The Outpost Story
In the Beginning
The original Outpost Performance Space was in the Nob Hill area on Morningside.
An old print shop, with an apartment above, the building was converted into a
small storefront theater seating 100, with guest quarters and offices above.
For ten years, it housed close to 1,000 performances.
Outpost Productions, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, was founded in 1988 by Tom Guralnick, who remains Outpost’s Executive Director. Drawing upon his own background as both a touring musician and arts administrator, Guralnick and several associates, dreamed of an organization with its own performance space, which would offer an “intimate, informally-respectful, alcohol and smoke free” home for a uniquely eclectic mix of performances ranging from jazz to experimental to international to folk & roots and more. For several years, under the leadership of a dedicated Board of Directors and a core of enthusiastic volunteers, Outpost Productions presented world music and experimental jazz performances in various venues around town, until in 1990, a building located east of Albuquerque’s historic Nob Hill district, became available. An old print shop, with an apartment above, the building was converted into a small storefront theater seating 100, with guest quarters plus offices above and the Outpost Performance Space was born. In the fall of 1990, Outpost presented the avant garde jazz group, Curlew, as its first event at “The Space.” Since then, Outpost Productions’ programs have grown steadily, as has its reputation as a major arts organization in the Southwest.
The New Space
The “new” Space has maintained the same intimate feeling as the “old” Space,
while gaining a new level of comfort and elegance. Most of the 175 audience
members sit in seats while a few choose to “hang” at the non-alcoholic bar,
sipping coffee and checking out the show.
In the spring of 2000, the Outpost Performance Space moved to a new location. The NEW Outpost Performance Space, on Yale Boulevard just two blocks south of historic Route 66, is in the heart of Albuquerque’s thriving University district. Seating 150 people, the “new” Space, which is fully handicap accessible, has maintained the same intimate feeling as the “old” Space, while gaining a new level of comfort and elegance. Outpost is proud to own a vintage 1927 Steinway grand piano plus a collection of professional-quality instruments and equipment available for use by touring artists and youth classes alike. The Outpost Performance Space is widely recognized as Albuquerque’s unique, community-based, non-profit Performing Arts Center.
The Organization
Since 1988, Outpost has grown from an organization with an annual budget of only $10,000 to its present budget of over $500,000. A hard working board of directors, a small but dedicated professional staff (full time Executive Director plus part-time graphic artist, publicist, jazz education coordinator and intern), plus a solid core of over 125 dedicated volunteers who help with postering, mailings, staffing concerts and other tasks, make things happen. Outpost Productions has over 500 paid members and a mailing list of over 10,000 individuals. Each year some 15,000 people attend Outpost events. Recognized locally as well as nationally, Outpost was chosen by the Albuquerque Arts Alliance to receive the 2001 Bravo Award as the city’s “Outstanding Arts Organization.”
Outpost Program: Performance
Chris Calloway
Since its inception, Outpost has presented a uniquely diverse array of well over 1,200 concerts (currently more than 100 per year) by artists ranging from international music stars such as Zimbabwe’s Thomas Mapfumo or Puerto Rico’s Los Pleneros de la 21; to jazz masters Dave Brubeck and Wayne Shorter; to avant garde jazz heroes Steve Lacy and Roscoe Mitchell; to women jazz artists Jane Ira Bloom or Joanne Brackeen; to latin jazz icons Jerry Gonzales and Chucho Valdes; to blues and gospel master Pops Staples; to folk icon Rosalie Sorrels; to singer songwriters, Lucy Kaplansky and Dar Williams; to experimental music explorers Pauline Oliveros, Fred Frith and Joan LaBarbara; to blues greats Johnny Shines or Rory Block; to hundreds of local artists, teen and youth performers, and more. Most performances are musical but other genres are represented—including dramatic readings, as well as performance art and dance, by such renowned artists as David Dorfman and Dan Froot. The spoken word is also consistently represented. Outpost’s Wordspace Series, which has presented more than 8 spoken word events each year since 1998, showcases both local and national poets, writers, and spoken word artists such as Quincy Troupe and Robert Creeley (as well as the small presses which publish them). While most performances happen at The Space, Outpost also sponsors concerts in larger venues including the KiMo Theater, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the Lensic Center for Performing Arts in Santa Fe and UNM’s Popejoy Hall, as well as in public spaces such as the City of Albuquerque’s Hyder Park.
