The New Mexico Jazz Workshop (NMJW)
has a long history of presenting the finest jazz, blues, and salsa in the state of New Mexico. What began in 1976 as a grassroots organization presenting a few Sunday afternoon concerts in The Oscar Huber Memorial Ballpark in Madrid, NM, now plays a critical role in enhancing the cultural vitality that makes our state great.

Spring 2010!

Much is in store for the New Mexico Jazz Workshop in the coming year! Adult classes, Youth Orchestra, A New Concert Series, a tribute to the Mothers of Jazz, and of course Salsa and Jazz & Blues Under the Stars.

JAZZ, DECONSTRUCTED is NMJW's newest music series. Experimental, electric ALIVE-- this series reflects on the legacy of jazz while forging new connections, styles and sounds. 

April 7-28 7pm The Kosmos, 1715 5th Street Downtown, ABQ

Tickets $10 General $8 Students//Seniors//Members

Jazz Education Programs

Jazz Improvisation Classes for Youth

Ages: Up to (and including) High School Senior
Class Limit: 12 (minimum of 5 is required)

Jazz Improvisation classes for Youth, taught by
saxophonist Kanoa Kaluhiwa, trumpeter Paul Gonzales, bassist and Outpost Jazz Education Coordinater David Parlato and drummer Sharon Eldridge. Their aim is to build positive attitudes, trust, teamwork, cooperation, confidence, and a sense of humor - everything you could ever want from music. Both Youth and Adults will perform a recital for family and friends at the end of their second session.

Taught by David Parlato, the Jazz Improvisation classes for Adults focus specifically on jazz and cover music theory, ear training, solo development, song forms and various rhythm section approaches.

The Jazz Improvisation classes for Youth taught by Paul Gonzales and Sharon Elgridge focus on the rudiments of
music and improvisation, including rhythmic training,
scale work, form in music, and musical improvisation.
The emphasis is on musical expression as an individual
in a group setting.

For more information, please click the Outpost logo above to check their website.

Upcoming Events at the Outpost

Thursday, March 11, 7:30pm

The Michael Anthony
Trio with Kanoa Kaluhiwa

The Music of Bill Evans

The Michael Anthony Trio features three of Albuquerque’s finest. For this concert they will pay tribute to the music of Bill Evans as well as perform selections from their CDs, including their latest, Sands of Time, which was released last fall and is a dedication to Anthony’s first guitar teacher, Jimmy Wyble. Joining the trio tonight will be tenor saxophonist, Kanoa Kaluhiwa. Since moving to New Mexico in 1980, Michael Anthony has been one of the most respected guitarists on the scene. In Los Angeles he worked in studios and with Blue Mitchell, Hubert Laws, the Louie Belson Orchestra, and Quincy Jones, and played with the Gil Evans Orchestra and Miles Davis at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Anthony has recorded eight CDs and two Jazz Guitar books published with Mel Bay. Isleta Pueblo native, Rob “Milo” Jaramillo, has been performing for over 20 years. Adept on either acoustic or electric bass, he is equally comfortable playing jazz, Latin, R&B, rock, world music, or reggae. Drummer and teacher Andrew Poling has performed with Bob Hope, Kathie Lee Gifford, Sid Caesar, Steve Allen, the New Mexico Symphony and many jazz artists including Clark Terry, Kenny Davern, Howard Alden, and Dianne Reeves.

$15/$10 Members & Students.
Available in advance, by phone or in person, at the Outpost Performance Space (268-0044)

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The Southwest Jazz Orchestra

The Mingus Project, Plus

Founded by Jack Manno in the fall of 2004, the Southwest Jazz Orchestra is a mid-size ensemble featuring mixed woodwinds and a sound that is more than a combo but less than a traditional big band offering local composers and band members an opportunity to create original works and new arrangements of jazz standards. Over the past six years, SJO has appeared at Outpost and the NMJW’s Jazz Under the Stars Museum Series, as well as at the College of Santa Fe, at St. John’s College, and in Los Alamos. Jack Manno, is a former studio singer from New York, as well as a pianist, arranger and composer whose credits include work with Judy Garland, Harry Belafonte, Leonard Bernstein, Perry Como, and Duke Pearson. Tonight’s program, featuring the music of Charles Mingus, will add 4 luminaries (Arlen Asher, reeds; Paul Gonzales, trumpet; Mark Weaver, tuba; Stephanie Fauber, French horn) to the standing group of 10 which comprises Aaron Lewis, Kurt Carr, J.R. Williams, Bill Wood, reeds; Jan McDonald & Christian Pincock, brass; plus David Kelly, guitar; Dave Brady, vibes; Richard Snider, bass; and Rick Compton, drums.

$15/$10 Members & Students.
Available in advance, by phone or in person, at the Outpost Performance Space (268-0044)

The Friends of Santa Fe Jazz
is a group of jazz soulmates who enjoy listening to the very best jazz artists
in informal, cabaret settings.

The goal of the Friends of Santa
Fe Jazz is to provide more opportunity to enjoy jazz throughout the year, supplementing the summer offerings of the New Mexico Jazz Festival.

Our Santa Fe Events include six to eight performances a
year, in the fall and the spring. We use venues that range from condominium community ballrooms to supper clubs and private homes that Friends donate for the purpose. Our audiences range from 60 to 100 persons.

info@jazzsantafe.com

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