Trinity College’s Austin Arts Center and Department of Music will present Jazz in the Goodwin: Steve Davis featuring Abena Koomson-Davis / Ed Fast & CongaBop on Saturday, October 24 at 7:30PM (Goodwin Theater) as part of this year’s Family and Friends Weekend. Tickets for Jazz in the Goodwin are available on a sliding scale. Tickets are free for Trinity students, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Reserve tickets at cur8.com/19898/project/141260 or trincoll.edu/austin-arts-center.
An evening celebrating the rich musical traditions that have made Hartford a vital center of jazz, the concert will feature co-headliners Ed Fast and his Latin jazz ensemble, CongaBop, and the Steve Davis Sextet featuring Abena Koomson-Davis with special guest Mike DiRubbo. Jazz in the Goodwin celebrates a musical tradition deeply woven into Hartford’s arts and culture history. Together, Davis and Fast will offer a program that reflects the ongoing vitality of Hartford jazz and grounds us in the legacies the next generation is building upon.