Uhlelo lwesi-16 lwe-Riviera Maya Jazz Festival luvale umgijimo omuhle waminyaka yonke we-16, lapho amagama athile amakhulu wamazwe ohlobo ajabulisa izinkulungwane zababekhona ogwini lwe-Playa Mamitas.
Ngobusuku bokuqala, isithonjana se-bossa nova u-Bebel Gilberto umangaze izethameli ngezigqi ezintsha zerekhodi lakhe elizayo. U-Lori Williams no-Bob Baldwin bahlanganise imisindo yepiyano yendabuko nezinkulumo zephimbo ezintsha. U-Kike Pat, ongowokuzalwa ku-Quintana Roo, unikezele ngesethi yakhe kuphayona we-jazz ongasekho u-Fernando Toussaint ngesikhathi somdlalo obubungaza izimpande zamaMayan zekhaya lomkhosi.
Iciko le-multimedia u-Cristina Morrison, oshaya isiginci u-Paco Rosas, kanye nebhendi yesimanje u-Drew Tucker & The New Standard badlale ubusuku besibili befestiveli, beshaya imisindo ye-bossa, i-samba ne-funk ngobunye bobusuku bomhlaba bomcimbi. U-Headliner kanye nowine i-Grammy izikhathi eziyisishiyagalolunye uNorah Jones uvale ubusuku ngesitayela sakhe esihle, eheha izethameli eziphule irekhodi lezihambeli ezilinganiselwa ezingaphezu kuka-20,000.
Ubusuku besithathu nobokugcina be-Riviera Maya Jazz Festival benza ababekhona badansa ne-Jazz yesiLatin ka-Pepe Hernandez, elandelwa ikhono elimangalisayo lika-Lalah Hathaway odume umhlaba wonke. U-Bobby McFerrin unikeze isiphetho esihle esimangalisayo esiqinise ukubaluleka kwe-Riviera Maya Jazz Festival, umcimbi wamahhala odonse amathalente omhlaba amakhulu; izivakashi zikazwelonke nezamazwe ngamazwe; kanye nokusakazwa kwabezindaba okuvela eMexico, e-United States naseCanada.
U-Darío Flota Ocampo, uMqondisi weBhodi lezokuVakasha likaQuintana Roo kanye nomgqugquzeli womkhosi, ugcizelele isimo sengqondo esihle nokubamba iqhaza kwezithameli, okuthe naphezu kwezixuku eziphule amarekhodi zajabulela abadlali futhi zaqinisekisa enye impumelelo ye-Riviera Maya Jazz Festival.
