Music

Craig Martin Experience Packs Blue Window Bistro

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The finger-snapping, toe-tapping jazz from The Craig Martin Experience brought dancers to their feet Saturday night at the Blue Window Bistro. The band entertained the sold-out crowd who dined on a special selection of entrees, desserts and beverages. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Craig Martin, center, and his band, The Craig Martin Experience performed to a sold-out crowd Saturday night at the Blue Window Bistro. Together since 2012, the band features a three-horn front line backed by a solid rhythm section. Martin plays tenor sax and is joined by alto sax player Quinn Marksteiner Read More

Craig Martin Experience Plays Blue Window Saturday

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Craig Martin Experience takes to the hills. Photo by Kimber Wallwork-Heineman

CME News:

Jazz returns to the Blue Window Bistro at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 19 when Los Alamos’ Craig Martin Experience (CME) starts the place jumping.

After a couple laid-back shows in March, the band is preparing a set of hard bop and fusion tunes from jazz’s most popular years in the 1960s.

“Hard bop classics have fast tempos, Latin rhythms, or irresistible grooves,” band leader Craig Martin said. “The chord changes can be complex, but the soloist can use relatively simple note choices to concentrate on creating interesting Read More

Jimmy Stadler Band Plays Los Alamos Sheriff’s Posse Benefit Saturday Night

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Jimmy Stadler rocked the Posse Lodge with his band Saturday night in a benefit concert for the Los Alamos Sheriff’s Posse. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Couples take to the floor at the Posse Lodge. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Members of the Sheriff’s Posse keep a watchful eye on the festivities. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
The Jimmy Stadler Band, bass player David Toland, drummer Craig Neil and lead singer Jimmy Stadler on guitar and keyboard, played everything from George Strait to the Stones Saturday night. Photo
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Good Times Rolled at Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Fundraiser Friday Night

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Concert promoter Russ Gordon and his wife welcome community members to Friday’s fundraiser at the Posse Lodge for which all proceeds go to the Summer Concert Series. Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Dancing gets underway at Friday night’s fundraiser. Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Bidders check out silent auction items. Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

Friday night’s fundraiser for the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series drew a large crowd to the Posse Lodge.

DK & the Affordables performed with special guest musicians Eddy Partridge of the Nomads and Read More

Mountain Elementary School’s Production of Disney’s Cinderella Kids is a Big Success!

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First and second grade students at Mountain Elementary School perform April 3 in Disney’s ‘Cinderella Kids.’ Courtesy photo

MOUNTAIN SCHOOL News:

Five classes of first and second grade students put on Disney’s musical ‘Cinderella Kids’ April 3 in the Mountain Elementary School gymnasium.

Each student had a special role – whether Cinderella, narrator, solo singer, a wheel of the carriage, or something else. Six students performed as Cinderella. Families and teachers all worked together to help the students perform this “happily-ever-after” tale.

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Summer Concert Series Fundraiser Tonight!

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Dk and the Affordables, from left, Rob Heineman, Scott Beguin and DK Warner entertained an enthusiastic crowd Feb. 16 at the Manhattan Project Restaurant. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Russ Gordon celebrates concert series’ 25-year anniversary

SUMMER CONCERT News:

Tonight’s fundraiser for the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series will get going at 7 p.m. at the Posse Lodge.

Music is DK & the Affordables. Special guest musicians include Eddy Partridge of the Nomads fame and James Carothers of the Renegade Mountain Band. Tickets are $15 or $25 for couples.

At 8:30 p.m., Read More

LAHS Choir Sings At Lincoln Center

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Los Alamos High School Choir students gather for a photo prior to their performance at Lincoln Center. Photo by Leslie Bucklin
 
LAHS Choir touring NYC in between rehearsals. Photo by Leslie Bucklin
 
Staff Report
 
Eighteen students from the Los Alamos High School Choir sojourned to New York City to join other high school musicians from around the country to form a 150 member National Festival Chorus and perform at the Lincoln Center.
 
The local LAHS Choir Parent Booster Club organized and sponsored the five-day trip where the singers rehearsed under Karen Kennedy, a Master
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Letter to the Editor: Big Band Musicians Want to Thank Los Alamos in Person Friday Night!

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By LINDA HULL
Los Alamos

The Los Alamos Big Band, a 16-instrument 1940s Glenn Miller-style swing band, celebrates its 30th birthday this year! As a way to thank the community for its steadfast support, director Jan McDonald invites the community to a free concert and dance at 7 p.m. Friday, March 28 at Fuller Lodge. 

Music was always an important part of the lives of the scientists, engineers, support staff, military members, and families who came to Los Alamos during WWII to serve in the Manhattan Project, and ‘big band’ was the popular music of the day. The Big Band began in Los Alamos in 1945 Read More