Name: New Mexico Jazz Composers Collective
Start: 2025-11-23T02:30:00.000Z
Location: Paradiso

ABQ 's Queen of Soul Returns to Paradiso

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Hillary Smith Sings Jazz with Alex Murzyn - saxophone, John Funkhouser - piano, Gordon Johnson - bass, Rich Malloy - drums. Always a fun night when Hillary rocks Paradiso! Join us.

Video of a previous show with Hillary. Great dance music.
https://youtu.be/RsyG7ip0Bgw

Doors Open @7PM
Music @ 7:30PM -10:00PM with Intermission
Herbal Aphrodisiacs and Luscious Snacks Available
General Admission - $20
Seniors - $15
Students - Free

Paradiso; Music and Dance

Fruit of the Earth

Gilbert Romero 

Hillary Smith Sings Jazz

Paradiso

Musical Duos, aeriolist, dancer, candlelit tables and more fun!

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**StarBird (Inès Maricle)** is an Intuitive, Reiki master, Sound healer and a French vocalist. Born and raised in Paris, she came to the US in 1993 and earned a BFA in Dance and Choreography from the New World School for the Arts in Miami where she also danced professionally. She performed, choreographed, and taught movement in Paris, Florida, and the San Juan Islands before moving to Seattle where she was a member of Seattle Early Dance (Baroque dance company) for 12 years. She taught dance in the Seattle Public schools and Pre-schools from 1999 to 2018, was faculty at the Pacific Northwest Ballet for 10 years, and taught for 19 years at the Creative Dance Center and The American Dance Institute in Seattle. After immobilized from a car accident, StarBird discovered her voice was a portal to healing. Although most of her intuitive gifts come from her venezuelan ancestral lineage, she also trained with Percy Garcia in Peru, and with Sound healer Tom Kenyon in Seattle. StarBird performs French Cabaret music with her husband Michael, under the name of Frenchy Toast and together they transport audiences into the streets of old Paris.
**Michael Maricle** is devoted to creating beautiful music with purpose. Michael began playing piano at the age four, improvising. Classically trained on piano, Michael studied music composition and recording at the University of California Santa Barbara College of Creative Studies. After graduating, Michael toured the west coast with a jam band, played in electronic music groups in San Francisco, and ended up in Seattle in 2001, where he began recording and releasing his own music. Michael has released over ten albums since 2001, including two albums with the Monroe Institute’s Hemi-Sync, which releases binaural beat music for focus, creativity, relaxation and learning. Michael’s albums reflect a wide variety of musical styles, from down tempo electronic to jazz and classical, all of which can be found on his website, [www.michaelmaricle.com](http://www.michaelmaricle.com/) . In 2010, Michael began playing piano for dance students at the University of Washington Department of Dance under the guidance of an incredible faculty which supports and nourishes the relationship between musician and dancer. Thus began an amazing eight years in Seattle where Michael played piano for ballet and modern dance at the University of Washington. During that time he also worked as a dance musician for three years with Pacific Northwest Ballet, two years with Cornish College of the Arts, and six years with The Ballet Studio. In 2018 Michael and his wife moved to Santa Fe to see the sun again and be in a smaller artistic community. Michael is currently the music director at National Dance Institute in Santa Fe, and performs 1900’s French cabaret music with his “chanteuse” wife StarBird Inès.

**The Bohemiacs**, Ron Romanovsky and Hilary Schacht, have been playing music in and around Santa Fe since 2007. Together they have appeared at the Santa Fe Bandstand, The Lensic Performing Arts Center, The Mineshaft, the Starlight Lounge, Beer Creek Brewing Co., Sky Railway’s DragonTrain, and many times at Ahmyo Wine Garden.

**Ron "Dadou" Romanovsky**, Accordionist, guitarist and singer-songwriter, has released 3 CDs of French music and 10 CDs of original compositions since he quit his day job way back in the 20th century. Over the years he has been recruited to add ambiance to past and present local venues including Cafe Paris, Le Pommier, Chez Mamou, Pranzo, Taos Trail Inn, The Folk Art Museum and the annual Aid & Comfort Gala.