Outpost Program: Education & Youth
A centerpiece of Outpost’s education program is its Jazz Improvisation Workshops
which were first offered in 1996. In the past 9 years, more than 1,500 students
have participated in this program. Here, 3 of our Keith Gilbert Scholarship recipients,
Melissa Williams, saxophone (2001), Brynn Rector, trumpet (2002) and
Alan Petmecky, trombone (2003) perform at the class recital.
While Outpost is an important presenter of performances by a wide range of professional artists, another important facet of the program has always been one which addresses the needs of youth in the community. Since Outpost’s inception, performance opportunities for youth have always been offered through the Kid’s Variety Shows (KG-rated. Adults must be accompanied by a child) and our Roust the House Teen Performance Nights. These shows have featured everything from East Indian dance to classical piano, to punk rock, stand-up comedy and beyond. Outpost also invites Albuquerque schools to The Space for field trip-performances by some of the same performers who played at the Space for adult audiences the night before. On weekends, children can take classes in drama, drumming, poetry, and more. A centerpiece of Outpost’s education program is its Jazz Improvisation Classes which were first offered in 1996 in a 5 week tutorial to some of Albuquerque’s finest young jazz talents. Since that time the program has grown to a year-round one with over 30 weeks of classes, three instructors, a Jazz Education Coordinator, and yearly scholarships offered to worthy graduates. In the past eight years, more than 1,500 students have participated in this program.
Outpost Program: Visual Arts
Since the fall of 1995 Outpost has featured visual arts exhibits in its Inpost Artspace Gallery, an integral part of the Outpost Performance Space. Located in a corner of the original Outpost Performance Space, the move to the new space in 2000, allowed expanded exhibitions on spacious, museum quality walls which surround the audience seating area and make for a perfect complement to the sounds which fill the room. Local artists act as Inpost Artspace curators for 1-2 year terms putting together month-long exhibits which have, in the past, featured many of New Mexico’s finest professionals such as Alan Paine Radebaugh; Paul Akmajian; Susan Linnell; Richard Hogan; Reginald Gammon; Leo Neufeld; Elen Feinberg; and Frank McCulloch, as well as special Outpost Member exhibits, Youth Art shows and more. Exhibits, often previewed and reviewed in the local press, are always accompanied by artist receptions attended by devoted visual arts fans. Due to their location in the performance space, art shows are seen by a more diverse audience than most exhibits around the state.
The Community
Outpost is an integral part of the New Mexico community and beyond, and prides itself on the numerous partnerships which it has forged. Dedicated to a mission of linking regional non-profit performing arts organizations, Outpost collaborates with an ever growing number of groups. Outpost Director, Tom Guralnick, is active in the New Mexico Presenters Alliance and is a founding member and President of the Board of Directors of the Western Jazz Presenters Network (WJPN). Through this involvement, Outpost has generated numerous statewide and region-wide artist tours. For several years, Outpost hosted weekly rehearsals by its own resident, 17-piece “composer’s orchestra” — the Outpost Repertory Jazz Orchestra (ORJO) directed by bassist-composer, David Parlato. In the off seasons, the beautiful Outpost Performance Space is available for rent at reasonable rates, to community groups, arts presenters, arts organizations, private teachers and individual performers.
Some of Outpost’s presenting partners include the following:
Albuquerque Academy • Basement Films • City of Albuquerque
KiMo Theatre • NPR affiliate KUNM 89.9FM • La Alameda Press
MC Productions • National Hispanic Cultural Center
NM Acoustic Music Alliance • NM Jazz Workshop • NM Literary Arts
NM Presenters Alliance • Nonsequitur • PADMINI
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival • Santa Fe Jazz Foundation
Santa Fe Stages • Santa Fe Jazz & International Music Festival
Southwest Repertory Theater • Southwest Pickers
Tango Downtown • Taos Jazz Festival • UNM College of Fine Arts
What Makes Outpost Unique
For audiences and artists; staff and volunteers, Outpost is a special organization and a special place. Numerous performers comment that there are few similar venues in the country — indeed, in the world. The intimacy of the space, the interaction between audience and artist, the informally-respectful atmosphere which is created, and the beauty of New Mexico — all these factors draw performers year after year at the same time as Outpost audiences and volunteers are drawn night after night. Many people come to feel that they have become a part of “The Outpost Family” and that without Outpost their lives would be significantly less rich. This is the beauty of Outpost.
