The public is invited to the Second Annual NMSU Southwest Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival Concert, April 1 at 7:30 pm at Atkinson Recital Hall. The program will include a performance by the 44th Army Band of the New Mexico Army National Guard's Green Chile Gumbo’s Hot 7 Jazz Band. The NMSU Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Jacob Dalager, with guest artist Pharez Whitted, jazz trumpet, will perform works by Duke Ellington and Gerry Mulligan. The concert is free.