Salsa, Jazz & Blues Under the Stars 2011

Hello JAZZ FRIENDS!

SUMMER'S ALMOST HERE! Are you ready for Salsa/Jazz & Blues Under the Stars?

We're kicking off our Summer Music Festival Under the Stars in just a few short weeks!! Friday, June 3^rd with island-style salsa from the Arizona-based Jaleo, along with the latest Cuban salsa group on the Albuquerque scene, En-Joy. Throughout the summer, Friday night salsa will include hot and steamy evenings with, Ivon Ulibarri y Café Mocha, Nosotros, Son Como Son, Calle 66, Cuban salsa from Team Havana, Quemozo and Charanga del Valle. Opening weekend continues with jazz on Saturday, June 4^th with the Big Band Extravaganza featuring theAlbuquerque Jazz Orchestra under the direction saxophonist, Glenn Kostur. The concert also features the NMJW Mid High and High School Honor Jazz Bands and the High School Honor Jazz Combo.

Following on the heels of opening weekend, young lions John Maestas and Asher Barreras bring their jazz ensemble, Humoso to the stage. Veteran sax man Doug Lawrence will also perform a set that evening, in an Under the Stars event that won’t soon be forgotten.

No one can forget the great evening of jazz that featured some of our favorite artists of the male persuasion. Men’s Voices returns with the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus Le Chat Lunatique, Clay Benard, Deian McBryde, and more, as well as Women’s Voices: Ladies Sing the Blues, curated by Joan Cere featuring Hillary Smith, Busy McCarroll, The Rhinestones, Lydia Clark and newcomer Ali Rae. A second evening of Women’s Voices happens later in the season, and offers a tribute to Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, and Carmen McCrae, curated by local Diva, Patty Stephens. The night also features Zenobia and Susan Abod. The Summer Music Festival continues through August 20^th with Mystic Vic, Ben Martinez Project, Red Hot & Red, Ryan McGarvey, Tribute Trio: Acoustic and Electric, Soul Kitchen, Memphis P’Tails, a special night with the former Tonight Show music director, Kevin Eubanks and Grammy-winning artist Larry Mitchell and so much more, Under the Stars.

Here's the full schedule of concerts!!!!

New Mexico Jazz Workshop’s 35th Anniversary Season

2011 Summer Music Festival Performance Schedule

June 3 – August 20

6/3 Jaleo/En-Joy $13/$11/$10

6/4 Big Band Extravaganza $13/$11/$10

6/10 Nosotros $13/$11/$10

6/11 Humoso/Doug Lawrence $13/$11/$10

6/17 Havana Son $13/$11/$10

6/18 Women’s Voices: Ladies Sing the Blues $15/$13/$12

6/24 Son Como Son $13/$11/$10

6/25 Tribute Trio: Acoustic and Electric $13/$11/$10

7/8 Charanga del Valle $13/$11/$10

7/9 Mystic Vic/Ryan McGarvey $13/$11/$10

7/15 Ivon Ulibarri y Cafe Mocha $13/$11/$10

7/16 Kevin Eubanks/Larry Mitchell $30/$25$20

7/22 Calle 66 $13/$11/$10

7/23 NO PERFORMANCE

7/29 Team Havana $15/$13/$12

7/30 Soul Kitchen/Memphis P’Tails $13/$11/$10

8/5 Quemozo $13/$11/$10

8/6 Women’s Voices: Tribute to Carmen McCrae,

Abbey Lincoln & Nina Simone $15/$13/$12

8/12 Son Como Son $13/$11/$10

8/13 Ben Martinez Project/Red Hot & Red $13/$11/$10

8/20 Men’s Voices $15/$13/$12

The New Mexico Jazz Workshop Summer Concert Series BEGINS!

Hello Jazz Friends!

It's that time again, folks! Time to stretch our legs, get outside, and get sweaty! No, we're not talking about mowing the lawn. It's time for the NMJW Summer Concert Series UNDER THE STARS! Starting THIS FRIDAY, June 4th we're kicking off a summer of great concerts, all summer long and the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater!

On FRIDAY, JUNE 4th-- Felipe Ruibal y Quemozo breaks the seal on the salsa, it's ripe, delicious and ready to go! On SATURDAY, JUNE 5th, we welcome the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Bobby Shew and none other than our NMJW Youth Honor Bands, led by Christian Pincock (High School) and Sam Nesbitt (Middle School).

