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SFJAZZ Spring Season 2007 • March 8-June 23, 2007
Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band; Omar Sosa

"¡Sabor Latino!"

Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band; Omar Sosa

Friday, March 9 • 8pm

  • $58
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  • $30
  • $25
    • “[Fort Apache is] the best Latin jazz group working.” – The New York Times

    Anchored by brothers Jerry (trumpet) and Andy (bass), the Fort Apache Band “deliver[s] the Latin-inflected jazz gospel truth with sparkling radiance and explosive rhythmic flash” (The New York Times).  Cuban-born pianist Omar Sosa has “a ferocious flair for rhythm and a keen musical wit” (The New York Times). Read complete Program Notes

     

    Personnel:
      Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band
    • Jerry Gonzalez, trumpet, flugelhorn, congas
    • Andy Gonzalez, bass
    • Steve Berrios, drums
    • Larry Willis, piano
    • Joe Ford, alto & soprano saxophones


      • Omar Sosa Quartet
    • Omar Sosa, piano, Fender Rhodes, electronics, vocals
    • Geoff Brennan, acoustic bass
    • Josh Jones, drums
    • Eric Crystal, saxophones

      

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