Thurs. 5/31 10a: The New Mexico Jazz Workshop's summer series, Jazz and Blues Under The Stars, begins June 2 in the amphitheater at the Albuquerque Museum of Art with The Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra and guest artist, saxophonist, vocalist and arranger, Matt Catingub. Host Spencer Beckwith speaks with the director of the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra, saxophonist Glenn Kostur.
Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.