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

Mayor Richard J. Berry and First Lady Maria Berry Honor NMJW

New Mexico Jazz Workshop

Acknowledged by Mayor Richard J. Berry

and First Lady Maria Berry

New Mexico Jazz Workshop to be beneficiary of 2011 Mayor and First Lady Berry Gala

Albuquerque-- New Mexico Jazz Workshop has been named one of the five charities designated as a beneficiary of the 25^th Anniversary Mayor and First Lady’s Charity Gala. Albuquerque’s First Couple will host an evening that includes an auction, live music and fine dining. The black tie event will be held on Saturday, May 14, 2011 from 6pm to 11pm at the Albuquerque Convention Center. For more information about the Gala, please visit www.mayorscharitygala.com or via email: charitygala@cabq.gov or by phone: 505-768-3045.

“We were thrilled to receive the news,” says Vicki Dugger, Assistant Director of the New Mexico Jazz Workshop. “We knew that there would be a lot of great organizations submitting proposals. We’re grateful to have been selected.”

This year, funds raised at the Gala will support five worthy organizations, including The New Mexico Jazz Workshop’s Empowerment Through Music program-- NMJW’s arts and social services programming. “Empowerment Through Music is making a difference in the lives of low-income, at-risk and incarcerated youth,” says Dugger. “Through this program, youth increase their musical and technological understanding in order to better navigate their futures.” Dugger explains that Empowerment Through Music also helps stem what is known as, “summer slide;” the loss of educational gains over the summer break. Dugger adds that, “Children without healthy stimulation and activities lose an average of 25% of what they learned over the school year, which becomes cumulative over time.”

Funds raised at the Gala will allow New Mexico Jazz Workshop to increase therapeutic instruction at the Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Center and expand the South Valley Band Project, which provides music mentoring for at-risk middle school students. “We are so grateful for the ability to expand our programs that help kids creatively cope with the world around them.” Dugger says.

For more information about Empowerment Through Music, please contact Debra Orlofsky, Empowerment Through Music Coordinator at The New Mexico Jazz Workshop at 505-255-9798 or debo@nmjazz.org.

Empowerment Through Music is sponsored by: Sennheiser, Target, Bernalillo County, Wells Fargo, Grandmas Music and Sound, United Way of Central New Mexico and Cardinal Health.

Experimental, electric, ALIVE, Jazz, Deconstructed Volume 2

Nu Jazz, Japanese Jazz, Punk Jazz. . . there are as many styles of jazz as there are rivers on earth; each rivulet, creek and brook leads back to the original aquifer that never seems to run dry. Jazz, Deconstructed Volume 2, celebrates the diverse world of experimental jazz from four very different perspectives and tributaries.

Volume 2 of the series explores everything from ancient sounds on analog instruments to electronic playback and streaming audio/visuals. Using atonality, dissonance, improvisation and traditional song structure, the artists in the series add a verse to the new vanguard of the movement, changing the way we experience jazz.

Here's the line-up:

April 6: Mark Weaver's UFO Ensemble

April 13: Sama Duo

April 20: John Rangel and the Improv Comp

April 27: The Things That Are Heard

Bring your cash money-- Tractor Brewery will be serving up the beer and wine and the Kosmos Cafe will be open for all of you coffee and tea drinkers. Hurray!

Deconstructed: Wednesdays, April 6-27, 7pm at The Kosmos, 1715 5^th Street, downtown Albuquerque. Tickets are $10 general, $8 students, seniors and NMJW members. Tickets are available online at www.eventbrite.com.

Give the Gift of Jazz!

It's the second week of December already.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? We're not

quite ready to settle in for Winter just yet! One more concert for the year, Adult Education classes are shaping up, and we're gearing up for a a busy 2011!

12/12 Middle School and High School Youth Honor Bands RECITAL: Sunday, December 12th 1PM -3PM at the Cooperage, 7220 Lomas NE. Don't miss an afternoon of music with the future of jazz in New Mexico (and beyond!) Middle-High and High School Honor Band kids go on to great things. Get in on the ground floor of their assent to amazing heights!

Mid-High School Honor Jazz Band

Under the Direction of Sam Nesbitt

High School Honor Jazz Band

Under the Direction of Christian Pincock

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Give the Gift of JAZZ!