Where ya goin'? You know there's MORE in store. Week two of the Salsa Under the Stars we welcome Charanga del Valle, June 11th. You'll soon be over your Los Van Van heart break, just get on that dance floor. On June 12th come out for the Saxophone Summit featuring Glenn Kostur, Lee Taylor and Kanoa Kaluhiwa, and Aaron Lovato. Just buy a Summer Pass, please! You're not going to want to miss a single weekend. Because week three we have the lovely Ivon Ulibarri y Cafe Mocha! And, the first night of Women's Voices!

On Saturday, June 19^th NMJW presents the first night of Women’s Voices with Ladies Sing the Blues, hosted by KUNM radio personality, Mary Oishi. Join some of Albuquerque’s finest blues singers and musicians for a night of blistering blues born from the African-American A.M.E. Churches, to the field hollers and streets of Memphis, Chicago, New Orleans; to the dusty, back roads, train tracks, cross roads, and juke joints of the American landscape—making “a way out of no way.“ Are you ready for some hollerin’, honkin’, shoutin’, and getting’ down?” Joan Cere says (formally Joan Griffin). Cere, lead singer of Combo Special, is a performer and the curator of Ladies Sing the Blues. Cere pledges a diva-packed evening of blues featuring Hillary Smith, Wendy Beach, and Cathryn McGill. “So many soulful, talented people coming together to make the music that makes us who we are,” Cere says. Cere cites singers such as Big Momma Thornton, Bessie Smith, Janice Joplin and Ma Rainey as inspiration for Ladies Sing the Blues. Cere calls Ladies Sing the Blues, “a rootsy, rocking, feelin’ kind of music-- the kind that makes your skin tingle and brings a tear to your eye-- makes you wanna shake your stuff and join the party.”

Women's Voices 2010 continues with a tribute to the mothers of jazz: Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan. Women’s Voices: Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan Saturday, July 10^th.

They sang to express the secrets of their hearts, for sheer joy, to pay the rent, to stay afloat, to keep going. Women's Voices 2010 pays tribute to the mothers of jazz: Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan. This trinity of vocalists left mighty big shoes to fill. On Saturday, July 10^th, Patty Stephens, Patti Littlefield, Chava, Kathy Gutierrez, and Ashley (aka SayWut!?) Moyer pay a soulful, moving homage to the music, the women, and the lives and times that made Sarah, Billie and Ella trine stars that never lose their luster, and never fade from our collective memory.

“This tribute isn’t to the jazz song, it is to the lives of three women who sang those jazz songs,” says Patty Stephens, performer and curator of the tribute. “This tribute is from the New Mexican women of song to our ancestors, our elders.” Stephens, a favorite on the local jazz scene, says this concert is a deep exploration of the work and the world of Dames Fitzgerald, Vaughan and Holiday, not an evening of greatest hits. “I’m not talking about a contemporary singer sticking a big flower behind her ear, and bending notes,” Stephens says. “I’m talking about the women who stay up late, drag home in the middle of the night and work on new tunes and go sing at church on Sunday.”

This year’s Women’s Voices features a new, exciting element to the performance. Ashley (aka SayWut?!) Moyer, a local hip-hop beat boxer of note will, take the stage. (Beatboxing is a rediscovered art of producing drum beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using one's mouth, lips, tongue and voice. The art form dates back to the ancient tradition of bhol, found in the music of India.) Stephens, who will be performing a few duets with Moyer, says that beat boxing expresses the “jazz element of scat—the percussive use of the voice, and the power of improvisation.” According to Stephens, there are all components that relate back to Fitzgerald, Holiday and Vaughan. “Ashley brings to the evening a true, raw element of vocal expression inherent in jazz, and the music of the divas we honor.”

Women’s Voices 2010 Saturday, June 19^th and Saturday, July 10^th are sure to be two evenings of Jazz & Blues Under the Stars audiences won’t soon forget.

MUCH MORE to come as the summer rolls on!

We'll see you, Under the Stars . . .

Felipe Ruibal y Quemozo TOMORROW NIGHT at Salsa Under the Stars

Hello friends!

We're gearing up for another weekend of great music, Under the Stars! We thought we'd whet your appetite for Salsa Under the Stars with a little number from Felipe Ruibal y Quemozo.