Outpost Support
Outpost Productions is annually supported with a diverse revenue base—earned income from ticket sales, workshop fees and rental income; donations and memberships from individuals; and corporate sponsorships. Outpost has also received major grants, from many local and nationally recognized funders (both government and private foundations). Beginning in the Spring of 2000, Outpost was selected to be a part of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s 5 year JazzNet Initiative. This grant, given in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Nonprofit Finance Fund, provides Outpost (along with only 13 other organizations nationwide), with generous support for its extensive jazz programming. In addition to this annual support, the Doris Duke JazzNet Initiative helped Outpost build a $500,000 endowment to support jazz activities in perpetuity.
Some of Outpost’s funders, past and present, include the following:
The Future
With its move to the new space and its inclusion in the Doris Duke JazzNet Initiative, the future is bright for Outpost Productions. Physical improvements to the space in the second stage of renovation will ensure that artistic presentations will be offered in an environment of comfort, elegance, and state of the art sound. In upcoming years, we have no doubt that if it is not recognized as such already, Outpost will be known as “the jazz capital of the Southwest” — an organization and venue which also offers a full range of arts activities beyond jazz. Just as importantly, in the next ten years we will work to ensure Outpost’s financial stability, to increase staff support, and to continue to develop relevant, exciting and forward-thinking programming all of which will make Outpost an outstanding example for other organizations — locally, nationally and internationally — well into the 21st century.
Outpost Productions Presenting History
Outpost Productions, Inc was incorporated as a 501(c)3 Non Profit corporation in 1988. Since that time Outpost has produced over 1,200 events. Outpost has hosted performances by internationally renowned artists from over 25 countries as well as those from New Mexico on their way to that goal.
Some highlights, listed in chronological order from 1988 to 2004, include:
1988-1989
T. Viswanathan & Trichy Sankaran • Foday Musa Suso
Jane Ira Bloom & Kent McLagan • Christian Marclay & Tom Guralnick
1989-1990
T.N. Krishnan w. Guruvayur Dorai • Ephat Mujuru
Hassan Hakmoun • Los Pleneros de la 21 • Malcolm Goldstein
1990-1991
Pops Staples
Pops Staples Johnny Shines John Hammond • Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited
Balafon • Curlew • David Moss • Henry Gwiazda • Anna Homler and Dennis Maxfield: Sagar Radai
Helmet • Charlie King • Alice Dimicele • Rosalie Sorrels & Gino Clays Sky
The Bauls of Bengal. Sanatan das Tahkur and Sons • John Stowell and Lynn Skinner
Steven Feld presents Voices of the Rainforest
1991-1992
Ivo Papasov & his Bulgarian Wedding Band • New Shtetl Band • Tom Cora & Catherine Jauniaux
Peter Garland & Sam Lemly • New Winds w. Robert Dick, Ned Rothenberg & JD Parran
Vinny Golia Quartet • Jin Hi Kim • Joan LaBarbara • Cipriano de Mexico • Jack Wright & Bob Marsh
Aloke Dutta & PV Srinivasan • Mazatl Galindo • Antonia Apodaca • Cleofes Ortiz
Transition: Souren Baronian, Haig Manoukian & Polly Ferber • Josh Hanna • Michael Vlatkovich Quartet
