The mountains. The mesa. And world-class jazz… year 'round.
Jazz happens here
Steve Nelson, vibraphone; David Hazeltine, piano; Abraham Burton, tenor sax; Gerald Cannon, bass; Louis Hayes, drums
$32 / $27 (TCA & Taos Jazz Bebop Society members)
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"Hayes' ride cymbol is a red carpet... leading to the golden age of jazz". – New York Times
Sunday, May 17– 7:30 PM
Taos Center for the Arts
The Louis Hayes Quintet
"Celebrating Tootie Heath"
Hayes has been leader or co-leader of a series of electrifying groups of jazz luminaries such as Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Barron, Junior Cooke, Woody Shaw and Dexter Gordon. He has played and recorded with John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, J J Johnson, Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean, Wes Montgomery, Joe Henderson, Cedar Walton, George Benson as well as Ravi Shankar, John Lee Hooker and others. That amounts to nearly 800 recordings– an amazing career that continues with the Louis Hayes Quintet. Now, at 89, and on tour with the band to promote their new release, ARTFORM REVISITED…you'll hear "quintessential jazz"– JAZZ TIMES. "Hayes' wrist has lost none of it's elasticity or lightness. He leads his troop masterfully…"– CULTURE JAZZ.
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​​Taos Center for the Arts, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM
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Louis Hayes and Tootie Heath were both named NEA Jazz Masters of the Drums. The two men shared a birthday– May 31– and were such tight friends that they phoned each other at least once a week for humor, stories and shop-talk. It was a bond of love and respect… and deserves a celebration.
Louis Hayes came up in the fertile musical ground of 1950's Detroit with the likes of Yusef Lateef, Kenny Burrell, Doug Watkins and others. At the tender age of 18, he found himself in New York as a member of the great Horace Silver Quintet. Later he joined Cannonball Adderley, where he propelled the band to joyous musical heights. In the mid-'60's he joined piano master Oscar Peterson, during which time he and bassist Sam Jones became known as the "dynamic duo"– the most powerful rhythm duo in jazz.
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Jazz happens here
The mountains. The mesa. And world-class jazz… year 'round.