Black History Month Comes to a Close

Detail from the original cover art to Duke Ellington's 1944
studio recording Black, Brown and Beige.Courtesy of the artist. 

NPR's A Blog Supreme, most recent post, written by DAVID BRENT JOHNSON  is available online today! 

NPR made the most of Black History Month as viewed through the lens of jazz. If you missed the recordings, interviews and remembrances, they are archived at the link above.

It was a stellar Black History Month the year! We hope you were able to attend the many celebrations, where ever you are! The history of jazz, its origins and its future rest in our hands. Let's remember. Let's contribute a verse!

Summer Jazz Intensive for Teens

SUPER SATURDAY --- MARCH 2

Super Saturday, March 2, 2013 9am -- 3pm

Albuquerque Academy West Campus Gymnasium

6400 Wyoming NE 87109

Walk-In Registration for Summer Jazz Intensive for Teens is just around the corner. Due to Albuquerque Academy's academic break, the BEST TIME TO REGISTER for Jazz Intensive is on March 2. This Albuquerque Academy event is called, SUPER SATURDAY. You will be able to register on March 18 through May 20. However, to ensure a spot in the Jazz Intensive program, March 2 is you target date! Get ready for Super Saturday! 

Super Saturday is as intense as it sounds-- parents literally camp out, or arrive very early, to register their children for courses. Due to the popularity and limited enrollment in their programs, as well as the complexities of their academic scheduling, walk-in registration is the ONLY registration method for enrolling in AA's summer program. Unfortunately, Albuquerque Academy does not accept registration by phone, mail, fax or email.

We at NMJW understand that your family life is a busy one. Please consider making SUPER SATURDAY a family outing! Get there early, pack a breakfast, enjoy the crisp spring air and meet up with friends and family.

Albuquerque Academy Summer Session-- THINK SUMMER

Dates to remember:

MARCH 2 -- Super Saturday

MARCH 4-15 No registration -- Summer Session Office CLOSED

MARCH 18  WALK-IN REGISTRATION 

MAY 20 -- WALK-IN REGISTRATION ENDS

MAY 21-31 Summer Session Office CLOSED

JUNE 2 Summer Session Office Open House

JUNE 3 SUMMER SESSION BEGINS

For more information, please CLICK HERE. 

To view the entire Summer Session Booklet, CLICK HERE. 

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New Mexico Jazz Workshop’s Summer Jazz Intensive JUNE 3-JULY 12-  $450

Summer Jazz Intensive for Teens is an extraordinary, six-week summer jazz camp for kids of all music skill levels. Held at Albuquerque Academy, the Summer Jazz Intensive offers a comprehensive, fundamental, and challenging introduction to jazz for teens in a supportive and stimulating environment. Students will study techniques such as soloing, arranging, jazz theory, ensemble performance, and improvisation-- the cornerstone of all jazz training. Summer Jazz Intensive is a laboratory, a class, and an experience your child will utilize for a lifetime. 

To register for The Summer Jazz Intensive, please contact Albuquerque Academy at 505-828-3200 or visit the webpage:www.aa.edu/thinksummer. For more information about the program, please call Maud Beenhouwer at NMJW: 505-255-9798.

Albuquerque Jazz Festival

The Albuquerque Jazz Festival, a two-day event for High School

musicians from all over New Mexico culminates in a concert presented by New Mexico

Jazz Workshop in cooperation with Eldorado High School - The Albuquerque Jazz

Orchestra, under the direction of Glenn Kostur, features jazz saxophonist Dick Oatts.

Albuquerque Jazz Festival: The AJO
w/ special guest:
Saxophonist, DICK OATTS
FEBRUARY 16th @ 7pm
@ Eldorado High School Performing Arts Center 
11300 Montgomery Boulevard Northeast, Albuquerque, NM 87111
$15 General $10 NMJW Members/Students/Seniors

Buy your tickets ONLINE: 

http://albuquerquejazzfestival.eventbrite.com/

Meet and Eat TONIGHT for NMJW!

See you there! 
NMJW

Meet and Eat with New Mexico Jazz Workshop!

Hello, Jazz Friends!

