Founded in 2006, the New Mexico Jazz Festival followed on the work of the Open Arts Foundation’s Santa Fe Jazz and International Music Festival (2000-2005) which produced hundreds of concerts and brought an unprecedented wealth of high quality jazz to Santa Fe. In 2006, our inaugural effort presented McCoy Tyner, Branford Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, the Newport Jazz Allstars, and more. In 2007 we expanded our efforts and presented more concerts in both cities including performances by the legendary Sonny Rollins in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. We also inaugurated a partnership with the City of Albuquerque’s Summerfest by offering 5 hours of music on Civic Plaza— an evening which was free and open to the public and which was capped by a performance by Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra.

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DOUG LAWRENCE QUARTET WITH JIMMY COBB

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SIMONE

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BITCHES BREW REVISTED

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MIGUEL ZENON QUINTET

5th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival
JULY 13–25, 2010

STEPOLOGY’s “Tap On!”

Doug Lawrence Quartet featuring Jimmy Cobb

Simone + Somi

The Jazz Loft Project

Bitches Brew Revisited: with Cindy Blackman, James Blood Ulmer,DJ Logic, Marco Benevento, Graham Haynes, Antoine Roney, Lonnie Plaxico & Adam Rudolph

Miguel Zenón Quintet

Los Pleneros de la 21

NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet
featuring Lew Tabackin
& Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra led by Bobby Shew

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KURT ELLING QUARTET

DIRTY DOZEN

DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND

4th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival
July 14-26, 2009

Dirty Dozen Brass Band

NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath
& the Generations Band

Kurt Elling

Mingus Dynasty

Dave & Don Grusin Quartet

Marco Benevento Trio

Matt Brewer Quartet
w/ Aaron Parks

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PHAROAH SANDERS

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ALLEN TOUSSAINT

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KENNY GARRETT

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HABIB KOITE

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CASSANDRA WILSON

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PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND

3rd Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival
July 17-28, 2008

Pharoah Sanders

Allen Toussaint

Kenny Garrett

Habib Koité

Cassandra Wilson

Paquito D’Rivera

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Bert Dalton

Chris Calloway

Straight Up

Arlen Asher

Tetragon

photographs by James Gale

Sonny Rollins

Dianne Reeves

Mighty Clouds of Joy

Richard BonA

2nd Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival
July 19-29, 2007

Sonny Rollins Quintet

Dianne Reeves Trio

John Pizzarelli Quartet

Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra

Michel Camilo Trio

Richard Bona Group

Bobby Shew Quintet with Gary Foster

Eddie Daniels Quintet

Mighty Clouds of Joy

Le Chat Lunatique

Kanoa Kaluhiwa Afro-Latin Esemble

Stu MacAskie’s Sidewinders with Cathryn McGill

Albuquerque African Ensemble

Wagogo

Ben Martinez Project

Outpost Youth Jazz Ensemble directed by David Parlato

Branford Marsalis

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
led by Arturo O’Farrill

Henry Butler

Los Hombres CalienteS

Inaugural New Mexico Jazz Festival
July 20-29, 2006

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
led by Arturo O’Farrill

McCoy Tyner Septet

Newport Jazz Allstars Tribute with
Frank Wess, Lew Tabackin, Kenny Davern, Randy Sandke, Cedar Walton, Peter Washington, Kenny Washington & Howard Alden

Doug Lawrence Quartet

Henry Butler

Los Hombres Calientes

Steve Figueroa Trio

Tetragon

Patti Littlefield Quintet

Inaugural New Mexico Jazz Festival July 20-29, 2006

Inaugural New Mexico Jazz Festival
July 20-29, 2006