{"id":50016,"date":"2021-10-09T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=50016"},"modified":"2021-10-11T18:41:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T01:41:59","slug":"latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble Celebrates 20 Years of cultural education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Sept. 12, family and friends came together at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco (LJYE): a program that advances social justice and delivers world class jazz performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The open-air concert attracted a near-capacity crowd of alumni and current members . Bursts of applause and dancing to the lively Latin rhythms could be heard throughout the downtown cultural square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LJYE alumna Cielo Contreras, who sang \u201cSe Me Olvid\u00f3 Otra Vez\u201d at the concert, said that she feels most alive when she is performing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current LJYE member Ceferino Vergara-Tucker said, \u201cthe night before, I couldn\u2019t go to sleep, I was so excited.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LJYE offers free, top quality musical education in an inclusive environment for youth ages 10 to 18 of all musical abilities. \u201cWe are one of the most diverse musical groups in the Bay Area in terms of demographics of race, ethnicity, and gender,\u201d Music Director John Calloway said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Members of the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco perform at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival on Sept. 12. Photo: Joe Ramos<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Known for its professional excellence, LJYE has performed at events and venues throughout the Bay Area, including the San Jose Jazz Festival, Carnaval San Francisco, and Brava Center for the Arts, to name a few. LJYE has also recorded three CDs featuring original student compositions and recorded with stars like Armando Peraza, John Santos, Jerry Gonzalez, Louie Romero, and Jeff Cressman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LJYE began as a collaboration between Calloway, Managing Director Arturo Riera, and Communications Director Sylvia Ramirez. They saw a void in the community, and they set out to fill it. \u201cThis really is a passion project, and what we see as a community-based solution to a social justice issue,\u201d Riera said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The issue, Ramirez explains, is that  \u201cIn music education, socioeconomics is a big divider, because private lessons, instruments, programs that need parents to transport kids\u2026 those kinds of things are difficult for lower income children.\u201d
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean that the talent pool is not in the lower income community,\u201d Ramirez continues, \u201cbut the opportunity and access to programs isn\u2019t. And so what we\u2019re all about is opening access, and bringing down barriers to music education.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riera experienced this gap in opportunity in his own youth. \u201cI swore back then that I\u2019d do something so that a program could exist, that a kid like me, without the resources, could still get into an elite group and still have that pride of ownership,\u201d Riera said. He described the program as world class but not elitist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LJYE breaks down socioeconomic barriers by offering free programming in English and Spanish and by providing education instead of just recruiting students who are already trained performers. Calloway books paid gigs in professional venues, which allows the program to remain  free to youth.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riera described LJYE as a \u201cbridge\u2026a safe place, a place where [students] can excel\u2026where young children can find their tribe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contreras said she especially resonates with the program\u2019s justice and equity focus as a woman who was brought to the US from Mexico at age four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInstitutions, they do value and they do prioritize white people. And I had to live through that.  And this band is something that shows like, we have to appreciate other cultures, we have to take them in, because they\u2019re what make the US stronger. I think LJYE shows not only that the youth can continue on prospering and growing, but minorities can as well,\u201d Contreras said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contreras explained how LIYE gave her the cultural education and connection to her heritage that she lacked growing up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy dad says, like, \u2018if you don\u2019t know where you came from, then you don\u2019t know where you\u2019re going,\u2019\u201d Contreras said. She hoped people would learn to appreciate art and culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cThe soul needs art in its life. There\u2019s so much more to life than blood and there\u2019s so much more to life than war. There\u2019s art,\u201d Contreras said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LJYE is dedicated to educating the next generation of musicians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Members of the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco perform at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival on Sept. 12. Photo: Joe Ramos<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat motivates us is to keep Latin jazz as an art form going, and what better way to invest in the art form than to teach youth how to play it,\u201d Ramirez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vergara-Tucker, for example, was inspired by the mentorship he received from older students at LJYE. \u201cI\u2019ve just fallen in love with this music, and it\u2019s now like a really big part of me,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, Vergara-Tucker mentors students himself, allowing the Latin jazz education to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve learned that when you find a group of people who do something in common and they want to be there, the sky\u2019s the limit,\u201d Vergara-Tucker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each team member was eager to affirm the other\u2019s unique skills and talents. \u201cJohn\u2019s a genius in education, and Sylvia\u2019s a great marketer and writer, what I bring to the table is this vision that we are equal to the best in this city, and we deliver,\u201d Riera said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riera was most proud of how LJYE impacted his family. Riera\u2019s son, niece, and nephew were all LJYE members.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calloway was proud to see how youth developed over time, from arriving nervous to becoming confident enough to serve in leadership roles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramirez was proud of how LJYE alumni returned to reunion concerts and shared what the program meant to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over time, the group has seen changes. Since the No Child Left Behind Act, the school district has struggled to provide music education sequentially, Calloway said. The result is that students often come to the group with less experience than in the early days of LJYE, increasing the need for music education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there have been positive changes as well, Ramirez said. More girls are playing instruments that boys traditionally played. The ensemble dress-code has changed to be inclusive of gender non-binary students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking ahead, the team is considering how to forge the next chapter of LJYE and seeking an institutional partner that aligns with the program\u2019s mission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Ramirez, it was this shared mission that kept the organization running for the past 20 years. \u201cIf you have the passion, don\u2019t wait for somebody to create the organization; anyone can do it,\u201d he said. \u201cI believe in the community spirit of \u2018just be the solution.