THE NEW MEXICO JAZZ FESTIVAL

The New Mexico Jazz Festival is a collaborative project of the Outpost Performance Space, the Lensic, Santa Fe’s Performing Arts Center, and the Santa Fe Jazz Foundation, all 501(c)3 non profit organizations. The two week Festival takes place each year in the latter part of July (this year it's July 13-25, 2010). The New Mexico Jazz Festival is exciting in that it features local as well as world renowned artists and jazz masters and brings together the two major New Mexico cities— Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

5th ANNUAL NEW MEXICO JAZZ FESTIVAL. JULY 13-25, 2010
This year the festival will take place from July 13 to July 25. A partial list of artists includes NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi with her quartet featuring Lew Tabackin and the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra led by Bobby Shew; plus Miguel Zenon; Los Pleneros de la 21; Simone (daughter of Nina Simone); Somi; Bitches Brew Revisited (with Cindy Blackman, Graham Haynes, DJ Logic, James Blood Ulmer, Marco Benevento, Antoine Roney, Lonnie Plaxico and more); STEPOLOGY's "Tap On!"; the Doug Lawrence Quartet with Jimmy Cobb, Llew Matthews & John Webber; the Jazz Loft Project presented by Sam Stephenson; A.B. Spellman; and New Mexico’s own Son Como Son; Kanoa Kaluhiwa; Tradiciones; Baracutanga and more. See Schedule below. Also visit www.newmexicojazzfestival.org. TICKETS ON SALE NOW!! AT THE LENSIC BOX OFFICE, 505-988-1234; AT TICKETSSANTAFE.ORG; & AT THE OUTPOST BOX OFFICE, 505-268-0044.

HISTORY: 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. 2008 saw the performances of Cassandra Wilson, Pharoah Sanders, Kenny Garrett, Habib Koite, Allen Toussaint and more; and in 2009 we featured Jimmy Heath, the Mingus Dynasty, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dave & Don Grusin, Kurt Elling and more (see past year's line-ups below)

FESTIVAL SUPPORT: The New Mexico Jazz Festival is supported by ticket sales as well as by many generous funders and sponsors.

2010 NEW MEXICO JAZZ FESTIVAL MAJOR FUNDERS & SPONSORS:
City of Albuquerque—Mayor Richard J. Berry & the Cultural Services Department
Eisbach Facial Plastic Surgery PC
McCune Charitable Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
New Mexico Tourism Department
NEA Jazz Masters Live
Arts Midwest
Bumble Bee’s Baja Grill
New Mexico Cancer Center
Thornburg Investment Management
Verve Gallery of Photography

2010 NEW MEXICO JAZZ FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS:
Albuquerque Arts
Albuquerque The Magazine
American General Media
Hilton Santa Fe Historic Plaza
KUNM 89.9FM
KSFR 101.1FM
Modral Sperling Law Firm
Southwest Gastroenterology Associates

2010 NEW MEXICO JAZZ FESTIVAL FRIENDS & INKIND CONTRIBUTORS:
ALH Foundation
Don Mickey Designs
Embassy Suites Albuquerque
Friends of Santa Fe Jazz
Van & Sandy Gilbert
Hotel Andaluz
Michael’s Valet/Private Ride
Michael Motley Studio
Santa Fe Audio Visual
Santa Fe Reporter
Studios Nob Hill
Jim & Sarah Taylor
The Santa Fe New Mexican

2010 NEW MEXICO JAZZ FESTIVAL PRESENTING PARTNERS
City of Albuquerque Summerfest
City of Albuquerque Old Town-New Fun
Santa Fe Bandstand and Outside In

Call Outpost Executive Director, Tom Guralnick at 505-268-0044 or Lensic General Manager, Bob Martin at 505-988-7050 for details on 2008 New Mexico Jazz Festival Sponsorship Opportunities.

Stay tuned to this website as well as www.ticketssantafe.org and www.newmexicojazzfestival.org.

2010 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE. JULY 13-25

11/Sun/7:30pm. Special Pre-New Mexico Jazz Festival Concert w. Tom McDermott solo piano (presented in partnership with the Smooth Operators)

5th Annual NEW MEXICO JAZZ FESTIVAL: JULY 13-25
13/Tu/6pm Dave Wayne's The Things That Are Heard + Le Chat Lunatique (Santa Fe Plaza)
15/Th/7:30pm. (Outpost) Doug Lawrence Quartet with Jimmy Cobb, Llew Matthews & John Webber (Outpost)
15/Th/7:30pm. STEPOLOGY's "Tap On!" (Lensic)
16/F/7:30pm. Somi + Simone (Lensic)
17/Sat/2:30pm. Tradiciones + Los Pleneros de la 21 (Old Town Plaza)
17/Sat/8pm. Sam Stephenson presents The Jazz Loft Project (Outpost)
18/Sun/2pm. Sam Stephenson presents The Jazz Loft Project (Verve Gallery of Photography)
18/Sun/7:30pm. Bitches Brew Revisited w. Cindy Blackman, James Blood Ulmer, DJ Logic, Marco Benevento, Antoine Roney, Graham Haynes, Lonnie Plaxico & Adam Rudolph
TWO NIGHTS:
21&22/Wed&Th/7:30pm. Miguel Zenón Quintet (Outpost)
23/F/7:30pm. Miguel Zenón Quintet + Los Pleneros de la 21 (Lensic)
24/Sat/2pm. Open Rehearsal: Toshiko Akiyoshi & the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Bobby Shew
24/Sat/7-10:30pm. Nob Hill Summerfest with Los Pleneros de la 21, Son Como Son, Baracutanga, The African Roots of Jazz Project, Frank Leto and more (Central Avenue Girard to Morningside)
25/Sun/2pm. A.B. Spellman & NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi- Meet the Artist (Lensic)
25/Sun/7:30pm. NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi-with Quartet featuring Lew Tabackin + Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Bobby Shew (Lensic)

PAST FESTIVAL LINE UPS

Inaugural New Mexico Jazz Festival — July 20-29, 2006
Branford Marsalis
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra led by Arturo O’Farrill
McCoy Tyner
Newport Jazz Allstars Tribute with Frank Wess, Lew Tabackin, Kenny Davern,
Randy Sandke, Cedar Walton, Peter Washington, Kenny Washington & Howard Alden
Doug Lawrence
Henry Butler
Los Hombres Calientes
Steve Figueroa
Tetragon
Patti Littlefield
AND MORE

2nd Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival — July 19-29, 2007
Sonny Rollins
Dianne Reeves
John Pizzarelli
Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra
Michel Camilo
Richard Bona
Bobby Shew
Gary Foster
Eddie Daniels
Mighty Clouds of Joy
Le Chat Lunatique
Kanoa Kaluhiwa
Stu MacAskie’s Sidewinders
Cathryn McGill
Albuquerque African Ensemble
Wagogo
Ben Martinez Project
AND MORE

3rd Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival — July 17-28, 2008
Pharoah Sanders
Allen Toussaint
Kenny Garrett
Habib Koité
Cassandra Wilson
Paquito D’Rivera
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Bert Dalton
Chris Calloway
Straight Up
Arlen Asher
Tetragon
AND MORE

4rd Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival — July 15-26, 2009
Matt Brewer Quartet featuring Aaron Parks
Kurt Elling
Dave & Don Grusin
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Marco Benevento
Jimmy Heath & the Generations Band
Mingus Duynasty
Hillary Smith
Cathryn McGill
Tommy Gearhart
Cal Haines w. John Proulx & Bobby Shew
AND MORE