Closing Night.
Can it be?
[img]1244|left|Poncho Sanchez||no_popup[/img]It has become a tradition lately for the Summer Concert Series in the Courtyard of City Hall to end on the evening before Fiesta La Ballona Weekend opens at Vets Park.
So it must be closing time.
Eight weeks of concerts — six by longtime entrepreneur Gary Mandell of Boulevard Music and the last two by Ruth Price of the Jazz Bakery — have slipped by.
In the second straight week of departing from the regular Summer Concert Series entertainment fare, the universally appealing Latin jazz star Poncho Sanchez headlines and dominates Closing Night, starting at 7 o’clock.
By his resume, Senor Sanchez has performed with the best talent –
a Latin jazz band leader, conga player and salsa singer – he has performed with artists Cal Tjader, Mongo Santamaría, Hugh Masakela, Clare Fischer and Tower of Power, among others. He and his ensemble won a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album for their work on the Concord Picante album Latin Soul.
