{"id":21456,"date":"2025-07-13T22:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T22:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/jazzfest-2025-comes-to-orchard-park-july-19\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:06:06","slug":"jazzfest-2025-comes-to-orchard-park-july-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/jazzfest-2025-comes-to-orchard-park-july-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazzfest 2025 comes to Orchard Park July 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jazzfest
Jazzfest 2025 on July 19 will headline Delbert Anderson with Julia Keefe. (Courtesy photos)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

The sound of saxophones, trumpets and tradition will pulse through Farmington this July as Jazzfest 2025 takes over Totah Theater and Orchard Park with a genre-blending celebration of music, identity and community.<\/p>\n

Hosted by the Northwest New Mexico Arts Council, the free one-day festival returns July 19 with a spotlight on Indigenous jazz and a fresh groove of hip-hop, affirming its appeal to youths and legends alike.<\/p>\n

A workshop panel with Julia Keefe and Delbert Anderson, hosted by Scott Michlin, opens the day at noon at the Totah Theater, 315 W. Main St. It will primarily focus on \u201cIndigenous jazz and what that means,\u201d Anderson said during a phone call Wednesday. \u201cJulia and I have been doing a lot of research in sort of the Indigenous involvement in the beginning of jazz.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anderson said he helps Flo Trujillo, Northwest New Mexico Arts Council president, by handling the musical logistics of the event, now in it\u2019s fourth year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not charging anything because we feel it\u2019s important to be able to offer this to our community. It\u2019s a great family event,\u201d Trujillo said.<\/p>\n

\"Jazzfest
Jazzfest 2025 brings The Third Hour back to open the festivities at Orchard Park in Farmington. (Photo\/Courtesy Flo Trujillo)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Opening the afternoon music lineup at Orchard Park, 105 N. Orchard Ave., at 4 p.m. is The Third Hour Jazz Band, composed of young local musicians who have become Jazzfest regulars.<\/p>\n

The Third Hour Jazz Band evolved out of the Build A Band program that Anderson and Trujillo brought to Farmington. The idea was to help young people learn jazz, along with the business side of the genre, Anderson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasically, we made them build their own band and through that, we taught them \u2026 different values,\u201d said Anderson. Shared experiences in creating music was key.<\/p>\n

At 5 p.m. the San Juan Jazz Society Combo, featuring Margaret Clair, swing into action.<\/p>\n

\"Margaret
Margaret Clair will be featured with the San Juan Jazz Society Combo on Saturday afternoon. (Photo\/Courtesy Flo Trujillo)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The San Juan Jass Society Combo is a regular act at Jazzfest. (Courtesy Flo Trujillo)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The San Juan Jazz Society Combo grew out of the JazzJams held Wednesday at Orchard Park during the summer. Beginning in 2018, \u201cslowly we all kind of developed this idea of the Farmington Jazz Festival,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n

The Delbert Anderson Quartet, featuring Julia Keefe, enhance the sonic realm at 5:30 p.m. with their unique blend of jazz and original Indigenous jazz funk.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis work, deeply rooted in his Din\u00e9 heritage, seamlessly integrates Navajo \u201cspinning songs\u201d of love, healing, and courtship with jazz and funk, thus marking him as a community-minded Indigenous individualist,\u201d says his webpage, delbertanderson.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Robert Muller on keyboards, Jonah Minkus on drums and Evan Suiter on bass, join Anderson on trumpet. The quartet will do a few of their original jazz-funk tunes before backing Keefe, Anderson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cJulia Keefe (Nez Perc\u00e9) is an internationally acclaimed Native American jazz vocalist, actor, activist, and educator currently based in New York City,\u201d it states at juliakeefe.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer professional career has spanned over 20 years, and she has headlined marquee events at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C., NMAI-NY, as well as opened for the likes of 20-time Grammy Award winner Tony Bennett and four-time Grammy Award winner Esperanza Spalding. Her life\u2019s work is the revival and honoring of the legendary Coeur d\u2019Alene jazz musician Mildred Bailey and is leading the campaign for Bailey\u2019s induction into the Jazz Hall of Fame at Lincoln Center.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJulia is a friend, business partner of mine. We\u2019ve been working together, you know, for a very long time. And so she agreed to come down \u2026 if we could back her up,\u201d Anderson said about Keefe returning to Farmington after performing at Jazzfest last year.<\/p>\n

Nataanii Means and DJ Uncle Native close out the day of music in the park.<\/p>\n

\u201cNataanii Means is an internationally recognized hip-hop artist from the Oglala Lakota, UmoNhoN (Omaha), and Din\u00e9 Nations,\u201d it states at nataaniimeans.com<\/a>. \u201cRaised on the Navajo Nation in Chinle, Arizona, Nataanii began rapping with the goal of sharing his personal stories, as well as those of his people, and bringing their voices to the forefront.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s really a part of sort of this mission of just advocating and pushing \u2026 for positivity, for the Indigenous nations in general,\u201d Anderson said of Means, the son of activist Russell Means. \u201cAnd, it\u2019s a great way to, I think, attract the youth, and especially those who really love hip hop.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to kind of throw in those surprises, you know, little exciting opportunities for some of the younger folks to want to come and listen and then get a little taste of jazz,\u201d Trujillo said.<\/p>\n

Jazzfest sponsors are Waste Management, Giving Home Health Care and Unsicker Law Firm.<\/p>\n

\"The
The Chile Pod will host Off-Hours Jazz, Sat., 9-11 p.m.<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Off-Hours Jazz at the Chile Pod, 121 W. Main St., is set for jazz lovers from 9 to 11 p.m. A special appetizer menu and bar will be available for purchase.<\/p>\n

Jazz musicians will have the opportunity to sit in with the Delbert Anderson Quartet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re welcome to come up and call tunes, and I\u2019m sure they can all find something that they can play together,\u201d Anderson said, adding this venue will allow youths to feel welcome.<\/p>\n

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