The New Mexico Jazz Workshop is celebrating 40 years in 2016 we have some incredible music coming your way. Kevin Eubanks will return to the Jazz Workshop with his quartet for a concert at the Kimo Theater on April 9 th. Since leaving the Tonight Show, he has released three albums, The Messenger, Zen Music and Duets with Stanley Jordan. The New Mexico Jazz Workshop is also teaming up with the Albuquerque Film and Music Experience and the New Mexico Music Awards for this year’s festival which takes place April 18-24 th at venues throughout Albuquerque. The annual event presents critically acclaimed films from around the world and music from New Mexico’s top talent. AFME will feature a film and tribute to bassist Nathan East. Some of New Mexico’s best jazz artists will perform music he has recorded followed by a performance by Mr. East and some of his amazing friends The Albuquerque Jazz Festival kicks off our 40 th with performances by drummer John Riley and the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra on Saturday, February 20 th at the El Dorado High School Performing Arts Center. Mr. Riley has performed with some of the greatest names in jazz including Milt Jackson, Dizzy Gilespie and Miles Davis. The New Mexico Jazz Workshop is co-sponsoring the New Mexico Philharmonic concert featuring jazz legend Bobby Shew on Saturday, March 5 th . Shew is a Grammy Award winning artist and native New Mexican. April is Jazz Appreciation Month. We have a great lineup of music, film and other events that will kick your spring into high gear. A complete list of JAM events can be found on page 6. We are in our twenty-fifth year of presenting New Mexico’s best performcnces during our Salsa, Jazz & Blues Under the Stars Concerts. Each summer for ten weeks every Friday and Saturday night is filled with incredible music. (Continued in page 2) Winter/Spring Adult Education Schedule In this issue Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra f/ John Riley Kevin Eubanks Returns NMJW Celebrates 40 Years
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The New Mexico Jazz Workshop is
celebrating 40 years in 2016 we have some
incredible music coming your way. Kevin
Eubanks will return to the Jazz Workshop with
his quartet for a concert at the Kimo Theater on
April 9th. Since
leaving the
Tonight Show,
he has
released three
albums, The
Messenger,
Zen Music and
Duets with
Stanley
Jordan.
The New Mexico Jazz Workshop is also
teaming up with the Albuquerque Film and
Music Experience and the New Mexico Music
Awards for this year’s festival which takes place
April 18-24th at
venues
throughout
Albuquerque.
The annual
event presents
critically
acclaimed films
from around the
world and music
from New Mexico’s top talent. AFME will feature
a film and tribute to bassist Nathan East. Some
of New Mexico’s best jazz artists will perform
music he has recorded followed by a
performance by Mr. East and some of his
amazing friends
The
Albuquerque
Jazz Festival
kicks off our
40th with
performances
by drummer
John Riley
and the
Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra on Saturday,
February 20th at the El Dorado High School
Performing Arts Center. Mr. Riley has performed
with some of the greatest names in jazz
including Milt Jackson, Dizzy Gilespie and
Miles Davis.
The New
Mexico Jazz Workshop
is co-sponsoring the
New Mexico
Philharmonic concert
featuring jazz legend
Bobby Shew on
Saturday, March 5th.
Shew is a Grammy
Award winning artist and
native New Mexican.
April is Jazz Appreciation Month. We
have a great lineup of music, film and other
events that will kick your spring into high gear. A
complete list of JAM events can be found on
page 6.
We are in our twenty-fifth year of
presenting New Mexico’s best performcnces
during our Salsa, Jazz & Blues Under the
Stars Concerts. Each summer for ten weeks
every Friday and Saturday night is filled with
incredible music. (Continued in page 2)
Winter/Spring Adult Education Schedule
In this issue
Albuquerque Jazz
Orchestra f/ John Riley
Kevin Eubanks Returns
NMJW Celebrates 40
Years
The concerts take place at the
Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater and
begin promptly at 7:00 PM. This family frendly
event is a must attend event every summer. We
have some incredible performances lined up for
this year and a few surprises as well. Purchase
tickets online at www.nmjazz.org.
Of course, none of this would be
possible without the generous support of our
members and sponsors. These concerts keep
the NMJW in business and help fund
educational programming. Sponsorship gives a
company the ability to reach out to the
community in a relaxed and enjoyable
environment. A special thank you to our premier
sponsor, Sennheiser of New Mexico and year
round sponsor Griffin & Associates for their
generous support. To become a member or to
add your name to our list of incredible sponsors,
visit us on us online
at
http://nmjazz.org/get-
involved.aspx
For twenty years, the New Mexico
Jazz Workshop has worked tirelessly to
continue the tradition of providing music
education for youth and adults. Over 100,000
New Mexico students from pre-kindergarten
through high school have found a place to
continue their music education. Many students
have gone on to professional careers as
performers, music educators and composers.
When music budgets were cut in public
schools, the NMJW continued to provide
opportunities for kids to learn with programs like
the South Valley Band Project, Jazz Intensive,
Creative Arts Camp and the Roots of Jazz
(see insert). The New Mexico Jazz Workshop
will continue to serve the youth of this
community by providing music education
opportunities for students.
