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New Mexico Tech

Performing Arts Series

FEB

10

Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra with Hillary Smith


Showtime: 7:30pm
Tickets: $15/Adult; $12/Sr, 65+; $5/Youth, 17<; 
                 Free/NMT Students
Event Location:
Macey Center
Online Location: Facebook, YouTube
PreShow Event: Sweetheart Soiree Dinner
PreShow Event:  Swing Dance Class, 6:15-7pm, Upper Lobby, Free

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PERFORMANCE PROGRAM HERE

 

 


AJO
 

Founded in 1982 by Pancho Romero, the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra , an 18-member big band with vocal powerhouse Hillary Smith, has been delighting audiences throughout the Southwest for more than thirty years. For many years, under the leadership of trombonist John Sanks, and for the past 12+ years by UNM's Jazz Studies Director Glenn Kostur, the band has performed with an impressive list of guest artists, including Toshiko Akiyoshi, Pete Christlieb, Jim Pugh, Scott Wendholt, Dick Oatts, John Fedchock, Wayne Bergeron, Bob McChesney, Jeff Coffin, Butch Miles and jazz trumpet legend and Albuquerque native Bobby Shew.

The band features professional and semi-professional musicians alongside local public school and university music educators to create a lively dynamic that lets audiences share in the dazzling sights and sounds of big-band swing.

And of course, dancing is welcome!!!

About the Artists

Musical Director:  Glenn Kostur

Vocalist: Hillary Smith

Saxophones:  Glenn Kostur, Scott Jacobsen, Lee Taylor, Diantha Swoboda, Paul Blake

Trumpets: Brad Dubbs, Derek Warren, Paul Gonzales, Henry Estrada, Bruce Dalby

Trombones:  Chris Buckholz, John Sanks, Devin Riley, Bill Austell

Piano:  Steve Figueroa

Guitar: Devin Ryan

Bass: Colin Deuble

Drums: Jesse Culberson

Event Sponsors

Sponsors AJO