World class Jazz & Blues on the slopes of Volcan Baru
Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival 2015
Photos and videos of the 2015 festival....hot stuff!
Memories are made of this....relive the wonderful 2015 Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival by checking out this great footage by our assigned festival photographers and videographer John Hampton (NotSereyus Productions). Enjoy!
Bernie Verhoeven – Fedora Club party:
https://plus.google.com/photos/101292903775064144272/albums/6112348812753650977
Bernie's complete album of BJBF2015 pics:
https://plus.google.com/101292903775064144272/posts/LGBB6hDSrch?gpinv=AMIXal_RXYbfbU5a5IlDcwoO7GEbaR3fZnzOd4VscWAXEajNv7XuhQkCyG1m8odWL8gDD_o6lpDlVJc1-nuy1HBhAqSXCJ348SuA5fXN_Agc50XjyUc5fXI&cfem=1
Michael Moore - Fedora Cub party
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/112689591421008933330/albums/6116999222559984449
Steven Philips - parade/Mike's Global Grill/Baru/Bar open mic/
http://ststeven.zenfolio.com/p27752533
Robert Brauns – parade:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/26705204@N04/sets/72157650639123372/
Baru open mic session, Feb. 6, 2015
https://www.flickr.com/photos/26705204@N04/sets/72157650293550729/
Saturday, Feb 7
https://www.flickr.com/photos/26705204@N04/sets/72157648391668473/
Mark Heyer – parade & garden party:
https://picasaweb.google.com/111402995672060871942/BoqueteJazzAndBluesFestivalParadeAndParty
Howard Hill:
Leon Blue:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/98789544@N00/sets/72157650646554186/
John Carney&guests:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/98789544@N00/sets/72157648382969514/
Bruce Tohill
BCP show, Thursday, Feb 5
John Carney with Mendi Carney and Carla Kjearby, and Leon Blue
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130351850%40N08/sets/72157650623061556/
Garden party
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130351850@N08/sets/72157650668256081/
Bruce Tohill's complete coverage of the festival:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130351850%40N08/sets/72157650753919835/
Sunday, Feb 8:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130351850%40N08/sets/72157650832526871/
Doreen Delong
BJBF 2015, Saturday, Feb 7:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/118123817@N06/16307246639/in/set-72157650745913631/
Jam session at Bary restaurant, Thursday, Feb 5:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/118123817@N06/sets/72157650344445868/
BJBF 2015 Saturday
https://www.flickr.com/photos/118123817%40N06/sets/72157650745913631/
Tyler Schuett
Garden Party @ The Panamonte - Malamanya (04 FEB)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131295720@N02/sets/72157650445988337/
Valle Escondido Amphitheater (07 FEB)
John Carney's Gato Maximo, Deanna Bogart Band, Yelba & Latin Fire, Shakura S'Aida
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131295720@N02/sets/72157648553802084/
The Rock Cafe (07 FEB)
Malamanya, Yelba & Latin Fire
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131295720@N02/sets/72157648571355274/
Valle Escondido Amphitheater (08 FEB)
Rigoberto Coba's Big Band, Andy Egert, Leon Blue & B3, Li'l Ed & The Blues Imperials, Malamanya
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131295720@N02/sets/72157648552632324/
Mike's Global Grill (08 FEB)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131295720@N02/sets/72157650891824152/
Video section
If you were at Valle Escondido two weeks ago you saw some of the best performances in the history of the BJBF.
Here's an hours worth of YouTube reminders from the four shows on Saturday Feb 7, 2015.
Each one is about 15 minutes long. Videos produced by John Hampton.
Memories are made of this....relive the wonderful 2015 Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival by checking out this great footage by our assigned festival photographers and videographer John Hampton (NotSereyus Productions). Enjoy!
