Celebrating National Poetry & National Jazz Month
Saturday, April 7 - 7:30 pm
Harwood Museum
Saturday, April 8 - 7:30 pm
Taos Mesa Brewing Mothership


"Miles & Me"
An evening of film and revelations with poet and Miles Davis biographer, Quincy Troupe
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April 7, 7:00 pm
Harwood Museum
Tickets $10 / $8 Members
Only available at Harwood or by calling 575-758-9826
Quincy Troupe, acclaimed poet, writer and journalist, will present his film "MIles & Me", an intimate conversation with Miles Davis revealing new insights into the man, his music and his impact on the wider world of jazz. Among Troupe's best-selling works are Miles: The Autobiography of Miles Davis and his memoir, Miles & Me
Quincy Troupe is an awarding-winning author of ten volumes of poetry, three children’s books, and six non-fiction works; In 2010 Troupe received the American Book Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement.
A Jazz & Poetry Tribute to Miles & Coltrane
with the Doug Lawrence Quintet
and Poets Quincy Troupe,
Paul Nelson, Amalio Madueño,
Anne MacNaughton,
and more.
April 8, 7:00 pm
Taos Mesa Brewing Mothership
Tickets $12 Advance / $15 Door
You'll hear jazz & poetry in performance…
essentially "conversations" between brilliant and often funny poets and the Doug Lawrence Quintet. The night celebrates the ground-breaking music of Miles and Coltrane, and the poets and poetry they inspired, both then and now. Expect depth and electricity formed of words and music… and a rousing and reverential musical tribute to two of the greatest voices in jazz history.
And by the way, here's what's been said of world-traveling sax man, Doug Lawrence:
"Think of Coleman Hawkins, Louis Armstrong, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra. They were able to touch our collective soul with their extraordinary sense of phrasing. Tenor man Doug Lawrence has got it. His phrasing is fluid, relaxed, conversational and charming, just like his easy going, seductive Southern drawl."
- Bill Milkowski - JAZZTIMES


