St. George jazz festival featuring Francisco Torres

Guitars hang in a line in the Dixie Guitar King shop, St. George, Utah, April 10, 2017 | Photo by Hollie Reina, St. George News

Join us for an evening of jazz with Francisco Torres and the Rebel Jazz Band.

Francisco Torres is a trombonist, arranger, composer and educator who hails from the state of Sonora, Mexico. He is the musical director for the legendary Poncho Sanchez and a member of Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, John Beasley’s Monkestra, and the Clare Fischer Big Band.

He has been a part of several Grammy-winning records including Latin Soul (Poncho Sanchez), ¡Ritmo! (Clare Fischer), That’s How We Roll and Life in the Bubble (Gordon Goodwin). For the past several years, he has produced several Poncho Sanchez albums, earning five Grammy and Latin Grammy nominations for Best Latin Jazz Album.

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