And don't forget- tomorrow marks a milestone for the band-- a NEW EP RELEASE! Support local music,

snag a CD before there're all gone!!!

Hot Weekend Under the Stars

Hello there!

We are SO LOOKING FORWARD to this weekend of Salsa and Jazz Under the Stars!

On Friday, we welcome Calle 66 back to the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater @ 7pm.

Calle 66 reads like a varitable who's who of musicians on the New Mexico scene, and their salsa tunes are burn-your-mouth hot.

Get there at 6:30 and take a FREE SALSA LESSON with a professional instructor! There were 30 people on the dance floor for the lesson last week! It's a blast, not at all scary, and you'll learn a few new steps, so why not??

On Saturday, don't miss Transit Latin Jazz Ensemble! This concert is a reunion of sorts. Former NMJW director Ed Ulman, Amicar Guevara and Barret Martin are all flying in from far-flug locales to do this show, and we're glad for it!

If you didn't here a Maud talking up the band on KUNM the other day,Transit Latin Jazz Ensemble combines the rhythms of Afro-Cuban jazz, Brazilian fusion and Bossa Nova. It's going to be a great concert! Hey, we don't want to neglect our local heroes Rodolfo Gonzalez, Maud Beenhouwer also members of Transit, and Glenn Kostur and Cesar Bauvallet who are lending their artistry to the line-up. It's going to be a great evening under the stars!

And, don't forget about Sunday Jam Sessions at Seasons! This week it's the Rodolfo Gonzalez Quartet, Sunday, August 9th @ 7:30 pm! Get there early-- you know how that lovely, intimate patio can fill up in a heart beat!

Have a great weekend, whatever you're up to! We hope to see you at the Museum, Under the Stars!

Ivon Ulibarri Interview

It's a major understatement to say that Salsa is a male-dominated industry. Musicians (who happen to be women) who choose this style of music as their art form often find that they are welcomed into certain areas of the realm designated for singers only, and even then they are obliged to vy to fill the shoes of the late, great Celia Cruz.

Women who rise to any level of stardom amongst the numerous "Mambo Kings" appear to us like random, distant comets in the night sky of well-known constellations, rather than constant elements in the celestial design that drive this music genre forward. We dare you to name a woman right off the top of your head who has ever led, successfully, a Latin jazz band, as a musician, singer, composer and band leader. Go ahead. Try. Say it. . . Shiela E. We love Shiela E. But, come Friday night at the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheatre, you may want to revise your answer. If you live in New Mexico, you know that Ivon Ulibarri is a name synonymous with salsa, and her group, Cafe Mocha rise to the occasion EVERY TIME, to bring you some of the most sophisticated, charismatic music around. Here's the New Mexico Jazz Workshop interview with Ivon Ulibarri!

You've been pleasing audiences with great Salsa music for over a decade. How did you get started?

I started playing guitar when I was about 12 years old...around the time Carlos Santana came on the scene. I remember being drawn to the congas and timbales in particular, along with Carlos' guitar, of course. I also remember in my Social Studies classes, really being interested and intrigued by the Latin countries. I spoke Spanish fluently and anything Latino captured my interest. My admiration of Carlos Santana continued into high school and I aspired to play like him. I learned to play Oye Como Va, Evil Ways, etc. Somewhere along the way I learned that Oye Como Va was a Tito Puente song. And, somewhere else along the way I discovered the Fania AllStars, Eddie Cano, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz. I liked "that style of Spanish music". It was different and very rhythmic. I was hooked. When I came to UNM I discovered KUNM and the Latin music programming on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays: Salsa Sabrosa, Espejos de Atzlan, Raices. I also discovered Ruben Blades, Willie Colon, Johnny Pacheco, just to name a few. I was always drawn to what I later learned was Cuban and Puerto Rican "son". It was those polyrhythms! They mesmerized me and captiviated my soul.

After graduating from UNM, I started a band: Amigas. We played what I called the "juke box variety" because we played everything from Tex-Mex Rancheras to Country to Top 40 (including Michael Jackson songs!), to Carlos Santana, Boleros, Cumbias, Gloria Estefan, and eventually Salsa. We began to learn and play more and more Salsa. I turned everything we played into Latin-Mambo-Salsa. I just couldn't get away from that beat. Still to this day, I hear the world in terms of clave, mambo, son, salsa. I hear the clave in every style of music! It's in my DNA! My band "Amigas" was together for appx 10years. During that time, I earned a name for myself in the ABQ Music Scene for the variety we played but especially for bringing out the Latin style sound in our music.

