It is with great pleasure that the Hartford Jazz Society announces the rekindling of our partnership with The Side Door Jazz Club in Old Lyme, CT to bring HJS members an exclusive discount to see world-class jazz here in Connecticut! For all shows going forward, HJS members receive a 10% discount on tickets. Please [...]
The Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz series returned to Bushnell Park live in 2021 after a year of virtual streaming due to Covid-19. This drone footage by Tré Davis captures the beauty of Bushnell Park and our wonderful audience during the concert on August 2, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtPvH3Nrx_Y no audio credit Tré Davis
The Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz series was back in action LIVE for 2021! Last year it was the Covid-19 quarantine, jazz clubs and venues shuttered, concerts viewed at home on your digital devices. With vaccines, masks, and testing we were given the opportunity to break out of our year long isolation and once again [...]
Press Release For Immediate Release: 10:00AM, 6/29/21 Contact Person: Diana Wimbish, dwimbish(@)yahoo(dot)com, 860-242-6688 2021 PAUL BROWN MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ SERIES The Hartford Jazz Society is proud to announce the live return of the summer Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz Series (PBMNJ) at Bushnell Park. This summer marks the 54th season that the Hartford Jazz Society [...]
Up Jumped Spring Composition by Freddie Hubbard The year is 1967. Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as new the Governor of California. Jimi Hendrix releases his iconic “Are You Experienced” album. Jim Morrison and The Doors mock the censors on the “Ed Sullivan Show”. And the Vietnam war is in full swing. Against this backdrop [...]
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 [...]
*** Press Release ***Middletown— Trevor Davis of The Library Studio, announces that the Hartford Jazz Society and the Middletown Commission on the Arts are collaborating to provide funding, contingent upon Common Council approval, for a two-concert series entitled ‘Middletown on the Map.’ Both concerts will be free via livestream on the Hartford Jazz Society Facebook [...]
(photo: Maurice D Robertson) The Hartford Jazz Society celebrated its 60th Anniversary and kicked off its end of year Fundraising Drive with a smoking concert by trombone master Steve Turre’s Sextet featuring young rising stars of the art form. If you missed it live, you can still watch it on the Hartford Jazz Society’s [...]
A recently found article from the Hartford Courant, tells the story of the founding the the Hartford Jazz Society. Beautifully written by Herbert J. Stoeckel, this piece of Hartford history recounts the very beginnings of what was to become the jazz scene in our city. Excerpts: It was a balmy, fragrant midsummer night in 1961... [...]