Consider an alternative to the hustle and bustle of holiday gift shopping by purchasing a gift card from New Mexico Jazz Workshop. Give the gift of Jazz -- buy NMJW Jazz Bucks.

A gift card of $50, $100, $150 or $200 is a wonderful way to offer the artist in your life the opportunity to take a class, attend a concert, present dollars towards a Jazz Camp session, or even join NMJW as a Member! Call us for more information: 505-255-9798.

We'll see you in the New Year! Can't wait.

NMJW

New Mexico Jazz Stories, VOLUME 2!

It's time for volume 2 of New Mexico Jazz Stories, an intimate evening with the artist! We're very excited by the line-up!

Life is an improvisation, a mixed tape, an unfinished work-- and no one knows that better than the five professional musicians NMJW has lined up for New Mexico Jazz Stories. They've played everywhere, from juke joints to concert halls, for sophisticated, international audiences, to salty bar flies in dives. The artists of New Mexico Jazz Stories Volume 2 have collected their stories throughout their colorful journeys, and they plan to share them with you, for the first time.

John Rangel kicks off the series. Rangel, a dynamic composer and pianist comes from a musical family full of opera singers. Find out how he got into jazz on October 6^th.

Next up is bassist Milo Jaramillo. Born and raised in New Mexico, Jaramillo lives and commutes from his native Isleta Pueblo to perform everything from jazz to funk, reggae to world music. Jaramillo shares his jazz stories on October 13^th.

Patty Stephens is a Diva of the highest order. Stephens captivates audiences with her golden pipes, and her tales are sure to be equally mesmerizing. Don’t miss Jazz Stories with Patty Stephens on October 20^th.

On October 27^th Jazz Stories presents trumpeter Paul Gonzales. Gonzales, a KUNM DJ and member of various salsa groups, including Son Como Son is also an Army Veteran. What was it like to have musician Arlen Asher visit your first grade class? Find out from Gonzales at Jazz Stories.

Closing out the 2010 Jazz Stories series is well-respected guitarist and bassist Lewis Winn. Winn has performed professionally for nearly 40 years, and he certainly has many, many interesting tales to tell. Volume 2 of New MexicoJazz Stories: An Intimate Evening with the Artist is sure to be a lively series you won’t want to miss.

New Mexico Jazz Stories: An Intimate Evening with the Artist, October 6^th through November 3^rd at 7pm. The Cooperage 7220 Lomas NE. Tickets are $15 General, $10 NMJW Members/Seniors/Students. Series passes available. Please call NMJW at 505-255-9798 or visit our website www.nmjazz.org for more information. Tickets are also available online at www.brownpapertickets .com.

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milo Jaramillo

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Facing the Day with Alex Maryol

Alex Maryol's bio is crazy impressive. This young blues artist has been on the circuit for years, opening for Etta James, Bo Diddley, Ani DiFranco, Michael Franti, Leon Russell, and G. Love and Special Sauce, to name a few. He has shared the stage with artists, oh, like James Brown, Johny Lang, John Mayer, Otis Taylor and Buddy Miles.

Alex is on the bill with Todd Tijerina as well as Combo Special TONIGHT at 7pm, at the final Jazz & Blues Under the Stars at the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater in Old Town. We thought we'd pin Alex down for a short interview:




NMJW:
Why the Blues? What made you gravitate towards this genre of music?

AM:
Blues is a very emotional sounding music... I felt the blues from a very young age... from the first moment I heard it when I was around 4 or 5. Blues is a music -like all music- that is not in the "notes" but rather that is in the person.

NMJW:
You credit musicians like Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and Elvis Presley as people who've influenced you. When did you first become aware of these artists and how?

AM:
I first heard these artists on my dad's radio in his truck as he drove me to kindergarten when I was four. He would then play more of these artists for me on his record player in our living room.

NMJW:
You mention being the son of Greek-American restaurateurs in your biographical information. Were you expected to enter the family business? When did it become clear that you were charting your own course through music?

