Cathedral Park Jazz Festival Presents The Bobby Torres Ensemble

Celebrating the festival’s 44th anniversary, Cathedral Park presents the Bobby Torres Ensemble featuring musicians of the highest caliber in the Northwest. This is a free event. Financial donations are encouraged. This is the perfect opportunity to sit back, relax and enjoy live Latin Jazz music by some of the finest musicians that the Northwest has to offer. Bring your family and a blanket to enjoy a beautiful summer afternoon listening to live Latin Jazz.

About Bobby Torres: Bobby Torres on Oregon Art Beat Special.  Bobby is a band leader, musician, record producer, songwriter, and session musician with a 40-year professional history that spans the globe and a lengthy discography. Originally from New York City, Bobby developed his reputation while performing with Joe Cocker at Woodstock, touring with Joe Cocker Mad Dogs & Englishmen, and performing and/or touring or recording with countless other music stars such as Al Jarreau, Jackson Browne, Beach Boys, the Captain & Tennille, and Etta James – to name a few. He has an extensive discography. He also performed and toured the globe for 10 years with Tom Jones. Bobby was nominated “Outstanding Percussionist” (a Muddy Waters Award), he was inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame and he received The Jazz Hero Award from the Jazz Journalists Association. Bobby has been a respected advocate, speaker, instructor and keeper of Latin rhythms on the Portland music scene for many years. The Ensemble is his central focus.