By CAN TV
“The 11th Annual Latin Jazz Festival celebrated the centennial birthday of the legendary American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie and Cuban conguero Mongo Santamaria.”
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Who played:
July 14 | Humboldt Park, 1301 N. Humboldt Dr.
6:30 p.m. Papacho Savon Ensemble (Cuba) – Tribute to Mongo Santamaria
7:30 p.m. Chicago Latin Jazz Collaborative – Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie
8:30 p.m. Charlie Sepulveda & The Turn Around (Puerto Rico)
July 15 | Humboldt Park, 1301 N. Humboldt Dr.
1:30 p.m. Kreyol Roots (Haiti)
2:30 p.m. Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Steel Drum Ensemble
3:30 p.m. Segundo Ruiz Belvis After School Jazz Band
5:30 p.m. Claudia Perez Brown Ensemble (Canada)
6:30 p.m. Ruben P. ALvarez Raices Profundas Ensemble (Mexico)
7:30 p.m. Carlos Adames Group (Panama)
July 16 | Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave.
3:00 p.m. Chicago Latin Jazz Collaborative
4:30 p.m. Charlie Sepulveda & The Turn Around (Puerto Rico)
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Posted on August 3, 2017