Sharing notes about jazz
The 57th edition of the annual Jazz Festival happened in Corpus Christi. The longest running free jazz festival in the country, the festival has its roots from Del Mar College. Two Del Mar College students who were members of the Jazz Club, Skip Vetters and Joe Gallardo, asked Gallardo’s uncle, Al “Beto” Garcia, if they could bring the jazz group to the Student Union Building of the College to perform. According to the Jazz Festival’s website, over 150 people showed up to the performance and “the seed for the Texas Jazz Festival was planted.” The festival took place Oct. 20-22…