Montavilla Jazz Festival

Montavilla Jazz Festival presents The Bobby Torres Ensemble Sunday August 18, 2019 from 5:30-6:20 pm at Portland Metro Arts 9003 SE Stark Street Portland OR 97216. The Bobby Torres Ensemble features musical talent of the highest caliber in Portland to explore the many musical inflections of Latin Jazz. Bobby’s Ensemble delivers driving Latin polyrhythms by Dan Gaynor, tasty piano licks, a pulsating Latin bass by Al Criado, the Ensemble’s sizzling horns, and songs with both Spanish and English lyrics performed by his powerful vocalist, and daughter, Julana Torres. Bobby’s music is a toe tapping fusion of American and Latin standards arranged with churning Latin grooves richly ornamented with jazz inflections. It is a fusion of Latin-Jazz-and Rock’n-Roll with original songs and music by both American and Latin song writers. The Oregonian describes the Bobby Torres Ensemble as “Latin jazz with enough flavor and spice to satisfy your body and soul’s need for rhythmic harmony.”

Bobby Torres Ensemble

Julana Torres Featured with the Bobby Torres Ensemble