Julia Keefe//Delbert Anderson Quartet

Doors: 6:30pm

Advance tickets can only be purchased online-we do not sell advance tickets at the venue. Refunds are not available within 48 hours of the event. Tickets do not guarantee seating during shows at the Royal Room. 

We are now accepting reservations for diners! After purchasing tickets, please visit the Reservations page to book a table. Table reservations require advance tickets, and are only for guests who plan to dine at the Royal Room.  We do not take reservations over the phone.

Seating for non-diners is first come, first served. Please arrive early to guarantee a seat!

The Royal Room is All Ages until 10pm.

Julia Keefe “She gives me hope for the future of jazz.” – Judy Carmichael, NPR
“Her voice is of another era. One of the only jazz songbirds in Indian Country.” – Revolutions per Minute
"Native American jazz pioneer... Visionary Keefe continues to expand the jazz spectrum..." - Steve Roby, West Hawaii Today

Julia Keefe (Nez Perce) is an internationally acclaimed Native American jazz vocalist, bandleader, actor, and educator currently based in New York City. Her professional career has spanned nearly two decades, and she has headlined marquee events at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C., NMAI-NY, as well as opened for the likes of 20- time GRAMMY Award winner Tony Bennett and 4-time GRAMMY Award winner Esperanza Spalding. Her life’s work is the revival and honoring of the legendary Coeur d’Alene jazz musician Mildred Bailey and is leading the campaign for Bailey’s induction into the Jazz Hall of Fame at Lincoln Center. In addition to rehearsing for an upcoming album, she is currently directing the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band, a new project highlighting the history and future of Indigenous people in jazz, and the Mildred Bailey Project will be releasing its first studio recording fall 2023.

Delbert Anderson Quartet The Anderson Quartet resurfaces Diné melodies with jazz, funk and hip-hop. The Quartet brings all venues back to the social circle of Diné Spinning songs. Spinning Songs were composed to teach all people stories and traditions of the past, present and future. Anderson researched early Diné melodies for inspiration, perform our stories for today and preserve cultural music for the future.

Spinning songs consist of Navajo improvised melodies from trumpeter, Delbert Anderson, funk and groove rhythms from drummer, Khalill Brown, fusion keyboardist, Robert Muller and the exploration of jams from bassist, Mike McCluhan. The Anderson Quartet composes a melodic story of Northwest New Mexico, landscape and our surrounding Indigenous tribes. Hózhó (Beauty & Balance) formed the Quartet by combining different personal identities and cultural backgrounds. K’é (Family Values) keeps the Anderson Quartet together as one unit practicing the values of love, compassion, kindness, friendliness, generosity and peacefulness.

Along with a high energy show, the Anderson Quartet balances their performances with community/educational engagements and wellness workshops. Topics and discussions are held in a safe and sacred space giving a voice to anyone who would like to participate.