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Paloma Ximena is a jazz artist originally from Sacramento, California, now based in Lansing, Michigan. Self-taught, Paloma's career began after performing at the 2022 Essentially Ellington Competition and Festival in New York City. She quickly garnered the attention of musicians in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, which led to Paloma studying with Wynton Marsalis and other members of the orchestra. Since then, Paloma has furthered her jazz studies with many artists across the country including Jon Faddis, Rodney Whitaker, Walter Blanding, Ingrid Jensen, and Melissa Aldana.

In 2024, Paloma was selected for Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra, where she toured South Africa. Paloma has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Monterey Jazz Festival, and at National YoungArts Week in Miami, Florida. Today she is pursuing a bachelor's degree in Jazz Studies from Michigan State University.

Album

Return Trajectory

By Michael Dease

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: You Know I Love You; Oasis; Cherokee; Shoreline 151; Up South; Little Dave.

Article: Rising Stars

Introducing Saxophonist Paloma Ximena

by Sanford Josephson
May 1, 2026

In May 2022, Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, CA, was a finalist in Jazz at Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington competition, and sophomore Paloma Ximena won two solo awards: Outstanding Clarinetist and Outstanding Alto Saxophonist. “That was really the start of my career," she said. “That was the moment when I really decided to pursue music." ...

Album

Live in Johannesburg

By Sean Jones

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Theme from The Asphalt Jungle; Evidence; Isigqi Suite; Trane; A Time for Love; Rejoice; New Musical Express; Shiny Stockings; The Confession; Kadura; Over the Rainbow; Under the Moon and Over the Sky; We’re Still Here.