4th Annual Outpost Gala Fundraiser featuring Taj Mahal
A South Africa Event on 2016-05-27 18:30:00
sponsored by Independent Vehicle Service; Kilmer Kilmer Marshall Duran; Los Alamos National Bank; Robert Lynn & Janet Braziel; US Bank; & more TBA
with additional support from Albuquerque the Magazine, Albuquerque Museum, City of Albuquerque Cultural Services Department, Don Mickey Designs/ PrintNM.com, La Cumbre Brewing Company, 103.7 The Oasis, Slate Street Café, Serafians Oriental Rugs, St. Clai Outpost’s Annual Gala Fundraiser at the Albuquerque Museum features a concert in the Museum’s Amphitheater at 8:30pm by legendary bluesman, Taj Mahal, preceded by a dinner, silent auction and more in the museum at 6:30pm. Concert-Only Tickets also available. Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Rd NW. Tickets at outpostspace.org or 268-0044. Legendary Grammy winning composer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist, Taj Mahal is one of the most prominent and influential figures in late 20th century blues and roots music. After an illness last year which forced him to cancel his May 2015 tour, including our 2015 Gala, he’s making it up to us this May by coming to New Mexico for the first time in years. We’re calling it his “2016 New Mexico Feel Good Tour.” Through his 50-year career, which began in Los Angeles, when he formed the Rising Sons band with fellow blues musician Ry Cooder, and Jessie Lee Kincaid, Taj Mahal has singlehandedly reshaped the definition and scope of the blues via the infusion of exotic sounds from the Caribbean, Africa and South Pacific. “By approaching the blues from a global perspective, Taj Mahal presents it as part of a broader musical palette, a world canvas. Using traditional country blues as a starting place, he perfumes the pot by mixing a spicy concoction of Afrocentric roots music, a blues gumbo kissed by reggae, Latin, R&B, Cajun, Caribbean rhythms, gospel, West African folk, jazz, calypso, and Hawaiian slack key. The savory dish he serves is a satisfying and uplifting stew that actually transforms ‘singin’ the blues’ into something to be very happy about” (Miles Mellough, liner notes, The Complete Columbia Albums Collection). And as Taj Mahal puts it, “the people (audience) are as much a part of the performance as the music. Live communication through music, oh yeah, it’s right up there with oxygen!” In September 2014, Taj Mahal was honored with a Lifetime Achievement for Performance Award at the 13th Annual Americana Honors and Awards. Gala Fundraiser Tickets 0 per person (no member discounts or passes). of the price of admission is a tax deductible donation to Outpost Productions Inc, a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. Concert-only Tickets / ( discount for Outpost Members & Students. No Member Passes) CLICK HERE TO BUY CONCERT-ONLY TICKETS. The Taj Mahal Trio’s performance at the Outpost Gala is part of a statewide tour featuring a performance Thursday, May 26 in Santa Fe at the Farmer's Market Pavillion (a benefit for KSFR Radio); Mimbres Region Arts Council's Silver City Blues & Bikes Festival on Saturday May 28; and in Alamogordo at the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts on Sunday, May 29.
All Ages
at Sandia Mountain
1801 Mountain Road North West
Albuquerque, United States
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