1992-1993
Los Pleneros de la 21
Doug Lawrence Quartet • David Dorfman & Dan Froot • Sue Ann Harkey • Amie and Aloke Dutta
The Untempered Trio w. Bill Cole, Joe Daly and Warren Smith • Joy Harjo’s Poetic Justice
Transition w. Souren Baronian, Haig Manoukian & Polly Ferber • String Trio of New York
Duo Guardabarranco • Los Pleneros de la 21 • The Do Orchestra • David Dunn • Las Animas
Jack Wright Trio • Elise Kerman • Trans Duo: Davey Williams & LaDonna Smith
Eneke: Ajule Rutlin and Heidi Wilson • Stefan Dill • Ya Vals Gran JuJu con tu Mitote • Richard Allen
Carol Chaikin • Josh Hanna • Bob Moses-Margie Pos Quartet • Paul Hoskins • Michael Vlatkovich Quartet
Takashi Kazamaki-Kalle Laar Duo • Mili Bermejo Trio w. Dan Greenspan & Mick Goodrick
Leroy Jenkins • David Moss • Peter Garcia • Charlie King • Rosalie Sorrels • Steve Marsh Quartet
1993-1994
Ron Miles
Josh Hanna • Steve Marsh Quartet • Richie Cole • Mary Redhouse & John Stowell
Fred Hess Trio w. Jerry Hahn • Ron Miles Quartet • Tina Marsh Cactus Band
Michael Vlatkovich Sextet w. Vinny Golia • Mili Bermejo Quartet • Mary Redhouse-Hauer & John Stowell
Noreen and Earl Sauls Trio • Roscoe Mitchell-Malachi Favors Duo • Rova Saxophone Q’tet
Malcolm Goldstein-Phillipe Micol-Franz Aeschbacher 3 • David Eyges & Jeanne Lee • Jerry Bergonzi Trio Duo
Steve Lacy Sextet • Mili Bermejo Quartet • Francisco Lopez/Steve Peters • Peter Van Riper
Aloke Dutta/Barun Pal • Mark Choplin & Madan Oak • Kressivo • Barry Yorgrau
Michael Elwood & Beth Galliger • Bayou Seco w. Antonia Apodaca • Dana Kurtz • Mixashawn
Elodie Lauten • Jeff Greinke • Gustavo Matamoros • California Guitar Trio • Iris • Zero Pop
Peter Garcia and the San Juan Pueblo Dancers • Jim Staley, Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins Trio
Big River Boys • Elodie Lauten • Rosalie Sorrels • Pauline Oliveros
1994-1995
Charles Mcpherson Quartet
Glen Velez & Steve Gorn • Either Orchestra • Bruce Dunlap
Cedar Walton Trio w. Billy Higgins, David Williams and Bobby Hutcherson
Alan Pasqua • Hugh Ragin Duo w. Marc Sabatella • Pops Staples
Kathie Whitesides & Hank Bradley • Charles Mcpherson Quartet
Say No More w. Bob Ostertag, Phil Minton, Gerry Hemmingway & Marc Dresser
String Trio of NY • Joy Harjo & Poetic Justice • David Murray Trio with Tani Tabbal & Kelly Roberty
Wired for Sound • Bayou Seco • Laetitia Soname • Eddie Harris Quartet • Richard Lerman
Dar Williams • Lois • Fred Ho Afro Asian Trio • Bobby Bradford Quartet • Hal Galper Trio
Transition w. Souren Baronian, Haig Manoukian and Polly Ferber • Medeski, Martin and Wood
1995-1996
Bayou Seco
Bill Horvitz Trio • Pantechnicon Theater • Toni Apodaca & Bayou Seco
Tom Prasado-Rao • Creative Opportunity Orchestra • David Murray Trio
Nityashri Sivakumar • Necati Celak • Correo Aereo • Steve Turre’s Sanctified Shells
Mokave w. Larry Karush, Glen Moore & Kendall Kay • Gerald Fierst • Gannin Canney
Kate McLeod • Myra Melford & JA Deane • Marilyn Crispell-Gerry Hemingway Duo
Sanjay Subramaniam • Stephanie Haynes & Dave MacKay • Richard Shindell
Rosalie Sorrels • Kestutis Nakas • Buddy Collette Trio • Fred Hersch Trio
Erica Wheeler • Jeanne Lee Deidre Murray Duo • Lonnie Pitchford
1996-1997
Steve Coleman & Five Elements • Akira Tana-Rufus Reid Quintet • Martin Sexton
Jane Ira Bloom trio • Oliver Lake: Matador of 1st and 1st • Von Freeman
