The Puerto Rico Heineken Jazzfest 2016 In Pictures

Posted onAuthorOrlando Mergal

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It all end­ed last night. The 26th edi­tion of the Puer­to Rico Heineken Jaz­zfest came to a close yes­ter­day evening with three excit­ing acts and the “doc­tori­fi­ca­tion” of one of Puer­to Rico’s most pro­lif­ic artists doc­tor Ray San­tos. Ray San­tos is bet­ter known for his arrange­ments for music greats like Mario Bauzá, Machi­to, Tito Rodríguez and Tito Puente, but he is also a vir­tu­oso musi­cian, com­pos­er and educator.

Dar­la Han­ly, dean of Pro­fes­sion­al Edu­ca­tion for the pres­ti­gious Berklee Col­lege of Music, bestowed a well deserved Hon­orary Doc­tor­ate Degree on San­tos togeth­er with Mr. Luis Álvarez, pro­duc­er of the Puer­to Rico Heineken Jaz­zfest and also a Berklee graduate.

Dur­ing the after­noon “El Sindi­ca­to Del Jazz” cel­e­brat­ed their tra­di­tion­al pre-event bar­be­cue party.

Telling you once again about the fes­ti­val would be redun­dant, because that’s what I’ve been doing dur­ing the last few days. So I thought that it would be bet­ter just to show you.

Enjoy!!!

Thursday, March 17

Henry Cole & Villa Locura

Pirulo and his Tribal Jazz Experience

DJ Guti Talavera

Friday, March 18

Charlie Sepúlveda and the Turnaround

Ralph Irizarry & Timbalaye

Luis Salinas Quintet

Saturday, March 19

Furito Ríos & his Standard Bomba

Antonio Sánchez and Migration

Paquito D’Rivera Ensemble

Sunday, March 20

Berklee in Puerto Rico

Roberta Gambarini Quartet

Puerto Rico Heineken JazzFest Big Band

Ray Santos Honorary Doctorate Ceremony

Sunday Afternoon Party (“El Sindicato Del Jazz”)

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