Bernie Verhoeven – Fedora Club party:
https://plus.google.com/photos/101292903775064144272/albums/6112348812753650977
Bernie's complete album of BJBF2015 pics:
https://plus.google.com/101292903775064144272/posts/LGBB6hDSrch?gpinv=AMIXal_RXYbfbU5a5IlDcwoO7GEbaR3fZnzOd4VscWAXEajNv7XuhQkCyG1m8odWL8gDD_o6lpDlVJc1-nuy1HBhAqSXCJ348SuA5fXN_Agc50XjyUc5fXI&cfem=1
Michael Moore - Fedora Cub party
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/112689591421008933330/albums/6116999222559984449
Steven Philips - parade/Mike's Global Grill/Baru/Bar open mic/
http://ststeven.zenfolio.com/p27752533
Robert Brauns – parade:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/26705204@N04/sets/72157650639123372/
Baru open mic session, Feb. 6, 2015
https://www.flickr.com/photos/26705204@N04/sets/72157650293550729/
Saturday, Feb 7
https://www.flickr.com/photos/26705204@N04/sets/72157648391668473/
Mark Heyer – parade & garden party:
https://picasaweb.google.com/111402995672060871942/BoqueteJazzAndBluesFestivalParadeAndParty
Howard Hill:
Leon Blue:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/98789544@N00/sets/72157650646554186/
John Carney&guests:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/98789544@N00/sets/72157648382969514/
Bruce Tohill
BCP show, Thursday, Feb 5
John Carney with Mendi Carney and Carla Kjearby, and Leon Blue
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130351850%40N08/sets/72157650623061556/
Garden party
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130351850@N08/sets/72157650668256081/
Bruce Tohill's complete coverage of the festival:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130351850%40N08/sets/72157650753919835/
Sunday, Feb 8:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130351850%40N08/sets/72157650832526871/
Doreen Delong
BJBF 2015, Saturday, Feb 7:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/118123817@N06/16307246639/in/set-72157650745913631/
Jam session at Bary restaurant, Thursday, Feb 5:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/118123817@N06/sets/72157650344445868/
BJBF 2015 Saturday
https://www.flickr.com/photos/118123817%40N06/sets/72157650745913631/
Tyler Schuett
Garden Party @ The Panamonte - Malamanya (04 FEB)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131295720@N02/sets/72157650445988337/
Valle Escondido Amphitheater (07 FEB)
John Carney's Gato Maximo, Deanna Bogart Band, Yelba & Latin Fire, Shakura S'Aida
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131295720@N02/sets/72157648553802084/
The Rock Cafe (07 FEB)
Malamanya, Yelba & Latin Fire
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131295720@N02/sets/72157648571355274/
Valle Escondido Amphitheater (08 FEB)
Rigoberto Coba's Big Band, Andy Egert, Leon Blue & B3, Li'l Ed & The Blues Imperials, Malamanya
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131295720@N02/sets/72157648552632324/
Mike's Global Grill (08 FEB)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131295720@N02/sets/72157650891824152/
Video section
If you were at Valle Escondido two weeks ago you saw some of the best performances in the history of the BJBF.
Here's an hours worth of YouTube reminders from the four shows on Saturday Feb 7, 2015.
Each one is about 15 minutes long. Videos produced by John Hampton.
John Carney&Gato Maximo, Saturday Feb 7, 2015
Deanna Bogart Band, Saturday, Feb 7, 2015
Yelba&Latin Fire, Saturday, Feb 7, 2015
Shakura S'Aida, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015
Jam at Mike's Global Grill, Wednesday, Feb 4 2015
with the Adam Rodriguez band, Deanna Bogart, and members of Malamanya, by Steven Philips
BJBF 2015 Sexy Saturday sampler, by John Hampton
Mo' cool stuff of the Biggest little Festival on the planet...Sunday, Feb 8. Enjoy! Video by John Hampton
Opening of the Art of Music show at the Boquete library, by John Hampton
Garden party with Malamanya at the Panamonte hotel, Wednesday, Feb 4, by John Hampton
Free concert in the park, Thursday, Feb. 5, with Gary Whiting (b), Edgar Vargas (gt) and Chris Hagen (dr), by John Hampton
Show with two masters at the local community theater BCP...Leon Blue/blues piano and John Carney & friends/ Spanish guitar. By John Hampton
A stellar jam session at Baru restaurant with Deanna Bogart & friends, Thursday, Feb 5. By John Hampton
The 18piece big band of Rigoberto Coba, a music professor at a university in David, the capital of Chiriqui province. This band was formed specifically for the 2012 Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival.
Li'l Ed & The Blues Imperials with Deanna Bogart and Leon Blue sitting in....
Students of the 'Academia Internacional de Boquete' showing a short version of an adaptation of 'Grease' which was produced with the help of a donation by our BJBF Music for Schools program
A collection of short clips of the HiLites of the 2015 festival.
BJBF sponsored two complimentary tours to the Miraflores locks on the Panama canal for some of the musicians who performed at the festival. Here are some pics of those tours.