MAGOS HERRERA "AIRE"
Acclaimed Mexico City vocalist Magos Herrera and her NYC-based quartet—Vinicius Gomes (guitar), Matt Penman (bass), Alex Kautz (drums)—are joined by San Diego’s Hausmann String Quartet in a soaring celebration of Latin classics and originals.
magosherrera.com.
“Herrera gets way under the skin of the song, recalling great communicators like Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday… She’s stretching the very notion of jazz singing into a sound that’s bold, thrilling and effortlessly global.”
NPR
GILBERT CASTELLANOS SEXTET
San Diego Jazz Hero trumpeter leads a high-energy set of Latin and mainstream jazz classics with an all-star ensemble featuring Gerald Clayton (piano), Karl Denson (sax), Luca Alemanno (bass), Ignacio Berroa (drums), and Charlie Chavez (congas).
jazzgctrumpet.com.
“Castellanos soars while imbuing each note with deep, deep feeling… Few musicians have done as much to boost the San Diego jazz scene.”
San Diego Union-Tribune
BINATIONAL YOUTH ENSEMBLE
Students from two outstanding after-school jazz programs from both sides of the border join together in this unprecedented binational high school ensemble. Directed by two of the region’s acknowledged Jazz Heroes, trumpeters Gilbert Castellanos and Iván Trujillo, the band will play its own original pieces plus music of border-crossing jazz master Charles Mingus and others.
yljc.org.
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NORTEC JAZZ EXPERIENCE: BOSTICH + FUSSIBLE and IVÁN TRUJILLO ENSAMBLE
Electronic music icons Bostich + Fussible of the Grammy-nominated Nortec Collective celebrate 25 years as the groundbreaking musical voice of the border region. In this Tijuana and San Diego premiere they join with Baja trumpeter Iván Trujillo’s sextet for a unique, jazz-inflected exploration of the region’s musical roots, playing Nortec hits plus the world premiere of “Tee Wana,” their tribute to original New Orleans jazz master Jelly Roll Morton’s period in 1920s Tijuana.
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ivantrujillomusic.com“An international sensation [and] ubiquitous global phenomenon… Nortec has deconstructed and reimagined regional Mexican music in their own unique and insightful ways.”
Rolling Stone