\u2019 There was something missing in our community when it came to youth education in music and Latin music, and so we filled it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Sept. 12, family and friends came together at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco (LJYE): a program that advances social justice and delivers world class jazz performances. The open-air concert attracted a near-capacity crowd of alumni and current members . Bursts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":49972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"coauthors":[18445],"class_list":["post-50016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","entry"],"yoast_head":"\nLatin Jazz Youth Ensemble Celebrates 20 Years of cultural education - El Tecolote<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On Sept. 12, family and friends came together at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble Celebrates 20 Years of cultural education - El Tecolote\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Sept. 12, family and friends came together at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"El Tecolote\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ElTecoloteSF\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-10T00:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-12T01:41:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Jazz_4622L2_web.jpg?fit=950%2C633&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"950\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"633\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"El Tecolote Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@eltecolotesf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@eltecolotesf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"El Tecolote Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/en\\\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/en\\\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"El Tecolote Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/08828d10185eba96895a8363a269410e\"},\"headline\":\"Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble Celebrates 20 Years of cultural education\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-10T00:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-12T01:41:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/en\\\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1144,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/en\\\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/Jazz_4622L2_web.jpg?fit=950%2C633&quality=89&ssl=1\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/en\\\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/en\\\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/en\\\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\\\/\",\"name\":\"Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble Celebrates 20 Years of cultural education - El Tecolote\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/en\\\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/en\\\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/Jazz_4622L2_web.jpg?fit=950%2C633&quality=89&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-10T00:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-12T01:41:59+00:00\",\"description\":\"On Sept. 12, family and friends came together at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/en\\\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/en\\\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/Jazz_4622L2_web.jpg?fit=950%2C633&quality=89&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/Jazz_4622L2_web.jpg?fit=950%2C633&quality=89&ssl=1\",\"width\":950,\"height\":633,\"caption\":\"Members of the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco perform at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival on Sept. 12. Photo: Joe Ramos\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/\",\"name\":\"El Tecolote\",\"description\":\"San Francisco's Latinx newspaper since 1970\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"El Tecolote\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/ETlogo-1.jpg?fit=400%2C400&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/ETlogo-1.jpg?fit=400%2C400&ssl=1\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"El Tecolote\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ElTecoloteSF\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/eltecolotesf\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/eltecolotesf\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/08828d10185eba96895a8363a269410e\",\"name\":\"El Tecolote Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9534c92c8c908364e186a64d93efc86f62367109d1b07a3454facde655968589?s=96&d=mm&r=g6afcb607783e095e4cf6be807353924d\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9534c92c8c908364e186a64d93efc86f62367109d1b07a3454facde655968589?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9534c92c8c908364e186a64d93efc86f62367109d1b07a3454facde655968589?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"El Tecolote Staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/author\\\/web-editor\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble Celebrates 20 Years of cultural education - El Tecolote","description":"On Sept. 12, family and friends came together at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble Celebrates 20 Years of cultural education - El Tecolote","og_description":"On Sept. 12, family and friends came together at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of","og_url":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/","og_site_name":"El Tecolote","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ElTecoloteSF\/","article_published_time":"2021-10-10T00:30:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-10-12T01:41:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":950,"height":633,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Jazz_4622L2_web.jpg?fit=950%2C633&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"El Tecolote Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@eltecolotesf","twitter_site":"@eltecolotesf","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"El Tecolote Staff","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/"},"author":{"name":"El Tecolote Staff","@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/#\/schema\/person\/08828d10185eba96895a8363a269410e"},"headline":"Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble Celebrates 20 Years of cultural education","datePublished":"2021-10-10T00:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-12T01:41:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/"},"wordCount":1144,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Jazz_4622L2_web.jpg?fit=950%2C633&quality=89&ssl=1","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/","url":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/","name":"Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble Celebrates 20 Years of cultural education - El Tecolote","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Jazz_4622L2_web.jpg?fit=950%2C633&quality=89&ssl=1","datePublished":"2021-10-10T00:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-12T01:41:59+00:00","description":"On Sept. 12, family and friends came together at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of","inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latin-jazz-youth-ensemble-celebrates-20-years-of-cultural-education\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Jazz_4622L2_web.jpg?fit=950%2C633&quality=89&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Jazz_4622L2_web.jpg?fit=950%2C633&quality=89&ssl=1","width":950,"height":633,"caption":"Members of the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco perform at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival on Sept. 12. Photo: Joe Ramos"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/#website","url":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/","name":"El Tecolote","description":"San Francisco's Latinx newspaper since 1970","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/#organization","name":"El Tecolote","url":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ETlogo-1.jpg?fit=400%2C400&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ETlogo-1.jpg?fit=400%2C400&ssl=1","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"El Tecolote"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ElTecoloteSF\/","https:\/\/x.com\/eltecolotesf","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eltecolotesf\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/#\/schema\/person\/08828d10185eba96895a8363a269410e","name":"El Tecolote Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9534c92c8c908364e186a64d93efc86f62367109d1b07a3454facde655968589?s=96&d=mm&r=g6afcb607783e095e4cf6be807353924d","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9534c92c8c908364e186a64d93efc86f62367109d1b07a3454facde655968589?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9534c92c8c908364e186a64d93efc86f62367109d1b07a3454facde655968589?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"El Tecolote Staff"},"url":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/author\/web-editor\/"}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"El Tecolote","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50017,"href":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50016\/revisions\/50017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50016"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=50016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}