Dave Holland Quartet • Bill Plake • Adam Rudolph and Moving Pictures
Philadelphia Jerry Ricks • Renee Rosnes Quartet • Bud Shank-David Friesen Duo
Transition • James Moody • Ken Field & Karen Aqua • Doug Lawrence Quartet w. George Cables
Rob Blakeslee Quartet • Hal Galper Trio
1997-1998
Horace Tapscott
The Holmes Brothers • Joy Harjo & Poetic Justice • Prince Diabate & Amara Sanoh
Danilo Perez Trio • Ellis Paul • Bill Frisell Quartet • Tim Berne-Michael Formanek Duo
Guy Davi • Odean Pope Trio • Dave Scott/Tony Malaby Quartet • Eric Taylor
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra • Steve Lacy Trio • Rosalie Sorrels • Roy Haynes Quartet
Latif Bolat • Frank Morgan-George Cables Duo • Horace Tapscott-Roberto Miranda Duo • Vance Gilbert
Mingus Big Band • Greg Abate • What We Live 4: Larry Ochs, Lisle Ellis, Donald Robinson & Leo Smith
Jon Gordon • Butch Morris • Tanya Savory • Day & Taxi
Gerry Hemingway Quartet w. Ellery Eskelin, Ray Anderson & Mike Formanek
Herbie Mann-Bruce Dunlap Duo • Annie Gosfield and Roger Kleier
Warren Vaché/Howard Alden/Bob Haggart/Butch Miles
Bert Wilson & Rebirth Sextet • Andy Milne & Cosmic Dapp Theory
1998-1999
Los Pleneros de la 21 • Prince Diabate & Amara Sanoh • BMN Trio w. Wilber Morris & Reggie Nicholson
Charles McPherson Quartet • Rova Saxophone Quartet • Sarah Cahill: Music of Ruth Crawford Seeger
Joe McPhee-Michael Bisio-Paul Plimley • Chucho Valdés Quartet • Georges Lammam Arabic Music Ensemble
Dave Holland Quintet • Andy Statman Quartet • Eric Taylor • Don Conoscenti • Pauline Oliveros
Joanne Grauer • Cry Cry Cry:Dar Williams, Richard Shindell & Lucy Kaplansky • Brenda Hutchinson
David Moss • Holmes Brothers • Dimian DiSanti Quintet • Antonia Apodaca • Geoff Muldaur
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble • Chris Calloway • The Bala Ensemble: T Viswanathan and Lakshmi Knight
Bobby Byrd & John Ross • Fred Hersch Trio • Bill & Bonnie Hearne • Gretchen Parlato Quintet
Steve Lacy Quartet w Roswell Rudd • David Sanchez Quintet • Jack DeJohnette & the World Saxophone Quartet
Ron Miles Trio • Near East Far West • Eric Person & Meta-Four • Janet Feder • Lisa Thorson Quartet
Philadelphia Jerry Ricks • Byron Stripling & Gerald Wiggins • Robin Holcomb • Howard Alden & Ken Peplowski Trio
Larry Dunlap & Bobbe Norris • Dmitri Matheny Qtet • Robin Holcomb • Howard Alden & Ken Peplowski
1999-2000
Nick Brignola & Roger Kellaway • Eric Bibb • Andy Milne Cosmic Dapp Theory • Geoff Muldaur
Ray Anderson’s Pocket Brass Band • Stacey Earle • Terrell Stafford Quinte • Rosalie Sorrels
Kenny Werner & KennyWheeler • Michael Vlatkovich Trio • Alan Pasqua Solo • Amy Denio
Joan LaBarbara & Peter Gordon • Robert Creeley • Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band
Steve Lacy-Roswell Rudd Quartet with Special Guest Irene Aebi • John White
Willem Breuker Kollektief • Casey Neill Trio • Lucy Kaplansky • Kartik Seshardri
Sanjay Subramaniam • Frank Morgan-John Hicks Duo • Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne
Cosy Sheridan • Herbie Mann’s Sonaterra • Bonified w. Roswell Rudd • Jon Gibson-Harold Budd
Chris Thomas King • Joanne Brackeen Quartet • Dmitri Matheny & Darrell Grant
2000-2001
Dave Holland Quintet
Boubacar Traore • Dale Fielder Quartet • Tin Hat Trio • Open Road • David Moss
Mikael Stavöstrand, Moljebka Pvlse & Brent Gutzeit • Brad Mehldau Trio
