Gallery: South Beach Jazz Festival opening
The eighth annual South Beach Jazz Festival took place from Jan. 4 through 7 on Miami Beach. On Friday, Jan. 5, jazz-soul band “Something Else,” with special guest Matthew Whitaker was featured.
Sylvie and Alexis Jamin, AnnaLisa Consonni. Janice King. Daniela Biotti. Kid Pankes, Brian Bacchus. Ana Pappas. Allison Slakman, South Beach Jazz Festival President and Artistic Director David New and his mother Charlotte. Hi Go. Mark Weiser, George Neary, South Beach Jazz Festival Board of Advistors, Sabrina Cohen, festival Board of Directors member. South Beach Jazz Festival Board of Directors Member Orlando Jacinto Garcia and Ceci Velasco, festival vice president and chair, Jazz Brunch Committee. Diego Fairbanks, Cornelia Adams. Ray Breslin, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Eileen Higgins, Miami Beach Commissioner Tanya Katzoff Bhatt, Bibi Andrade. Michael and Rosary Falero. Andrea Aranabia, Gonsalo Zamora. Enrique Arce, Pablo Martinez. Deliena Stone. Mark Weithorn, Harvey Burstein, Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, Francesca Gonzalez. Ethan Dangerwing, Lori Bakkum, executive director, South Beach Jazz Festival. Yasmina Phillips. Jazz Pianist Matthew Whitaker. Saul Gross and Hank Allen Barfield, “Something Else” drummer. South Florid Jazz Festival Board of Directors Member Patrick Feeney and Steven Sandler. Photography: Charlotte Libov