The Puerto Rico Heineken JazzFest Comes Full Circle

Posted onAuthorOrlando Mergal

Puerto Rico Heineken Jazzfest 2017Twen­ty-sev­en years ago, in the balmy month of June, a group of vir­tu­oso musi­cians from Puer­to Rico and abroad got togeth­er to hon­or cuban sax­o­fon­ist Paquito D’Rivera and raise mon­ey for the Inter-Amer­i­can University’s Jazz Pro­gram. The event took place at Plaza Dárse­nas in Old San Juan.

Through­out the years the event has tak­en place at oth­er venues includ­ing the Six­to Esco­bar Base­ball Sta­di­um and the Tito Puente Amphithe­ater, both with­in the munic­i­pal­i­ty of San Juan.

This year the Puer­to Rico Heineken Jaz­zFest returns to Old San Juan. But instead of going to Plaza Dárse­na, which would be too small and crowd­ed, it will take place at Bahía Urbana, a new and larg­er venue at the oppo­site end of the piers on the south side of San Juan Bay.

Danilo Pérez

Dani­lo Pérez

This year the fes­ti­val hon­ors Dani­lo Pérez, a pana­man­ian pianist whose life-long jour­ney as a musi­cian and edu­ca­tor spells excel­lence all around. The twen­ty-sev­enth edi­tion of the Puer­to Rico Heineken Jaz­zFest will also fea­ture iLe, Viva­Na­ti­va Funk & Blues, Lado Ve., Negroni’s Trio, Miguel Zenón’s Quar­tet, Spy­ro Gyra, Harold López-Nussa’s Trio, the Ellis Marsalis Quar­tet, Puer­to Rico En Berklee, Lan­nie Bat­tis­ti­ni and Hands In Motion and Bob­by Valen­tín and the LJ’s.

Music starts at 8:00pm Thurs­day, Fri­day and Sat­ur­day and at 5:00pm on Sun­day. Any one of these acts, by itself, would well be worth the price of admis­sion but you can get tick­ets for just $12 (Thurs­day) and $20 (Fri­day, Sat­ur­day and Sun­day) at http://www.ticketera.com.

For more infor­ma­tion vis­it the Puer­to Rico Heineken Jaz­zFest 2017 website.

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