Trio 3 w. Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman & Andrew Cyrille • David Grier & Mike Compton
Dave Holland Quintet • Trevor Watts Moire Music Group • Geoff Muldaur & Fritz Richmond
Larry Karush • Bruce Dunlap • Sam Mangwana • Ellery Eskelin w. Andrea Parkins & Jim Black
Latif Bolat Turkish Music Ensemble • Chris Cutler & Thomas Dimuzio • The Schulldogs
Chris Calloway Quartet • Le Quan Ninh • J.A. Deane & Colleen Mulvihill • Eileen Myles
Toots Thielemans-Kenny Werner • Rosalie Sorrels • Claudio Calmens
Bobo Stenson Trio w. Anders Jormin & Billy Hart • Kelly Joe Phelps • John Abercrombie Quartet
Howard Alden-Ken Peplowski Duo • Danilo Perez & the Motherland Project • Robin & Linda Williams
Connie Crothers Quartet • Eliza Gilkyson • Bud Shank-David Friesen Duo • Rory Block
Paraphrase Trio: Tim Berne, Drew Gress, Tom Rainey • Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited
Alvin Curran • P.Unnikrishnan • Sarah Peebles-Nihlen Perera Duo • Cindy Blackman Quartet
Steven Feld Papua New Guinea • A.D.D. Trio- Steve Argüelles, Robert Dick & Christy Doran
Chris Smither • Barre Phillips • California EAR Unit • Leroy Jenkins
Steve Lacy Quintet with Irene Aebi & George Lewis • Boubacar Traore
2001-2002
Gretchen Parlato
Dave Douglas: Witness • Budowitz Klezmer Ensemble • Forward Kwenda & Erica Azim
Odean Pope Quartet w. David Murray • Richard Bona • Konk Pack: Hodgkinson, Lehn, Turner
Nicholas Collins & Peter Cusack • Crush w. Myra Melford; Takeishi & Cuong Vu • Tango No.9
Lucy Kaplansky • Birth / Out of Context • Susan McKeown & Johnny Cunningham
Don Byron: Music for Six Musicians • Quincy Troupe • Fred Frith • Stephanie Haynes
Abdullah Ibrahim Trio • Howard Alden,Jimmy Bruno, Frank Vignola • Benjamin Saenz
Sanjay Subrahmanyan • Geri Allen Trio • Dirty Dozen Brass Band • Shoko Hikage & Ryuko Mizutani
Trifactor: Hamiet Bluiett, Billy Bang & Kahil El’Zabar • Biggi Vinkeloe Trio • Lee Konitz Trio
Omar Sosa • Susan Alcorn & Chas Smith • Doug Lawrence Quartet w. Dan Trudell
Brad Richter • Cosy Sheridan • Chris Calloway • Corey Harris • Gretchen Parlato Septet
2002-2003
Frank Morgan
Rahim AlHaj • Frank Morgan-Sonny Fortune Quintet • Anthony Braxton • Ravi Coltrane Quartet
Cliff Eberhardt • Malcolm Goldstein • Alex Coke, Tina Marsh & the New Texas Swing Project
René Marie • Evan Parker-Barry Guy- Paul Lytton Trio • Zakir Hussain & Shivkumar Sharma
Bill Frisell Trio • Michael Vlatkovich Quartet • Philadelphia Jerry Ricks • Doug Lawrence Group
Chris Potter Quartet • Souhail Kaspar & Naser Musa • Ana Egge • Lucy Kaplansky • Geoff Muldaur
Bernhard Gunter, Steve Roden, Jeph Jerman and Steve Peters • Bill Evans & Brenda Buffalino
John Cohen & Michael Gallagher • Kate Campbell • Herbie Nichols Project • Tango No.9
Gary Mex Glazner • Hassan Hakmoun & the Gnawa Brotherhood • Toshimaru Nakamura & Sean Meehan
Rick Cox & Michael Jon Fink • Steve Feld & Dick Blau “Bright Balkan Morning” • Steve Coleman & Five Elements
Kenny Davern-Howard Alden Quartet • Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum • ROVA Saxophone Quartet • Gerald Locklin
Denny Zeitlin Trio • Tish Hinojosa • Wayne Shorter Quartet • Margaret Leng Tan • Loren Kahn Puppet Theatre
Brad Mehldau Solo • Keith Rowe • Carl Stone • Instant Composer’s Pool (ICP Orchestra) • Troy King
2003-2004
Chris Potter
Roswell Rudd Duck Baker Duo • Chris Smither • Ron Miles Quartet • Josh Ritter Band Bobby Bradford Quartet
