A Bit of Background
Founded in 2006, the New Mexico Jazz Festival followed on the work of the Open Arts Foundation’s Santa Fe Jazz and International Music Festival (2000-2005) which produced hundreds of concerts and brought an unprecedented wealth of high quality jazz to Santa Fe.
In 2006, our inaugural effort presented McCoy Tyner, Branford Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, the Newport Jazz Allstars, and more. In 2007 we expanded our efforts and presented more concerts in both cities including performances by the legendary Sonny Rollins in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. We also inaugurated a partnership with the City of Albuquerque’s Summerfest by offering 5 hours of music on Civic Plaza— an evening which was free and open to the public and which was capped by a performance by Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra.
This Weekend
July 19, Saturday, 7pm
New Mexico Jazz Workshop presents Blues Under the Stars
Pleasure Pilots • The Memphis PTails • Alex Maryol
Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater
July 19, Saturday, 6-10:30pm
Albuquerque Summerfest
Allen Toussaint Quintet
plus Hillary Smith’s Hip Pocket • Paul Rivers Bailey
Laryea Addy • Concepto Tambor
Harry E. Kinney Civic Plaza
July 20, Sunday, 7:30pm
Bert Dalton Trio Honoring Chris Calloway
Straight Up Honoring Arlen Asher
The Lensic Performing Arts Center
Week Two
July 22, Tuesday, 6-8:30pm
Perceptions: Kanoa Kaluhiwa’s AfriLatin Jazz Ensemble
Le Chat Lunatique
Santa Fe Plaza
July 23, Wednesday, 7-9:00pm
Jazz in the Evening
Cathryn McGill Quartet
Old Town Plaza Albuquerque
July 23 & 24, Wednesday & Thursday, 7:30pm
Kenny Garrett Quartet
Outpost Performance Space
July 25 & 26, 7pm
New Mexico Jazz Workshop presens Women’s Voices
Friday (25th) Charmed; Dianna Hughes; Patti Littlefield;
Kari Simmons;Hillary Smith
Saturday (26th) The Buckarettes; Jenny Marlow;
Busy McCarroll; Madi Sato; Susan Clark
Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater
July 25, Friday, 7:30pm
Habib Koité & Bamada
The Lensic Performing Arts Center
July 26, Saturday, 7:30pm
Cassandra Wilson
The Lensic Performing Arts Center
July 27, Sunday, 4:30pm
A.B. Spellman & Paquito D’Rivera: Meet the artist
The Lensic Performing Arts Center
July 28, Monday, 2pm
A.B. Spellman: Reading
The Lensic Performing Arts Center
July 27, Sunday, 7:30pm
Paquito D’Rivera’s Funk Tango Quintet
The Lensic Performing Arts Center
July 28, Monday, 7:30pm
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The Lensic Performing Arts Center