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.

A hometown favorite, this 9-piece instrumental band channels influences ranging from Hip Hop groups Wu-Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest; funk and soul masters Isaac Hayes, The Meters, and James Brown; and jazz icons Cannonball Adderley and Jimmy Smith. In whatever the genre, SFSE throws down its own uniquely funky, danceable, and cinematic vibes.

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 U.S. premiere of “Tee Wana,” their tribute to original New Orleans jazz master Jelly Roll Morton’s period in 1920s Tijuana.