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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.

Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 11:46 AM