NEW ORLEANS COMES TO SANTA FE
DR. MICHAEL WHITE
​and the Original Liberty Jazz Band

SFMC invites you to celebrate the great jazz of New Orleans without hopping on a plane or having to deal with those high gas prices. That’s because we’re bringing New Orleans to you with Dr. Michael White and his seven piece Original Liberty Jazz Band at SITE Santa Fe on Friday July 8th, in partnership with Outpost Productions and SITE Santa Fe.
An accomplished, multi-faceted New Orleans-based clarinetist that plays classic New Orleans jazz in the George Lewis style, Dr. Michael White is also a bandleader, composer, musicologist, jazz historian and educator, widely regarded as one of the leading authorities and culture-bearers of traditional New Orleans jazz music. A senior professor of music at Xavier University, White served as guest director at several Jazz at Lincoln Center concerts relating to traditional New Orleans jazz, working with Marsalis on A Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton, a series of concerts that were performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center as well as concert tributes to King Oliver and Sidney Bechet, which were collaborations with Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. His “crystal-clear clarinet playing” can be heard on Marsalis’ critically hailed 1989 release, The Majesty of the Blues. White has performed in over two dozen foreign countries, played on over 50 recordings, received countless awards, made multiple national television appearances, and been featured in major media publications. He formed the Original Liberty Jazz Band in 1981 and the band continues to perform regularly in New Orleans. They also held weeklong annual residencies around New Year’s Eve at The Village Vanguard in New York City for many years.
​When asked to share his musical philosophy, Dr. White states, “...one of the lessons that I learned, and I try to teach this to my students, is that one of the values of listening to jazz, especially New Orleans jazz, is not just for the danceable nature and the great music that it is, but also because of the lessons that it teaches, that can be used today. And one of those great lessons is that you have to improvise. You have to be able to take what comes and make something good happen with it.”

​FRIDAY, JULY 8th
7pm (Doors at 6:30pm)
SITE Santa Fe
MASKS REQUIRED
$30 (SFMC and SITE Members)
$35 (Non-Members)
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON-LINE UNTIL NOON JULY 8TH
Purchase Tickets HERE

Sponsored by
Kleinfeld Commercial Brokerage 
A New Mexico Jazz Festival Event

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Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band 
Festival Flyer
Sponsored by Kleinfeld Commercial Brokerage

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MilesSong
The Music of Miles Davis 
as Played by Michael Morreale

New York Jazz Trumpeter Michael Morreale is no stranger to the music of Miles Davis, perhaps the most serious influence throughout Morreale’s career. While his experience includes tenure with the big bands of Loren Schoenberg and Lou Anderson, his credits run deep in association with artists Chuck Wayne, Keely Smith and Joe Jackson. He has appeared on many recordings as a sideman, among them two albums with New Mexico quintet “Straight Up”. As a leader he recently released a massive undertaking in multi CD packages including “MilesSong”, a 2 CD pocket set paying homage to his hero. A first listen of these recordings is chilling, when you realize that it’s not Miles, but someone who has ingested the true essence of what the legend was to modern jazz. This concert spans across decades of Miles’ music beginning with his early quintet recordings, through his famous 60’s material composed by Wayne Shorter and into Electric Miles. All of this will be presented in a quintet setting featuring the tenor saxophone of Alex Murzyn, with the rhythm section of Bob Fox on Piano, Terry Burns on Bass, and John Trentacosta on Drums.
​Who could ask for anything more. 

Friday, July 22nd
7pm (Doors at 6:30pm)
SITE Santa Fe
$25 (SFMC and SITE Members)
$30 (Non-Members)
MASKS REQUIRED
​Purchase Tickets HERE

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Thank You To Our Wonderful
Grantor and Sponsors

KAMAN
FOUNDATION

MEREDITH SPEERS and SEAMUS MALIN 

DAVE EDWARDS
DICK and LAURIE MEYER
ELAINE and MICHAEL BROWN       
BRUCE JOHNSON and DIANE RAMSEY​
GARY KILPATRIC 

Sustaining Members:
JERI and DON BALICK
​ WALLY AUSSERER
MARY ACKERMAN and JIM REENTS