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Wednesday, July 21 & Thursday, July 22, 7:30pm Sponsored by The New Mexico Cancer Center
There have been few new voices in the jazz world that have caused as much of a stir and possessed as much individuality as saxophonist, Miguel Zenón. A native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Zenón studied at the famed Escuela Libre de Musica, and later at the Berklee School of Music where he received numerous awards and honors. In his relatively short, but illustrious career, he has performed and/or recorded with David Sanchez, Danilo Perez, Charlie Haden, The Village Vanguard Orchestra, Bobby Hutcherson, The Mingus Big Band, Steve Coleman and Branford Marsalis, among others. One of the founding members of the SFJAZZ Collective he has also released four recordings including Jíbaro, which features a bold reinterpretation of the rural music of his native Puerto Rico and which helped earn him the overall Best New Artist award in the 2006 JazzTimes poll. In 2008, Zenón recieved a fellowship from the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (as well as MacArthur “Genius” Award) to develop a project which would merge contemporary jazz with Plena music from Puerto Rico. This led to the release of Esta Plena featuring Tito Matos & Juan Gutiérrez, both members of another group featured in this year’s jazz festival, Los Pleneros de la 21. Joining Miguel Zenón in his quintet is Luis Perdomo, piano, Hans Glawischnig, bass; Henry Colé, drums; and Héctor “Tito” Matos, vocals & hand percussion. $30/$25 Members & Students (No Member Passes) MIGUEL ZENON: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-_lTS4JxU0
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