The Annex Sessions will continue Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 6-8:30pm at The Annex (El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex) 10387 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito with
A night of Latin Jazz Fusion featuring direct from Uruguay
The “Juan Prada Trio with Special Guest, Uruguayan Percussionist-Vocalist Edgardo Cambón”
Juan Prado – piano
Diego Banega – electric bass
Martin Cruz – drums
Edgardo Cambón – percussion
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear the Jazz-Fusion infused sounds of Uruguayan Candombe, Brazilian Samba, Cuban traditional grooves and much more.
The Juan Prada Trio with special guest Edgardo Cambón is performing at San Jose Jazz Festival this year on August 9, providing this very unique opportunity to explore this amazing rhythm: Candombe! They will be coming to The Annex on August 13 for a very special performance, just for us!
Cuban pianist, composer and arranger Juan Prada, a resident of Montevideo Uruguay for many decades, with his Uruguayan partners bassist Diego Banega, drummer Martin Cruz and guest Edgardo Cambón on Congas and traditional Uruguayan Candombe Drums. Candombe is no just a rhythm, is the most renown Afro-Uruguayan tradition and culture.
https://summerfest.sanjosejazz.org/artists/juan-prada-trio-ft-edgardo-cambon
The Natural Grocery Company is proud to present this series in partnership with SunJams and Javier Navarrette Music Productions.
SunJams is committed to funding children’s music education in underserved public elementary schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program.
All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 – any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing music to our community! As always, your donation to SunJams 501(c)3 may qualify as tax exempt.
Javier Navarrette Music Productions continues to bring live music to several venues around the Bay Area. Javier has been a professional musician and music educator in the Oakland Unified School District for the past 20 years. Over the past few years Navarrette has produced outdoors events that have proven instrumental in enabling musicians to deal with some of the fallout of the pandemic and shutdown that followed.
COVID RELATED SAFETY MEASURES
Please be safe. Feel free to wear a mask if you prefer.
TICKETS
Tickets are NOT required for this venue, you can simply come in, order food and beverages at the Annex counter and pay at the registers.


