The Rio Grande Jazz Society

Bands and Players featured in 2009

January: All swing jams--no featured bands

February: Mardi Gras celebration

• ABQ Jazz Band
• Route 66 Revelers
• Downright Upright Down Home Jazz Band
• Duke City Jazz Band

March: Swing Shift

April: Rob Wright, banjo (Tucson AZ--formerly of the New Christy Minstrels and presently with the Original Wildcat Jass Band)

May: 2009 Scholarship winners--three talented folks from Highland High

June: Route 66 Revelers

July: The Roland de Rose Orchestra

August Extra: Summer Swing Fest featuring

• Swing Shift
• Duke City Dance Band
• Bill Weisz Swing All Stars
• Church of Swing

August regular session: Pianorama! featuring Bill Weisz, Bob Doering, Don Rood, and Bob Banks

September: Jazz a la Carte

October: Die Polka-schlingel (playing all big-band swing tunes)

November: West Side Sound

December: Musician Appreciation Dinner, featuring the Manzano High School show choir, Prestige