Adult education classes begin in
earnest in February. Choose from a variety of
classes including; jazz improvisation, Dixieland
jazz, Latin jazz improvisation and a Jazz History
lecture series presented by Diane Richardson
and Joe Washek. For details and fee schedules
or to register online, go to http://nmjazz.org/life-
long-learners.aspx
YOUTH EDUCATION
Our Roots of Jazz program is currently in its twenty-first year of teaching students the origins of Jazz music. Musician and educator Frank Leto gives a lively presentation of music from Africa, Cuba, Brazil and the United States. The music is neatly woven into a fabric of historical narrative, highlighting the cultural blending that has made Jazz a uniquely American art form. The Program is presented free at elementary schools throughout Albuquerque.
Empowerment Through Music (ETM) is the New Mexico Jazz Workshop’s community outreach program that provides access to music education to underserved, at-risk, low income, and incarcerated youth. With a dual focus on both prevention (South Valley Band Project) and intervention (Digital Technology Project), young people in economically depressed areas of Albuquerque and in the juvenile justice system are able to learn music in supervised, supportive environments. The goals of the program are to increase self-esteem and pro-social behavior, develop musical proficiency skills, and prevent/reduce contact with the juvenile justice system. ETM wishes to thank our sponsors, The Berklee School of Music, Albuquerque Public Schools, Bernalillo County, The United Way of Central NM, The Urban Enhancement Trust Fund and the Hancock Family Foundation
version of Idol. She tours with Brazilian guitarist
Diego Figueiredo. This is her fourth album
since her debut in 2014. She is perfect in every
way.
Seth
MacFarlane-No One
Ever Tells You. If you
had the opportunity to
see the recent
broadcast of the
Sinatra 100th Birthday
tribute, then you know
this guy has the
chops. Known primarily for his comedy writing
and as creator of such programs as Family Guy
and the films Ted and 1000 Ways to Die in the
West, MacFarlane has teamed with fellow
Grammy nominee arranger and composer Joel
McNeely for this 17 track album, MacFarlane’s
third. Smooth, elegant and pure jazz.
Re-issues
John Coletrane-A Love Supreme-The
Complete Masters
This 3 CD set
celebrates the 50th
Anniversary of the
1965 release and
includes a concert
recorded in Paris. A
must have for any
jazz aficionado.
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass-
Whipped Cream and Other Delights. Clearly
the sexiest album cover of the 60s and
delightfully refreshing take on jazz at the time.
Trumpeter Alpert, co-
founder of A&M
Records was an
innovator on many
levels. His
arrangements of A
Taste of Honey and
Tangerine are classic.
Ben Webster-The Complete
Recordings 1952-1959. A four disc set that
contains the totality of his first eight albums for
Verve; Tenor Sax Stylings, King of the Tenor
Sax, Music for Loving, …with Strings, Soulville,
Encounters (w/ Coleman Hawkins), The Soul
of… and Ben Webster and Associates. Lovingly
re-mastered, the
set includes some
of his finest
performances
including My
Funny Valentine,
Pennies from
Heaven and
Sophisticated
Lady.
James
Newton’s music
can be found
practically
everywhere. His
compositions
range from sacred
music to
electronic, from
jazz to
symphonic. He
has composed for
ballet, modern
dance, and for
numerous
orchestras
throughout the world.
He has been voted the top jazz flutist an
unprecedented 23 years in a row in Downbeat
Magazine’s International Critic’s Poll and has
fellowships and grants from the Ford
Foundation, the Guggenheim and the
National Endowment for the Arts and awards
that include the Montreux Gran Prix Du Disque
and is recipient of Downbeats International
Critics Jazz Album of the year.
An educator at heart, Mr. Newton holds
a distinguished professorship at the University
of California at Los Angeles as well as UC
Irvine, the California Institute of Arts and Cal
State University Los Angeles.
He has composed an incredible amount
of music, with more than 50 albums to his credit
in a range of styles. A muti-instrumentalist, he
composes for instruments ranging from acoustic
bass to harp to drums and even composes for
instruments as exotic as the Koto, a traditional
Japanese stringed instrument and the Tabla, an
East Indian drum.
Mr. Newton continues to tour
internationally and divides his time between Los
Angeles and central New Mexico.
Now is the time to pick up your tickets
for the New Mexico Jazz Workshop’s Salsa,
Jazz and Blues Under the Stars concerts. A
ten show mini-pass can be had for $130.00 and
passes for all twenty shows are $260.00. Get a
discount on tickets by becoming a member of
the New Mexico Jazz Workshop. Student and
senior memberships start at just $30.00 and
every level of membership comes with great
perks like discounted tickets and show passes.
Even better, give a
jazzy gift with a
membership to
the New Mexico
Jazz Workshop,
tickets for a
show, mugs,
greeting cards,
posters and gift
certificates are
available
beginning at
just $3.00. Go to
http://shop.nmjazz.org/
The New Mexico Jazz Workshop
employs more local musicians than any other non-profit organization in New Mexico, and we are proud of that. New Mexico musicians are as talented, creative and proficient as any musicians worldwide.
When you or your organization are
planning an event, please consider employing New Mexico artists. You won’t be disappointed. .
For more information on New Mexico music or to find an artist for your event, visit the City of Albuquerque’s music portal ListenABQ.com or the New Mexico Music Commission’s music directory at http://www.newmexicomusic.org/resources/nm-music-directory/