Nov 20, 2023 | Events
(SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2025)
Outpost’s Spring 2025 season opens with New Mexico’s own, renowned tenor saxophonist Doug Lawrence y sus Nuevos Mexicanos, his esteemed New Mexico group featuring Steve Figueroa, piano and organ; Paul Gonzales, trumpet; Milo Jaramillo, bass; Ricky Carrido, congas; and David Flores, drums. The band, last heard at the Route 66 Summerfest in 2023, has appeared several times at Outpost, and they return to perform their signature mix of jazz music with a Latin flavor and an emphasis on groove, blues and melodies. Their goal is for audiences to have a great time and to feel good listening to the music. Lawrence notes that the music is “sure to have the audience dancing in their seats! I guarantee they will be leaving our performance with a smile on their face and a song in their heart!” Born in Louisiana and raised in New Mexico, Doug Lawrence spent over 25 years making a name for himself in New York City. He has performed and recorded with iconic artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Tony Bennett, Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, Celia Cruz, Benny Goodman, Stevie Wonder and many others and for the last 20+ years, he has been the featured tenor saxophone soloist with the multi-Grammy® award-winning Legendary Count Basie Orchestra. He continues to perform and record with many of todays’ leading artists including Dee Dee Bridgewater, George Cables, Peter Bernstein, Lady Gaga and others.
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Nov 19, 2023 | Events
(SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2025)
sponsored by Dr. Shirley Murphy
Last heard at the 2022 New Mexico Jazz Festival with Ravi Coltrane’s Cosmic Music project, harpist Brandee Younger is known for her expressive interpretations of traditional harp repertoire, which infuses classical, jazz, soul, and funk influences pioneered by her predecessors and idols Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane. The recipient of the 2024 NAACP Image Award for her award winning 2023 release, Brand New Life, Younger’s ability to feature the harp in genres of music where the instrument is often absent demonstrates her cross-reaching ability as a musician. The New York Times notes that she has “made a persuasive argument for the harp’s role in contemporary jazz.”
The Brandee Younger Trio performance is made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Western Jazz Presenters Network (WJPN). The WJPN is a coalition of jazz presenters in the western region of North America dedicated to mutual support through networking, collective block-booking of touring jazz artists, professional development and advancement of the full diversity of the jazz field. www.westernjazz.org
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Nov 14, 2023 | Events
Avishai Cohen; The Bad Plus; Brandee Younger; Isaiah Collier; Steve Smith and Vital Information; Elliott Sharp; AfroMundo 2025 with Elio Villafranca; Out of Context-Tribute to J.A. Deane; The Boss Baritones with Gary Smulyan & Frank Basile AND MORE