Come to the Rio Grande Flying Star on TUESDAY, JANUARY 8th from 4-8 PM and EAT for a GREAT CAUSE! On JANUARY 8th, Flying Star RIO GRANDE will donate 10% of the evening's sales (between 4:00pm and 8:00pm) to NMJW to help raise funds for our programs! 

The New Mexico Jazz Workshop (NMJW) is a professional organization committed to employing New Mexico’s musicians and providing unlimited access to a higher quality of life through education and performance. NMJW utilizes social programs and performance to connect the community with the essence of jazz – creating a more empowered and vibrant community. 

(((((YOUR SUPPORT HELPS NMJW to:)))))

• Offer more than 2,500 hours of Adult Education classes.
• Provide $9000 in Youth Education scholarships.
• Present educational programming to 5,000 youth.
• Offer youth programs to 95% of participants free of cost.
• Produce thirty live performances where 11,000+ patrons hear 

some of the best in Jazz, Blues and Salsa that New Mexico has to offer.

SEE YOU THERE!
NMJW

POST SCRIPT:

Bookworks, Albuquerque's friendly neighborhood bookstore will donate 10% of book sales to NMJW between the hours of 4pm and 8pm! THANK YOU, Bookworks!! 

                       

Everybody Eats When They Come To My House

Hello Jazz Friends!

THANK YOU!

NMJW would like to thank you for coming to CLUB RIO! We have a wonderful evening, and it's all because of YOU. We made some money for our Youth Education Programs  and have a great time dancing to the Brazilian sounds of Frank Leto's PANdemonium, accompanied by  the jaw-dropping Odara Dance Company! You HAD to be there!

LOOKING for GREAT GIFTS

for the HOLIDAYS?! 

We have a great selection of auction items available that we didn't sell at Club Rio. You don't have to bid. Just BUY NOW by calling NMJW!

Here are a few items to whet your appetite: 

NUTCRACKER ON THE ROCKS $68 -- SOLD

4 tickets to Keshet Dance Company's 16th Annual Holiday Show, Nutcracker

on the Rocks, "Suite 16", at the National Hispanic Cultural

Center on Sunday, December 2nd at 6:00 PM.

NMJW  SUMMER CONCERT SERIES -- $125

Full Pass to our Summer Music Festival (19 shows). 

TAOS IN PACKAGE -- $275

2 nights lodging, double-occupancy at the Historic Taos Inn

(Sunday - Thursday only, excluding all major holidays & special

events. Also, lunch and dinner for two at Doc Martin's Restaurant

plus 2 Combination tickets to the five Taos museums

valid through September, 2013) including dinner for two at the

KTAOS Solar Center.

Visit the page on our website for more items! 

HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY! 

We know that Thanksgiving means different things to different people. We want to share our favorite thing about Thanksgiving. . .  MUSIC! Here's a short playlist (in no way comprehensive, just a fun list, folks) to get you through this holiday. We hope you have a great and safe gathering with friends and family. 

King Curtis-- Memphis Soul Stew

Lee Morgan -- Cornbread

Cab Calloway-- Everybody Eats When They Come to My House

The Eptones -- Sweet Tater Pie

Booker T and the MGs -- Soul Dressing 

New Beats -- Bread and Butter 

Louis Prima -- Angelina Zooma Zooma

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong -- Frim Fram Sauce

Ten Reasons to GO TO RIO !

10.) A GREAT EVENING of entertainment! 

9.) You get to spend an evening with fellow music lovers, family and friends.

8.) The opportunity to snag a few great auction items, if you're tenacious and bold! 

7.) The money we raise helps us offer more Creative Arts Camp, Youth Honor Band, and Jazz Intensive scholarships.

6.)  You help ensure that Roots of Jazz (a free program for ABQ Schools) continues. 

5.) Your ticket purchase helps to support our quality programming.

4.) You help NMJW introduce jazz to the next generation.

3.) Buy a ticket and support the arts right here in your community.

2.) Your purchase of a ticket, a table or auction help keep jazz alive.

THE TOP REASON TO GO TO RIO:

1.) Our programs serve 5,000 kids a year, ages 6-18. Of those students, 90% of them receive our jazz programs for FREE. Come to Club Rio and support our efforts to keep the music playing!

South Valley Band Project kids ROCK!