Over the past two summers, one of the Stanford Jazz Festival's favorite crowd-pleasing events has been our Descarga. Led once again by trombonist Wayne Wallace (right), Descarga returns to the festival for 2006 with a stellar lineup in a larger venue. The jam session is perhaps jazz music's most treasured tradition. For years, one of the best jam sessions took place at New York's legendary Village Gate club. The Monday night event was known as "Descarga" and it regularly featured a veritable who's who of famous jazz soloists performing with great Latin rhythm masters. Dinkelspiel Auditorium is sure to be alive.
Inside Jazz: Descarga! The Masters of the Latin Jam Session: Israel Lopez Cachao, Bebo Valdes, Chico O'Farrill, Walfredo De Los Reyes
7 pm | Free with concert ticket
Speaker: Chuy Varela, KCSM Jazz 91.1 FM