2022 New Mexico Jazz Festival

The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, directed by Scotty Barnhart, has won 18 Grammy awards, performed for royalty, and appeared in several movies and television shows, as well as at every major jazz festival and major concert hall in the world.

Critically acclaimed and Grammy-nominated post-bop saxophonist, bandleader and composer Ravi Coltrane comes from a lineage of jazz legends: he’s the second son of John and Alice Coltrane and is named after sitarist Ravi Shankar.

A.B. Spellman, retired National Endowment for the Arts Deputy Chairman, jazz historian, and poet presents a preshow conversation with Terri Lyne Carrington, 2021 NEA Jazz Master. A ticket to 7:30 pm concert is required to attend.

Named JazzTimes Critics Polls’ Artist of the Year, Jazz Artist of the Year by Boston Globe, and Jazz Musician of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association, NEA Jazz Master, three-time GRAMMY® award-winning drummer, producer, educator and activist.

The scorching ecstasy of Tower of Power’s horn section leads the way as this legendary band continues to punch out the soul, funk, and R&B hits that have made them music legends for over 50 years.