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Bands and Players featured in 2010
January: All swing jams--no featured bands
February: Our annual Mardi Gras celebration featured five trad jazz/Dixieland bands. (Bet you didn't know New Mexico had that many!) The roster: Jazz a la Carte, the Duke City Jazz Band, the ABQ Jazz Band, Jere Corlett and friends from the Santa Fe Chiles, and the Route 66 Revelers.
March 21: Fabulous singer Bonnie Watts
April 18: The New Mexico Jazz Workshop Community Big Band
May 16: Award winners. Every year we give cash awards to several high school seniors who show promise as jazz performers. 
2010 Award Winner Stephen Lanza, Eldorado High
2010 Award Winner Joe Schripsema, Eldorado High (trombone), with Daniel Villanueva, Albuquerque High (sax)
June 20: Swing Shift, and a special appearance by Atlanta's Scott Hooker, pianist extraordinaire
July 18: LP Saxx
August 15: Route 66 Revelers
August 29: Swingfest! This special event went over well in 2009, so we did it again! No jams, just dancing all afternoon to several swing groups:
- Bo Whitaker (vocals), with musicians Kent Erickson (trumpet), Deck Trask (alto sax), Mickey Patton (bass), Bob Delich (drums), and Bill Weisz (piano)
- The Bill Weisz quartet featuring Arlen Asher on reeds, Jay Blea (drums), and Colin Deuble (bass)
- The Doug Mulligan Quartet with Doug on drums, Paul Gonzales (trumpet), Bob Doering (piano), and Boyd Poulsen (bass)
September 19: Patti Littlefield and Friends
October 17:The Route 66 Revelers rocked the hall again.
November 21: Pianorama! Several pianists who regularly appear at the jams (Bob Banks, Bob Doering, Don Rood, and Bill Weisz) rotated through the 1:30-2:20 featured group time.
December: Prestige, the Manzano High show choir, made its always entertaining annual appearance.
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