Amjad Ali Khan & Sons • Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart • Brassum plus Dottie Grossman and Michael Vlatkovich
Giacamo Gates Quartet • Cosy Sheridan & Chuck Pyle • Marilyn Crispell • Ali Jihad Racy & Souhail Kaspar
Fly: Mark Turner, Larry Grenadier & Jeff Ballard • Campbell Brothers • Rory Block • Wynton Marsalis
Greg Abate • Chris Potter Quartet • Nancy Wilson & Ramsey Lewis • Dave Brubeck Quartet
Steve Lacy Quintet: The Beat Suite • Dave Brubeck Quartet • Kathak Dance: Prabha Marathe
Andy Milne: Dapp Theory • Michael Brecker Quintet • Omar Sosa • Panaiotis • Dave Holland Quinte
Flamenco de la Familia Encinias • Foday Musa Suso • Connie Crothers Quintet w. Mark Weber
Shobana & Company • Stuart Dempster • Matthias Lupri Quintet w. Cuong Vu
Cheryl Wheeler • Kenny White • Conference Call • Vince Bell, Elliott Rogers & Tom Adler
Roshan Bhartiya & Ty Burhoe • Fred Hersch Trio • Johnny Cunningham & Susan McKeown
Gerald Wilson with the UNM Big Band • Luciana Souza Quartet • Jeff Greinke • Rosalie Sorrels
Cassandra Wilson • Pierre Bensusan • Dave Phillips: Freedance • Jessica Williams
Mariana Sadovska & Kwartet Jorgi • Oliver Lake Steel Quartet • Mary Gauthier
2004-2005
Kartik Seshadri
Lucy Kaplansky • Dayna Kurtz • Bucky Pizzarelli & Howard Alden • Esma Redzepova & Ansambl Teodosievski
The Handsome Family • Steve Swell, Jemeel Moondoc, William Parker, Hamid Drake Quartet • Eric Bibb
Greg Osby 4 • David Meltzer • ICP Orchestra • Don Byron Ivey-Divey Trio • Geoff Muldaur • Plena Libre
Rahim AlHaj String Quartet • Frank Morgan Quartet • Dave Pietro: Banda Brazil • Kartik Seshadri
Tin Hat Trio • Doug Lawrence • Honeyboy Edwards • Kenny Davern Quartet • Denny Zeitlin Trio
Tom McDermott & Evan Christopher • Vinicius Cantuá ria Quartet • Tomasz Stanko • Cecil Taylor
Brooklyn Sax Quartet • Vishwa Mohan Bhatt • Kevin Hays • Eric Taylor • Vince Bell • Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali
Bennett Paster Trio • Luciana Souza & Romero Lubambo • Roshan Jamal Barthiya; Steve Gorn; Ty Burhoe
Rob Brown Trio • Sam Rivers Trio • Sarah Schonbeck • Vinny Golia Quintet • Submersible Trio • David Moss
Joshua Breakstone • Holmes Brothers • Ruthie Foster • Ojos de Brujo
2005-2006
Miguel Zeñon
Ojos de Brujo • Dave Holland Quintet • Miguel Zenon Quartet • Dafnis Prieto Quartet • Ramblin Jack Elliott
Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa • Ollabelle • Bobo Stenson Trio • Sparky & Rhonda Rucker • Regina Carter Quintet
Charles Lloyd Trio featuring Zakir Hussain & Eric Harland • Rene Marie Quartet • Otis Taylor • Circus Luminous
Chris Potter’s Underground • What We Live Four w.Saadet Turkoez • Count Basie Orchestra • Tia Fuller
The Mammals • Cesaria Evora • ICP Orchestra w. Kenny Davern • Susan McKeown Celtic Trio
Art Lande; Paul McCandless; Ty Burhoe Trio • Los Pleneros de la 21 • Andy Bey Quartet • Ab Baars Quartet
K. Sridhar • Tin Hat • Rahim AlHaj & Souhail Kaspar • Zakir Hussain’s Masters of Percussion • Brassum
Mathew Shipp Solo • Lily Maase Quintet • Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet • Odetta • Paul Rishell & Annie Raines
Newport Jazz Allstars Tribute to George Wein with Cedar Walton; Frank Wess; Howard Alden; Lew Tabacklin; Randy Sandke;
Kenny Davern; Peter Washington; Kenny Washington • Los Hombres Calientes • Henry Butler
Branford Marsalis Quartet • McCoy Tyner Septet
