.Frunkyman in San Jose

May 14, 2024

Here’s a riddle: Someone donates an old delivery truck to an esteemed jazz organization. What does the organization do? This happened to San Jose Jazz; naturally, they made the truck into a rolling music venue. The SJZ Boombox Truck stops at the Gordon Biersch Night Market this Thursday with Miguel Leyva, aka Frunkyman, aboard. Winner of the 2022 San Jose Jazz New Works Award, this maestro of funk describes himself as “a fictional extraterrestrial character unintentionally marooned on Earth.” His single “The Frunk Is Real” (streaming June 8)promises to be high energy and out-of-this-world.

Frunkyman

Thu, 6pm, Free

Gordon Biersch Night Market, San Jose

RAW IN DA WILD: Frunkyman – Electriccc Trio – Jambodian Chant

Addie Mahmassani https://www.addiemahmassani.com/

Addie Mahmassani is a poet based in Santa Cruz. She holds a PhD in American Studies from Rutgers University-Newark and is currently an MFA student in creative writing at San Jose State University. There, she is a Teaching Associate as well as the lead poetry editor of Reed Magazine, California's oldest literary journal. She also surfs, sings and loves a part-sheepdog named Lou.