Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 6 PM – 8 PM
St James Park
North Second Street,
San Jose, California
It’s summer and that means the SJZ Boom Box is at St.
James Park with free music programming. This is one of a series of live
performances the Boom Box will be hosting in the park. Bring the family, pull
up a chair and enjoy an evening in the park with live music curated by San Jose
Jazz.
In addition to live music, San Jose Parks &
Recreation will be providing games for all ages.
Ed Johnson tours regularly with his band Novo Tempo which
appears as a quintet, quartet and trio.
Novo Tempo came together in 2002 after Ed Johnson
recorded and released Over That Wave, an album of original songs with a strong
Brazilian and Latin undercurrent. The name Novo Tempo translates from
Portuguese into English as meaning “new times.” Ed had been performing a song
with the same title by Brazilian songwriter Ivan Lins for some years, and
thought that the name captured the sound and vision of this new ensemble. The
group subsequently recorded two more albums: "Movimento" (Cumulus,
2004) and "The Other Road" (Cumulus, 2007), both primarily featuring
more of Ed’s original Brazilian-inspired compositions. These recordings have
garnered wide international and national critical acclaim, and the group’s live
performances over the past several years have routinely brought audiences to
their feet in enthusiastic response.
Personnel:
John Worley – brass
Kristen Strom – woodwind
Scott Sorkin – guitar/mandolin
Jennifer Scott – piano vocals
Rene Worst – bass
Mark Ivester – drums
Jeff Busch – percussion
Cost: Free