We know you perform Salsa, Mariachi, and solo guitar. What's your favorite genre of music to perform?

I love them all but, probably Salsa is my favorite because I've been able to evolve musically more within the Salsa genre. I love playing with the band. Again, it's those rhythms that wrap themselves around my soul and fill my heart with music. I do enjoy performing with Mariachi as well. Mariachi music was my first exposure to music--altho' I loved Elvis Presley too. I grew up listening to many genres of music. It all depended what station my mom was listening to. While she cooked supper she'd tune into a station from Amarillo TX and we'd listen to Mariachi, Tex Mex, and Norteno. When she cleaned house she'd tune into our local radio station KTNM, and I'd get a dose of Country music. Other times, I'd tune into KOMA-an Oklahoma city station and listen to the latest Rock and Top 40. I loved it all and dreamed of having a band that played it all. Eventually, I did, including Salsa.

What is it like working in what appears to a male-dominated musical art form? Have things improved over the years, in terms of more women creating Salsa music?

It's been a challenge...regardless of what genre I pursued. I grew up playing music with guys. Females didn't play instruments, per se, when I was growing up. Perhaps instruments like flute, piano, clarinet, violin but not too many played guitar. I learned to play from my brother and other guys in the neighborhood. So, I learned to play an aggressive style right off the top. When it came to playing in bands, I was able to hold my own with the guys and that was my ticket into the scene. Yes, things have changed quite a bit. However, in Latin music, namely Salsa, things are still a bit behind.

Gloria Estefan did a lot for opening doors for women in Latin music. Still, most female Salsa performers are primarily vocalists. Granted there are some exceptions, (Sheila E., for example), but not many. A contemporary Salsera with major acclaim is ALBITA but aside from her and Gloria Estefan and of course Celia Cruz, there really aren't any females who have reached the levels of acclaim that artists such as Ruben Blades, Willie Chirino, Gilberto SantaRosa, Johnny Pacheco, for example. Even though Celia Cruz earned acclaim early on in her career, she didn't attain the crossover that Gloria did until later in her career. In my opinion, Gloria Estefan open the door wider for Celia. Salsa didn't crossover until Gloria Estefan. Gloria Estefan opened the door for all Latinos, including me.

What types of obstacles have you faced as an artist in Salsa and how have you overcome them?

The greatest challenge has been finding musicians who can play it correctly, and radio stations in New Mexico who will play it...aside from KUNM. Unfortunately, New Mexico Music hesitates to acknowledge anything other than the regional New Mexico style. It's very unfortunate not only for myself but for New Mexico music in general. The pool of Salsa musicians in Albuquerque has grown over the years but, it's still a very limited number of players who play Salsa. In terms of being an "Salsa artist"--- the music business is a tough business regardless of what you play. There's lots of competition and egos, in general. One has to really love music, have a passion for it, to withstand all the challenges, criticism, etc. I guess the biggest challenge with playing Salsa--in New Mexico- is getting the typical New Mexican music lover to open up and appreciate another style of Spanish language music. The key to their ears is through music by Carlos Santana. We Chicanos, identified strongly with Santana. Because of him, we have a Salsa audience in New Mexico. Because of Carlos Santana I've been able to penetrate the New Mexico scene. Today, we have many young Latinos who have discovered Salsa separately from Santana, but I'll bet you Santana plays in their discovery somewhere.

You're a composer as well. What's your creative process? What inspires you to create new work?

Social issues, life's idiosyncrasies, life's contradictions, life's struggles, life's accomplishments, everyday life...all of it, none of it, always and never. Ideas just come to me...I hear the poetry in my head. I hear the music. It just happens. When I sit down to write, I open pages to the dictionary, randomly, and start making word lists...like I used to in grade school. The nuns would assign us an essay and have us start by making a word list. So, I still do that. I flip through the pages of dictionaries Spanish & English, and write down words that catch my attention. Later I sort through them to see what story line is in the list. Then I apply the words, or the idea the words gave me, to a melody. Sometimes the song is already written in my head. I just have to dig it out.

What's the first song you remember learning to play?

Yellow Mocking Bird and La Bamba.

What's your guilty (music) pleasure? What kind of tunes do you listen to that would surprise people to know?