**Hilary Schacht** is a classically trained violinist, accomplished vocalist and has a BFA in music from The College of Santa Fe. She has performed with a wide variety of musicians and bands including Luke Reed, Syd Masters, Swing Soleil, The Santa Fe Opera and Standing Wave with whom she toured nationally. Now in her 30th year of teaching music in the Santa Fe public school system, Hilary nevertheless dreams of running off and joining the circus.

**Isabel Madley** is a classically-trained actor and Vassar girl. With a background in theater, film, improv, and sketch comedy, her humor ranges from the philosophical to the puerile – from skewering relationships to psychoanalyzing pop culture. She can also be found acting in local productions or performing, writing, and hosting shows with Santa Fe's only stand-up group, Wayward Comedy.

**Mirinisa** is a lifelong appreciator of visual and performing arts. Her dance background includes social, West African, modern, belly, pole, and heels dance.

Moulin Rouge Cabaret: A Variety Show that will Transport You to Paris

Featuring Alex Murzyn, Bob Fox, Gordy Johnson, Donald Bailey, Jr. With some of NM's finest guest artists.

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New Mexico Jazz Jam - Based on NY Jazz Club model, Paradiso has begun frequent New Mexico jazz jams featuring some our great talents, with house band Bob Fox on piano, Alex Murzyn on sax and flute, Gordy Johnson on bass, and this month Jonah Minkus on drums. They will be playing one set followed by the spontaneous jazz jam with invited NM finest guest jazz artists.

**Alex Murzyn**’s versatile musicianship has made him the most in demand saxophonist in New Mexico. Relocating from the San Francisco area, where he played with numerous bands, including Huey Lewis and the News, Ray Obiedo, Pete Escovedo, Tito Puente, Sheila Escovedo (Sheila E), Ray Charles Orchestra, Stanley Clark, and the Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra, with a career spanning three decades. He has three CDs under his name, and is working to complete the fourth soon to be released. He brings his unique background of R&B and modern jazz to the table whenever he plays. He is equally accomplished on flute and clarinet.

**Gordy Johnson** is a bass player extraordinaire - fluid, inventive, smart, tasteful. His world tours include Maynard Ferguson, Gene Bertoncini, Roy Buchanan, the Paul Winter Consort, CBS All Stars and Chuck Mangione. He has contributed to over 150 recordings, from jazz (Jimmy Hamilton, Maynard Ferguson, etc.) to blues/R&B (Buchanan, Doug Maynard) to bluegrass (Becky Schlegel) to folk (Greg Brown, Arlo Guthrie). Network television appearances run the gamut from the Merv Griffin Show to Soul Train. He has played with scores of national artists, including Joanne Brackeen, Herb Ellis, Rosemary Clooney, Scott Hamilton, Michael Johnson, Jay McShann, Dewey Redman.

**Robert Fox**, Pianist/Composer, was born in Buffalo, NY, has traveled extensively but has made his home in Santa Fe with his wife Nancy for the past 31 years. He holds degrees in Jazz Piano Performance from the Berklee School of Music and the University of Miami. He has appeared with Stanley Turrentine, Eddie Daniels, James Moody, Dave Stryker, and many others, and is a co-founder, with John Trentacosta, of the quintet Straight Up.

New Mexico Jazz Jam ~ November 

**GOT SOUL!**

Three of NM's powerhouse soul singers, Michael Matison, Tony Morgan (formerly Gladys Knight & the Pips), and Stacia Abbott and band come together for a high energy soulful night guaranteed to get you dancing!

