alexa Weber Morales

3:00pm - The Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco

5:00pm - Claudia Villela

7:00pm - Chembo Corniel & Chaworo

smith
dobson
tribute
stage
 

12:00pm - Gail Dobson

2:00pm - John Proulx

4:00pm - Dave Pell & Bonnie Bowden

6:00pm - Dayna Stephens

12:00pm - Modesto Briseno Septet

2:00pm - Lisa Engelken with Frank Martin

4:00pm -Wally Schnalle Quintet

6:00pm - Judy Wexler
salsa
stage
 

12:00pm - Eric Rangel y su Orquesta America

2:00pm - Orquesta Borinquen

4:00pm - Rumbache

6:00pm - Karabali

8:00pm - Jesus Diaz y su QBA

12:00pm - Danilo y su Orquesta Tradicion

2:00pm - Mazacote

4:00pm - Avance

6:00pm - Anthony Blea y Charanga
blues
stage
 

1:00pm - The Gary Smith Blues Band

3:00pm - The Chicago Blues Review

5:00pm - Eddie Turner

7:00pm - Rene Solis & Tia Caroll

9:00pm - Lady Bianca

1:00pm - Jeffrey Halford & the Heelers

3:00pm - The Bay Area Blues Society Caravan of All Stars

5:00pm - James Hunter

7:00pm - Joe Bonamassa

rhythm
and
blues
stage
 

12:00pm - Jessica Johnson

2:00pm - Nicolas Bearde

4:00pm - Blane Lyon

6:00pm - Anthony David

12:00pm - Jennifer Johns

2:00pm - Ron E. Beck

4:00pm - Tony Lindsay

6:00pm - FEMI
silicon
valley
stage
 

12:00pm - Mo'Rockin Project

2:00pm - Full Spectrum Jazz

4:00pm - NYPD Big Band

6:00pm - Roberta Donnay

12:00pm - Diem Jones

2:00pm - Vandivier

4:00pm - Bob Enos Soundwave

6:00pm - Jonathan Poretz

 

future
of jazz
stage
 

12:00pm - Chris Armada

1:00pm - Stagg High School-Stockton

2:00pm - Mr Clifford-Rainbow Montessori

3:00pm - Gail Dobson's 3 Generation of Jazz

4:00pm - Valley Christian High School

5:00pm - Santa Clara University Jazz Combo

6:00pm - Laila Smith & Impressions

12:00pm - Santa Clara Swing

1:00pm - Straw Hats Jazz Band

2:00pm - Summer Jazz Camp Combos

3:00pm - Stanford Jazz Workshop Combo

4:00pm - CSMA Jazz Combo

5:00pm - Summer Jazz Camp Combos

6:00pm - Gunn High School Big Band & Steven Berstein
jazz
after
dark
8:00pm - Eftekasat

8:00pm - Danny Hull and Spangalang

 
jazz
beyond

8:00pm - Djabe

10:00pm - Vagabond Opera

8:00pm - Platinum Pied Pipers

10:00pm - Shotgun Wedding Hip Hop Orchestra 2000

 
other events  

Festival Club Crawl - 6pm to 12:30am

48-Hr Jazz Club - Post St & San Pedro

6pm/Breze
8pm/Outta Nowhere
10pm/Breze
12pm/Djabe

CEO Jam session - 9pm at Gordon Biersch

Festival Club Crawl - 5pm to 1am

Jazz Brunch - 11am to 1pm
at the Latin Jazz stage

Master Classes - at Theater Camera 3 11am/Intro to the festival by
Andy Gilbert
Noon/Chico Pinheiro
1pm/Yosvany Terry
2pm/Dayna Stephens

Mayor’s Jazz Brunch
11am by invitation only

Live Mural Painting - 12pm to 5pm
Main, Latin, and R & B stages

Jazz Mass - at 4:30
At the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph

Movie in the Park - St. James Park
Pre-show concert/7:30pm
Buena Vista Social Club/8:45pm

Festival Jam Session
9:30pm at Gordon Biersch
33 E. San Fernando St.

48-Hr Jazz Club - Post St & San Pedro

Noon/Eftekasat
2pm/Round Midnght
4pm/Surf City Swing
6pm/Keyan Williams
8pm/The Poblano Project
10pm/Cool Fire
Midnight/TBA

Master Classes - at Theater Camera 3
11am/Christian Scott
Noon/Juan P. Chavez

Jazz Mass - at 11:30am
At the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph

Live Mural Painting - 12pm to 5pm
Main, Latin, and R & B stages

48-Hour Jazz Club - Post St & San Pedro

Noon/Jazz Mechanics
2pm/Eftekasat
4pm/Harold Fethe Trio
6pm/Peter Anastos and Iter

 
Find more about the San Jose Jazz Society at www.sanjosejazz.org
 
Find more about the San Jose Jazz Festival at www.sanjosejazz.org/festival2008/
 
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