AM:
I was never expected to be or do anything in particular. I always had the freedom to choose what I wanted to do... however, growing up in the restaurant is a very important detail in my life. I always wanted to be involved with music. My mom tells me that I would pick my head up in the crib when I was a baby to "see what was going on" when there was music being played in the room.




NMJW:
Tell us about Face the Day. How have you approached the material on this record, in contrast to your earlier releases?

AM:
Face the Day is an album that deals with my experience of life through my mid 20's.


NMJW:
What's your favorite guilty pleasure in terms of music?

AM:
Kelly Clarkson, Shania Twain, and Cindi Lauper.


NMJW:
Who would you most like to share the stage with?

AM:
Leslie Feist

NMJW:
If you were not a musician, where else might you focus your creative attention?

AM:
Running, Bicycling and Swimming.

An interview with Ashley SAYWUT Moyer!

Women's Voices: Tribute to Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan was a HIT. Thank you for making last Saturday an amazing night!

At Women's Voices, we introduced you to Ashley aka Saywut Moyer-- the real WILD CARD of the night! Ashley's Hip Hop beatboxing was exciting, provocative, and startling juxtaposed with jazz. Moyer mixed this "modern" vocal work with traditional jazz singing, creating a hybrid few people have ever heard before, and people can't stop talking about it! We're still getting great feedback from people intrigued by Moyer's style, so we thought we'd do a short interview with her!

NMJW: Tell us about beat box, and it's modern origins.

AM:

Beatboxing is music made only with the human body through breath control, and muscle control. It is something that can be found all over the world.

NMJW:

Like other forms of music, beatbox is male-dominated. Where are all the ladies? How did you

decide you wanted to beatbox?

AM:
I don't think most women beatbox because it isn't something that females do often enough to be considered normal. Most people in general don't even know what it is. Also, it's kinda out of character for women to make crazy sound effects and music with their mouths. However, there are a few women beatboxers all over the world. Mostly in the UK. A few here in the US as well. I decided to beatbox because I was drawn to it when I saw it, and started to imitate what I saw and heard. Once I learned that I was ok at it, I continued on and practiced.

NMJW:

Who are some of your influences? How did you get started?

AM:

Some of my influences are Zack Freeman, Roxorloops, Bizmarkee, Dougie Fresh, and any music or sounds that catch my ear...I want to imitate the sounds/music that I enjoy. I started when I was a sophomore in high school. A kid at my school was beatboxing, and I was instantly hooked. I have always been good at imitating noises, or voices, so when I heard him, It was natural for me to pick it up. I haven't stopped since. It's been 7 1/2 years already, and I am still to this day amazed at the amount of opportunities and blessings I have recieved through beatboxing. I guess it all depends on where your heart's at. I have learned that my beatboxing is a gift, it helps me connect with people and them with everyone else in the room in a way that almost feels like we are closer to god. I have accepted this as my responsibility, to be a circuit and open people to a feeling of love and humanity they may have forgotten they could feel. I have to share that love...I am truly blessed to do what I do.

NMJW:

We know you are politically active in the local and global community. How does your music support your politics?

AM:

I started out performing in my community because I had the gift of beatboxing. People noticed me, and wanted me to do shows for them. Since it was a gift, and I wanted to help people and effect change, I decided to use my beatboxing as a way to use my voice and express myself and the causes I believe in. I have always been very picky with what kind of shows I do, because I don't want to endorse something that may not have my or others best interest at heart...I enjoy working with grass roots organizations. I enjoy being able to share my gift, and not feel like a product that only focuses on me. I love working with youth in the city and state that I grew up in. I know what kind of role model these kids need, and I am proud to take that roll on. Especially as a female beatboxer.

NMJW:

What do you say to other young women interested in getting into beatboxing?

AM:

I say go for it! It is a rare art form, but like anything, practice and passion will get you where you want to be. I always enjoy beatboxing for young women who didn't know females could beatbox. It opens a whole new side of their minds where they start to consider other paths for themselves aside from what they see on TV or hear on the radio. I like to show them that they too can be respected, accepted and expressed in a way that is their own. My heart goes out to all the young women, they need someone to show them that females are supportive of each other, and that being proud of who you are is a very positive and freeing experience...to me it's what life is all about.

NMJW:

Thanks, Ashley!

AM:

Thank you!