New Mexico Jazz Festival

18th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival

Schedule:

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm: José James 1978 at Outpost Performance Space

Internationally celebrated, NYC-based vocalist, José James, who performed the music of Erikah Badu in a memorable concert at Outpost last June, returns, this time on the heels of his new April 2024 release, an R&B crossover album entitled 1978, and inspired by the 1970’s music of artists like Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Rick James. A banner year in music that saw a merging of styles – soul, R&B, funk, rock, disco and jazz – “all freely intermingling on radio waves and dance floors,” it was also a year when reggae and African music made significant inroads into the American scene, along with the newest sound fresh from the streets of The Bronx – hip hop. 1978 was also the year that José James was born in Minneapolis. James has been called a jazz artist for the hip-hop generation. His music artfully blurs the lines between traditional and contemporary jazz, hip-hop, soul, funk, pop and rock and he has released 12 critically-acclaimed albums including those on his own co-founded Rainbow Blonde Records. The recipient of both the Edison Award and L'Académie du Jazz Grand Prix, he has collaborated with many notable artists and performed as a guest artist with McCoy Tyner, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Melbourne Symphony and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestras and has presented his work at The Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl, Billboard Live Tokyo, and other esteemed venues.

DOORS 6:30pm

Cost: $15 - $50

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