Happy July! And Happy July 4th! Due to the July 4th holiday, Summer Thursday Jazz Nights switches to Friday this week and it’s Tracey Whitney’s Tribute To Nancy Wilson + the Mariano Morales Trio (7/5)! Then, next week, we’re off and running with the 14th Annual NM Jazz Festival ! The grand opening weekend features the Doug Lawrence New Organ Quartet at Outpost (7/11); NM Jazz Latino Orchestra with Frankie Vasquez at the ABQ Museum (7/12); and the NM Jazz Fest on Civic Plaza with Marcia Ball, Leyla McCalla & hONEyhoUSe (7/13)! The festival runs through Sunday July 28 and coming up after the opening weekend, it’s Cha Wa in Santa Fe and Albuquerque; 6th Annual John Lewis Celebration featuring Aaron Diehl & Warren Wolf, plus a Youth Clinic and Film Screening of George Schuller’s The Modern Jazz Quartet: From Residency to Legacy; the Route 66 Summerfest Jazz Fest Stage featuring the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra with Hillary Smith & more; Edmar Castaneda in Albuquerque and Santa Fe; Dafnis Prieto’s Proverb Trio at Outpost; Kenny Barron-Dave Holland Trio + Stanley Clarke Band at the Lensic; Joey Alexander Trio at AAPAC and more! Check it all out here!
We look forward to seeing you all summer long at Outpost & beyond!