SPRING CAN REALLY HANGYOU UP THE MOST (With apologies to Landesman and Wolf) Let’s face it, Spring is a really rough time of year…..hot and bright one day, blustery and bitter cold the next. Fat drops of rain, messin’ with your ‘do. Killer hay fever and allergies that knock you off your feet. People [...]
album art by Andres Chaparro Straight from the Hart, a compilation CD produced by the Hartford Jazz Society, is the essence of the Hartford jazz scene. It is an album born out of the love and respect for Jackie McLean and Paul Brown. These jazz icons planted the seeds of jazz into the [...]
by Ken Laster Entrance is the debut album from trumpeter John Hasselback III. The Hasselback family is a familiar name to the Hartford jazz scene. Following in the footsteps of both his parents, John Hasselback III also graduated the Hartt School of Music. John benefited from growing up in a musical family in upstate [...]