Well, the truth is that I indulge in Salsa, & Son. I'm a Salsa & Son junkie! There's no hope for me-nor do I want anything else, honestly. But-- I really like listening to recordings from the 1920's - 1940's, especially the old style Mambo, Cha-Cha---before it was known as Salsa. I like listening to the style of Machito and the Cuban craze of the 40's & 50's. I like those old recordings before high-fidelity recordings! I like Billie Holiday music too.

In your opinion, what's the future of Salsa music?

Salsa music has only just begun! It never really went away. The mambo craze of the 1940's & 1950's faded away in popularity but it never died. It got quiet for a while but it remained alive in the barrios of New York, Los Angeles and certainly the Cuban neighborhoods in Miami.

Salsa & Son have a way of reaching deep into a person's DNA. It gets in there, it stays. There's something about the poly rhythms that move a person even if they don't understand the language. It's in the drums and the percussion that speaks loudly inside an otherwise quiet soul. It inspires an awakening that compels people to participate either as a musician, or a dancer. You can't help but be moved by it. If you feel it, you're hooked. If you don't feel it, then you're not alive somewhere. The poetry in the music is simple yet profound. People are affected by rhythm and Salsa & Son are the godparents of rhythm. It has the capability of crossing all nationalities, genres, genders, age groups, it's beyond International. It's an essential piece of the human element. Salsa & Son are repesentative of generations of histories that tell the story of today's civilizations. Its roots go way back. It's God's musical manifestation in rhythmic form.

Anything else you'd like to share with your fans?

I just want to express my gratitude to all the Salsa music fans in Albuquerque and New Mexico, for their support. We now have a thriving Salsa scene in our state because of their love for the music. Thank you all for making my dream come true.

Que viva la musica Latina y toda su gente. See you on the dance floor!

[Marya Errin Jones]

Son Como Son Salsa

Hello, New Mexico Jazz Workhsop friends!

Can you believe it? Son Como Son is back for another great night of hot Salsa Under the Stars, on July 24th @ 7pm, at the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater! What could be better than a warm night of dancing under the stars with one of the best Salsa bands in . . . well . . . ANYWHERE??

Led by Cuban-born composer and trombonist Cesar Bauvallet, Son Como Son's music is practically alchemical, demanding that you rise from your seat and dance, MOVE, transform-- let the music take you places! A night with Son Como Son turns the undernourished wallflower into a Salsa-dancin' machine!

As usual, the show at the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater starts at 7:00 pm. But what you may not know is that if you come to the museum at 6:30 pm, you may warm up for the dance-a-thon with Son Como Son by taking an exciting and FREE Salsa lesson with a professional dance instructor! Now THAT'S Edu-tainment!! AND why not avoid the queue? Get your tickets online! [marya errin jones]

Calle 66

Hello everyone! Another weekend of GREAT SALSA coming your way! Come dance the night away with Calle 66 this friday night at the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater! The show starts at 7pm. Don't miss your chance to learn a few new dance moves-- come to the museum a little early, at 6:30 and take a FREE Salsa class with Sarita! If you do, you'll get TWO DOLLARS OFF a ticket to the next evening of Salsa!

We thought we'd also mention that the talented Ms. Zamora is back with Calle 66 tomorrow night! After a brief maternity leave (she delivered a set of twins-- twi healthy baby boys 5 weeks ago) Jackie is back and ready to perform. Don't miss her return to the stage!

Havana NRG is coming to NMJW Salsa Under the Stars

Just when thought there's be no more surprises-- NMJW is proud to present Havana NRG!

Read what people are saying about this band:

Havana NRG!--The New Rhythm Generation have sent a shockwave in the music industry with very hot performances all over the country! From LA, Miami, NY, Houston, Albuquerque, Denver, San Francisco, Oklahoma and so much more, Havana NRG! continues to burn up the concert circuit with fierce showcases of Salsa, Merengue and so much more. Havana NRG! has managed to place in the TOP 10 in world markets such as Italy, Sweden, France, Jerusalem, USA, Canada and other great countries. What an accomplishment for a Dallas-based orchestra hailing from Cuba! Havana NRG! brings the energy, the richness and distinct flavor of Cuba and all right here in Dallas, Texas! Havana NRG! is available for tours outside of the USA and bids are beginning to come in. Havana NRG! were specially selected as one of the TOP 10 Independent Salsa Orchestras in the world and were added to the elite CD Compilation "Siempre Salsa!" that was produced and released by the ..1 voice of Latin Music across the world, LATIN BEAT MAGAZINE. Havana NRG! were also featured on the "Don't Mess With Tejas" CD Compilation in 2005 alongside other artists as The Lonely Boys, Flaco Jimenez and others.

