Knockout talent Toni Morgan has curated this fantastic jazz and blues show featuring Tracey Whitney, Casey Lafferty, and Abby Maxwell. Buy your tickets HERE ($25) before this great show gets sold out!
The singers will be backed by a fantastic band featuring John Funkhouser on Keys; Artha Meadors on Bass; Dimi DiSanti on Guitar; John Bartlit on Drums; Ryan Montano on Trumpet; and Alex Murzyn on Sax.
Don’t miss this Grammy-nominated, Afro-Cuban rock star! Cimafunk is known for blow-the-roof-off live shows with his nine-piece band. His music subverts classical Cuban rhythms with funk, Afrobeat and hip hop grooves.
FREE! Bring a chair or blanket and a picnic dinner, and enjoy free entertainment, paletas, face painting, bosque traveling exhibit truck, rock climbing wall, hands-on nature activity, and incredible views of your public lands under the light of the setting sun.
The evening’s headliner is Keeping Up with the Joneses, a soul-funk band led by Kookie Jones. The band is described as “Earth Tone” music, where the Earth is the funky rhythm, and the tone is the melody and soulful voices.
Make a free reservation to get event updates and additional details.
This is a great chance to check out the Tijeras BioZone Open Space, a 4-mile, 1,000 foot BioZone along the largely ephemeral Tijeras Creek just east of Albuquerque along old Route 66. The Creek feeds Albuquerque’s aquifer, and is an oasis for variety of plants and animals.
Performance Schedule:
6 PM: Doors Open
6:30-7:00 PM: Conservation Carnivale
7:15-8:15 PM: Keeping Up with the Joneses
Albuquerque’s longest running vinyl-only soul night returns! DJ Leftovers is joined by guest DJ Garronteed from Santa Fe, with live video mixing by No Reservations. Garronteed has rocked analog and digital parties in New Mexico for over 20 years.
Come get down to the funky sights and sounds of soul’s golden era! $5 cover.
Toni Morgan toured as a background singer for the “Empress of Soul” Gladys Knight before settling in New Mexico, where she has lived and entertained for 9 years. Groove with Toni and her Soulful Sounds band, some of the best musicians in New Mexico!
In celebration of Barron’s 80th birthday, pianist Kenny Barron and violinist Regina Carter will join forces for a very special performance. These revered innovators of two generations of jazz music (and longtime friends and collaborators) have each been named NEA Jazz Masters.
Don’t miss your chance to check out the Black Pumas’ “unbridled breed of psychedelic soul.” The duo has seven Grammy noms! Multiple sold-out tours attest to their great live shows.
Doors at 5:30. Bring your own blankets and chairs! Get your tickets (and more details) HERE.