The AJW has created its own performance series in order to provide a platform for new jazz in Santa Fe
Nov 15 - Drew Gowran + Ethan Lapierre
and Jim Goetsch in a solo performance
7:30 pm / Entropy Gallery - Santa Fe / $10
Avant Jazz Workshop is very pleased to present a new free jazz duo based out of Albuquerque with Ethan Lapierre on alto sax and Drew Gowran on drums and gong. Drew has recently released the LP "Tussle" with Ariel Kenyatta - Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Sopranino, Shaker and Jacob Edens - Alto Saxophone. Drew has also recently released a series of recordings on gong. Check out these recordings at drewgowran.bandcamp.com
The director of the Avant Jazz Workshop, Jim Goetsch, will present a short opening set of his new compositions for saxophone and surround sound electronics utilizing a four speaker system. More info about Jim and his record releases at his label, Psychosomatic Records.
Dec 5 - Chris Jonas Trio
Ro(b)//ert Lundberg's Addendum
7:30 pm / Entropy Gallery - Santa Fe / $10
Saxophonist Chris Jonas will present a program of his new compositions with his trio and will share the evening with Ro(b)//ert Lundberg's Addendum.
Chris Jonas is a Santa Fe, New Mexico-based composer, conductor, soprano and tenor saxophone player, filmmaker, and video artist. Jonas has performed, recorded, and toured around the world with many musicians including TILT Brass, the Crossing Choir, Del Sol String Quartet, Butch Morris, Assif Tsahar, James Emery, Myra Melford, William Parker, Cecil Taylor, and Anthony Braxton. His recent release "backwardsupwardsky" has been described by All About Jazz thusly: "Jonas' compositions are less concerned with traditional harmonic progression than with the very shapes and rhythms of the land itself. The result is music that unfolds like terrain: patient, unpredictable and charged with elemental force". Hear it for yourself at Bandcamp
Ro(b)//ert Lundberg makes sound and image, thinks about and drinks water. Now based in Chicago, they have performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe at festivals such as Big Ears and CURRENTS New Media. They perform solo and with outfits ranging from improvising ensembles to art rock band JOBS. Their multimedia artistic work often focuses on the interaction of human infrastructure and the spaces it inhabits. They earned a BFA in jazz performance from The New School (New York) and graduate degrees in law and environmental art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Their new album and book by-passing-upon is out Oct 24, 2025 via AKP Recordings. More info at roberteplundberg.com