DON'T MISS THIS EVENT!!!!!

And, leave the queue behind-- purchase your tickets ONLINE!

Son Como Son

We're SO EXCITED to bring you one of the major Salsa events of the season!

Son Como Son will have you on the dance floor before you can say Merenge. Don't miss this event. And by the way, you can buy your tickets ONLINE!!!

See you there!!!

Who: SON COM SON Salsa Under the Stars

When: June 26th 7pm -- 10pm

Where:@ Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater 2000 Mountain Rd. NW

Cost: $13 General $11 Students/Seniors NMJW/Museum Members $10.

Tickets Available through Brown Paper Tickets http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/71424

We'll see ya there!!!

Week Two of Salsa/Blues!

The first weekend of Salsa/Blues Under the Stars was in one word . . . ELECTRIC. We're still flabbergasted by the opening night turn-out which was stellar. Not one to rest on our laurels, we're moving full steam ahead into week two of the festival.  Here's what we have in store for you! 

FRIDAY, JUNE 5th

Ivon Ulibarri y Cafe Mocha

Cafe Mocha, featuring Ivon Ulibarri is one of Albuquerque's hottest salsa bands, brewing an exciting blend of Son, Cha-Cha, and other Latin styles from the Caribbean and beyond. A veteran of the Salsa scene, Ivon brings authenticity and charisma to the stage in a celebration of rich musical traditions and lively dance music.

SATURDAY, JUNE 6th

Rodney Bowe and Sina Soul: 

The African Roots of Jazz 

Featuring ODIGBO ADAMA.

Enjoy an evening of Jazz, Soul and Funk music.

See you Under the Stars. . . 

Supa-sonic. RumbaTronix!

As promised, here's a little info on the ensemble opening for Ocho y Mas at NM Jazz Workshop's first Salsa Under the Stars for 2009. 

RumbaTronix  is Luis Guerra (bass, loops, laptop, vox) and Camilo Quiñones (drums, percussion, samples, vox). -- this dynamic duo uses modern electronics to give new meaning to traditional Latin beats we know and love. 

Okay okay, we know what you're thinking, but no, RumbaTronix is not two turntables and a microphone. Guerra and Quiñones are classically trained musicians exploring a modern take on the classic rhythms found at the heart of Latin music. In a recent conversation, we asked Luis about the combination between electronica and classic Latin music:

Being that Camilo and I are American musicians with Latino blood, we use the elements of what traditional Latin Rhythms and remix them live using the samples that we create. 

Enough said.

But, what we can't say enough about is how addictively delicious RumbaTronix truly is. In one set, you'll be transported to a place somewhere between the plasma layers and fallen stars of Cassiopeia, the womb, Ibiza, and the beach in Santa Marta, Colombia. We're telling you-- you'll almost forget where you live. But don't take our word for it, you'll just have to check them out live, to get the full-force-effect of these talented LIVE musicians engaged in LIVE creation, as they jam on the molecular, electified waves of computer technology created by the folks over at Mac-- it's something to behold. Albuquerque. . .  you've got just about twenty-eight days to get ready for all this bliss . . .

RumbaTronix @ Salsa Under the Stars

May 29th, 7pm @  

Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater

NM Jazz presents Ocho y Mas and RumbaTronix at Salsa Season Opening!

We can hardly wait for NM Jazz Workshop Salsa Under the Stars! For the full schedule of events, click here. Put it in your calendars right now: the amazing Ocho y Mas and the techno-savvy-acoustically-smoove, Bossa Nova jams of RumbaTronix  kick off a long, hot summer of even hotter Salsa on May 29th at 7pm at the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater-- you've gotta be there!

Ocho y Mas is one of the hottest bands to burst onto the international, Latin music scene. EVER. Expect to be stirred by the kind of original, old-school flavor that makes Salsa a delicacy for the senses! 

In our next blog entry, we'll introduce you to the electronica-musica, ultra groove of RumbaTronix. Don't miss this show!