Yoshi's Oakland has finally booked a Cuban act again and it's a great one - AC Jazz Project (can we do something about these generic band names?) - with Josiel and Yosmel, who have been tearing it up with everyone since staying in the US after the Maraca tour, plus Calixto Oviedo and a  highly-touted pianist named Fermín Sinfontes. It's an early show at 7:30 tonight, Aug. 30. See you there.

In other news, what are they putting in water in Sweden?

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Peter Maiden has a full review of Pacific Mambo Orchestra in Marina del Rey - more on this from Mike coming soon - and Tom Ehrlich's SJ JAZZ Day 2 gallery is up. Click on each photo for the gallery.

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Getting the old Issac 97 band back together!

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Jahir Sala, Ariacne Trujillo, Pedrito Martínez, Alvaro Benavides - photo by Tom Ehrlich

If you've never seen the Pedrito Martínez Group, you're in for a treat. It's a quartet that plays with the energy, creativity and danceability of a full timba band, with just the right volume level - you can feel it but you don't need earplugs. They play in two of the best acoustic spaces in the world: the new SF Jazz hall and Santa Cruz's legendary Kuumbwa Jazz Center. You'll never hear timba played as well and SOUND as good and clean as you will in these shows.

The Pedrito Martínez Group plays SF Jazz Sunday night  then goes down to Kuumbwa on Monday  night. Meanwhile, in  a different hall in the SF Jazz structure, the López-Nussa Duo will play SF Jazz  tonight, and twice tomorrow, Sunday.

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