2006-2007
Michelle Rosewoman
Tessa Souter Quartet • Javon Jackson Superband • Chris Smither • Lucy Kaplansky • Manuel Valera Quartet
Baird Hersey & PRANA • Chatter • Eddie Marshall’s Holy Mischief Ensemble • Eric Person & Meta-Four
Wynton Marsalis • Michele Rosewoman & Quintessence • Ladysmith Black Mambazo • Chiara Civello
Geoff Muldaur • Cuong Vu Trio • The Buster Williams & "Something More" • Imani Winds • Eddie Palmieri
Robin Eubanks & EB3 • Claudia Acuña • Ralph Alessi Quartet w. Ravi Coltrane • Le Quan Ninh & Frederic Blondy
Michael Vlatkovich • Gangbe Brass Band • Amjad Ali Khan & Sons • Mike Seeger • Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts
Taksim w. Souren Baronian & Haig Manoukian • Shivkumar Sharma & Zakir Hussain
Joel Harrison’s Convergence • Anthony Wilson Brazilian Project w. Chico Pinheiro
2007-2008
Luciana Souza
Rashied Ali Quintet • Accra Trane Station • Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet • David Meltzer & Michael Rothenberg
Eugene Chadbourne & Jimmy Carl Black • Yuri Yunakov and his Romani Wedding Band • Joshua Redman Trio
Rosalie Sorrels • Luciana Souza • Martha Scanlan • Iva Bittová • Willem Breuker Kollektief • Anne Waldman
Guy Klucevsek • Rahim AlHaj’s Baghdad Orchestra • Oliver Lake Organ Quartet • Ingrid Jensen Quartet
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis • Pat Metheny Trio with Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez
Anat Cohen • Chris Calloway with the Bert Dalton Trio • Sasha Dobson • SFJAZZ Collective
Charles Lloyd Quartet with Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland • Andy Milne & Dapp Theory
Holly Hofmann/Mike Wofford Quartet • Zakir Hussain’s Masters of Percussion • Vijay Iyer Quartet
Doug Lawrence/Bobby Shew Quintet • Kate MacLeod • Dagar Ensemble • Henry Grimes-Oluyemi Thomas Duo w. Ijeoma
Chris Jonas & Sun Spits Cherries • Nakatani-Weaver- Balistreri Trio • Marie Knight • Borderland: Mariana Sadovska
Greg Abate Quartet • Pandit Shivnath Mishra & Deobrat Mishra • Bobby Shew Quintet w. Gary Foster
John Pizzarelli • Toumani Diabate’s Symmetric Orchestra • Eddie Daniels Quintet • Mighty Clouds of Joy
Richard Bona • Michel Camilo • Sonny Rollins • Dianne Reeves
2008-2009
Kenny Garrett
Pharoah Sanders • Allen Toussaint Quintet • Kenny Garrett • Habib Koite • Cassandra Wilson • A.B. Spellman
Paquito D’Rivera • Preservation Hall Jazz Band • Chiara Civello Quartet • Po’ Girl • Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia’s Magical Flutes of India
Joel Harrison’s Vox Americana • Javon Jackson Band w. Les McCann • Rosalie Sorrels • Le Chat Lunatique w. Stephane Wrembel
Assane Kouyate & Pa Bobo Jobarteh • Larry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core • John Hollenbeck’s Claudia Quintet • Miguel Zenon Quartet
Geoff Muldaur • Alex Coke & Tina Marsh Quartet • Cindy Blackman Quartet • Kelly Joe Phelps • Honey Boy Edwards
Carolina Chocolate Drops • David Sánchez Quartet • Jamie Baum Septet • Eliane Elias Quartet • Holly Near & Emma’s Revolution
George Lewis Trio w. Nicole Mitchell & Hamid Drake • Kevin Hays Trio w. Ben Street & Bill Stewart • The Fantastic Merlins
Ab Baars Quartet w. Ken Vandermark • Kálmán Balogh Gypsy Cimbalom Band • Lionel Loueke Trio
Hard Road w. Bill Evans & Bill Amatneek • Taksim • Vienna Teng • Amir ElSaffar & Two Rivers • Michael Datcher
Doug Lawrence Quartet