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NM's most soulful singers ~ Michael Matison, Toni Morgan, Stacia Abbott

\~ Debuting all original works \~

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**Composers Collective**
**Bevan Manson** is a composer, pianist, and arranger with one foot firmly planted in the jazz world and the other in the classical world. He is known for his concert and jazz compositions often featuring lyrical melodies, complex rhythmic ideas, and rich harmonies and orchestrations. His music has been placed in films and TV, and he has received composing and arranging commissions from Sierra Chamber Music, the Pacific Philharmonic Foundation, the San Francisco Symphony, First Night Boston, the Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra, the Wilder Trio and from many extraordinary individual musicians.
Other works of his include scores for a number of independent films, a violin sonata, a woodwind quintet, a symphony, a string quartet, choral music with orchestra, and music for solo woodwinds. He is a founding member of the Improvisatory Minds composers group, which has premiered over 20 new American chamber music works
Bevan is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music[\[2\]](https://en.everybodywiki.com/Bevan_Manson#cite_note-Eastman_School_of_Music-2) and was part of the New Eastman New Eastman Jazz Ensemble. He has been Director of UC Jazz - UC Berkeley (1998-2003), and a faculty member at New England Conservatory (1987-1997) and is currently a faculty member at the music department of Ventura College in California.
Video links:
[https://youtu.be/hqhURorwqTk?si=TGy9i_32UekSMwwr](https://youtu.be/hqhURorwqTk?si=TGy9i_32UekSMwwr)
[https://youtu.be/SmAJMqVoNgQ?si=HiYj8bG3xFtNcq-r](https://youtu.be/SmAJMqVoNgQ?si=HiYj8bG3xFtNcq-r)
[https://youtu.be/6eeKy-s8-p0?si=cRUj5h4DcqLr482h](https://youtu.be/6eeKy-s8-p0?si=cRUj5h4DcqLr482h)
**Alex Murzyn’s** versatile musicianship has made him the most in demand saxophonist in New Mexico. Relocating from the San Francisco area, where he played with numerous bands, including Huey Lewis and the News, Ray Obiedo, Pete Escovedo, Tito Puente, Sheila Escovedo (Sheila E), Ray Charles Orchestra, Stanley Clark, and the Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra, with a career spanning three decades. He has three CDs under his name, and is working to complete the fourth soon to be released. He brings his unique background of R & B and modern jazz to the table whenever he plays. He is equally accomplished on flute and clarinet.
**Gordie Johnson** is a bass player extraordinaire - fluid, inventive, smart, tasteful. His world tours include Maynard Ferguson, Gene Bertoncini, Roy Buchanan, the Paul Winter Consort, CBS All Stars and Chuck Mangione. He has contributed to over 150 recordings, from jazz (Jimmy Hamilton, Maynard Ferguson, etc.) to blues/R&B (Buchanan, Doug Maynard) to bluegrass (Becky Schlegel) to folk (Greg Brown, Arlo Guthrie). Network television appearances run the gamut from the Merv Griffin Show to Soul Train. He has played with scores of national artists, including Joanne Brackeen, Herb Ellis, Rosemary Clooney, Scott Hamilton, Michael Johnson, Jay McShann, Dewey Redman.
**Robert Beasley** is a trumpeter and versatile composer and arranger, writing high quality music for jazz ensembles including for his own big band, the Band of Enchantment. He has also written collections of etudes and duets. As a performer, he has backed up many touring artists, most notably Ahmad Jamal, The Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Orchestra, The Temptations, Maelo Ruiz, Tony Vega, and Frankie Negron, and also theater works, as well as recording for many composers. Robert holds a Master of Music from Duquesne University, where he studied trumpet with Sean Jones and arranging with Mike Tomaro, and a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Northern Colorado.
**Joe Chellman** is a drummer based in Albuquerque by way of Los Angeles, Chicago, Oakland, Pittsburgh, and New Hampshire. Growing up in New Hampshire, Joe played a lot of classic rock because that's all you could hear on the radio, and orchestral music in his school's excellent music program. Later he started studying jazz privately with a great teacher, and kicked off a lifetime of curiosity about different musical styles. Joe has played rock and roll, [jazz](https://joechellman.com/release/direction-travel), blues, country, folk, [pop](https://joechellman.com/release/take-picture), [klezmer](https://joechellman.com/release/balkano), [Balkan](https://joechellman.com/release/balkano), traditional Irish, noise, and more.
**Sam Oatts**\- trumpeter\.

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