The fourth Charles Mingus Hometown Jazz Festival will take place on both sides of the US-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora April 20-22, 2012. This will be the 90th anniversary of the birth of jazz great Charles Mingus in Nogales, Arizona. The weekend will begin with a free jazz concert on Friday night in Nogales, Sonora featuring Claudio Roditi, an internationally-known jazz trumpeter. Music fans from both sides of the border will attend this kick-off concert. All day Saturday we will bring a free outdoor festival to the people of southern Arizona featuring high school and college jazz bands with guest artists working with the young musicians. That evening will be the Big Band Gala Concert at the James K. Clark Performing Arts Center at Nogales High School. This concert will feature the US premiere of Kevin Mingus' video tribute to his grandfather, the Santa Cruz Jazz Orchestra with a special guest conductor, and the Big Band Sounds of Green Valley with guest artists. On Sunday, Mingus' 90th birthday, we will hold a Margarita Jazz Brunch at the Esplendor Resort at Rio Rico.
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