Continuing a long running New Mexico Jazz Festival tradition begun in 2006, A.B. Spellman, retired National Endowment for the Arts Deputy Chairman, jazz historian, and poet will conduct aa Meet the Artist session with this year’s jazz festival NEA Jazz Masters. They will perform the same night with drummer Nasheet Waits.

Legendary pianist Kenny Barron and bassist Dave Holland, who have enjoyed an ongoing musical partnership for the past several years, releasing their acclaimed 2014 recording, The Art Of Conversation. Tonight, they expand the duo format with the addition of drummer Nasheet Waits.

Four-time Grammy Award winner Stanley Clarke has attained “living legend” status during his over 40-year career as a bass virtuoso. Born in Philadelphia, Clarke has been a constant force of nature in American music since the early 1970s with the success of the jazz-fusion group Return To Forever.