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Tom Ehrlich - 2023 San Jose Jazz Festival-Saturday-Pt 2
2023 SAN JOSÉ JAZZ SUMMERFEST
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2023 PART TWO
PHOTOS AND TEXT BY © TOM EHRLICH
The highlight of Saturday San José Summerfest was Cimafunk who performed twice - on the main stage and ended the evening on the Hip Hop Stage..He and his band gave two exciting performances presenting a Cuban version of James Brown type funk.
Cimafunk
THE BAND MEMBERS ARE (STAGE NAMES OR ACTUAL NAMES IF GIVEN)
1. CIMAFUNK LEADER VOCALIST
2. DR. ZAPA - DRUM SET
3. BEJUCO - GUITAR
4. MACHETE - CONGAS
5. MIGUEL ENRIQUE PIQUERO VILLAVICENCIA - SMALL PERCUSSION
6. HILARIA CACAO - TROMBONE/VOCALS
7. CANDY IVALEZ - BASS
8. ARTHUR ALVAREZ TORRES - PIANO/SAX
ALL BANDMEMBERS ARE YOUING CUBANS RESIDING IN CUBA.
MAIN STAGE PERFORMAMANCE
Cimafunk
Arthur Alvarez Torres sax
Arthur Alvarez Torres doubled on keyboard and sax.
Bejuco guitar
Candy Ivalez bass
Hilaria Cacao trombone
Machete - congas
Miguel Enrique Piquero Viillavincio
Miguel's dancing and small percussion work added a lot of excitement and energy to the band's performance.
Dr. Zapa
Cima Funk and Hilaria Cacao
Arthur Alvarez sax, Hilaria Cacao trombone, Cimafunk, Machete congas and Bejuco - guitar
Cimafunk, Arthur Alvarez and Hilaria Cacao
Cimafunk
Cimafunk's dance moves and voice generated excirtement - this is definitely a party badn.
Cimafunk
Dr. Zapa
Hilaria Cacao
Hilaria Cacao
Miguel Enrique Piquero Villavicencio
Miguel Enrique Piquero Villavicencio
Miguel Enrique Piquero Villavicencio
HIP HOP STAGE PERFORMANCE
Cimafunk and Hilaria Cacao
Cimafunk, Candy bass and Hilaria Cacao
Cimafunk took it to another level in their evening performance at the Hip Hop Stage. The sound people had difficultiy getting the sound right taking over an hour. The crowd got impatient and started complaining about the delay. But as soon as the band started playing, Cimafunk had the crowd dancing and enjoying themselves.
Hilaria Cacao trombone and Arthur Alvarez sax
Candy bass and Hilaria Cacao
Miguel Piquero, Arthur Alvarez keyboard and Hilaria Cacao
Miguel Piquero
Miguel Piquero
Cimafunk
Miguel Piquero
Cimafunk with dancers from the audience
The band ended the concert by inviting ladies from the audience to come on the stage and dance with Cimafunk. The stage was full of ladies dancing.
There weere many great perforamces that day, but none of them created the excitement and energy like Cimafunk.