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SUMMARY:Jazz Jam at Cafe Nine
DESCRIPTION:Every Saturday\, 4-7
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/jazz-jam-at-cafe-nine-2/2025-12-13/
LOCATION:MA
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SUMMARY:Thimble Islands Saxophone Quartet.
DESCRIPTION:This is a group of four professional musicians that perform a wide variety of music\, representing classical\, jazz\, traditional and contemporary musical genres\, holding to a philosophy\, “that good music is good music no matter the genre”. Some of the composers represented are: JS Bach\, WA Mozart\, Samuel Barber\, Thelonious Monk\, Miles Davis\, Dave Brubeck\, George Gershwin\, Leonard Bernstein\, Scott Joplin\, Frank Vasi\, as well as traditional American folk and popular music. All have a place side by side on a TISQ concert program.\n\nAll music is arranged by Tenor Saxophonist and composer Frank Vasi. Along with Frank Vasi\, the members of TISQ are Chris Herbert\, Steve Mustakos\, and Tim Moran. For this show\, the quartet will play compositions by Miles Davis\, Mozart\, Thelonious Monk\, Frank Vasi\, Dave Brubeck\, Samuel Barber\, and Scott Joplin.
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/thimble-islands-saxophone-quartet/
LOCATION:Best Video Film and Cultural Center\, 1842 Whitney Ave\, Hamden\, CT
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SUMMARY:sinonó
DESCRIPTION:isabel crespo pardo (voice)\, Lester St. Louis (cello)\, Henry Fraser (bass) \n“It’s an astonishing blend of the lyric and the austere\, with time stretched like taffy\, […] utterly devastating in its meticulously sculpted intensity”— Peter Magarsak for The Wire Magazine \n“A kind of expressionist fado\, middle-of-the-night music\, comfortable in the deep surrounding darkness\, but also an “offering” that bends towards an oncoming light without betraying that it really is coming”— Piotr Orlov for Dada Strain \nExplosive and wistful\, sinonó draws on Latin American folk and free improvisation to create a space of crackling aliveness. Described as “middle-of-the-night music” (Dada Strain)\, the trio features vocalist and composer isabel crespo pardo\, cellist Lester St. Louis\, and bassist Henry Fraser. Together\, they perform crespo’s “poemsongs” – pieces built around metaphor and improvisation that shift in performance\, but always remain tied to poetry and breath. sinonó has performed at venues such as Roulette Intermedium\, The DiMenna Center\, and Lincoln Center Atrium\, and their debut album la espalda y su punto radiante (Subtext Recordings) released in Spring 2024. They will record their sophomore album this Fall at Pioneer Works (Brooklyn\, NY). \nla espalda y su punto radiante is a collection of poem-songs spun out of solitude. Performed by sinonó\, Crespo’s compositions live in familiar yet surprising environments\, crackling with aliveness. The trio is pulled into the trying\, harboring a faith in interconnectivity\, impulse and imperfection. A patient listen\, this music enlivens unknowing in all its devastating urgency and unfettered curiosity. \nisabel crespo pardo (they/them) is a NYC-based latinx vocalist\, improviser-composer\, and interdisciplinary artist. Recent evening length works include Mighty Angel…come down clothed in rainbow-head (2024)\, an experimental play co-created and performed with Anna Abondolo. This performance piece exhibits the tension between our hopeful and despondent tendencies via voice\, plucked strings\, fixed media\, sculpture\, and haunting monologues. In November 2022\, crespo premiered 6.\, a six-week interdisciplinary installation piece performed by crespo and five close collaborators\, making use of screen printing\, sculpture and sound to activate contemplation of community and improvisation.  In June 2022\, they premiered drip\, drip\, a co-created site-specific piece with edi kwon in the catacombs of the Green-Wood Cemetery.  Inspired by this historic space and sharing in each other’s grief and light\, the duo crafted a ritual of transformation through improvisation\, movement\, poetry\, and the use of found objects. In May 2022\, they premiered desbordándome\, a large-scale embroidered graphic score composed for sinonó exploring themes of change\, interconnectedness\, and failure\, as well as the expressive and sonic potential of words.
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/sinono/
LOCATION:Holyoke Media\, 1 Court Plaza\, Holyoke\, MA
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SUMMARY:Benny Benack III Quartet: Season's Swingin' Greetings
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special night of jazz with Trumpeter/Vocalist Benny Benack III and his Quartet! \nBenny Benack III – Trumpet/Vocals \nTyler Henderson – Piano \nAlex Claffy – Bass \nElio Coppola – Drums \nEmmy-nominated Trumpeter and Vocalist Benny Benack III (BBIII) has quickly become a leading voice in Jazz for his generation\, headlining clubs and festivals around the world on the heels of his latest critically acclaimed live album “This Is The Life\,” which has been garnering thousands of streams and topping the JazzWeek Radio Charts. He is the rare talent who is formidable as a fiery trumpeter — ranging from Freddie Hubbard to Louis Armstrong and everyone in between — while as a singer he delivers sly\, mature\, naturally expressive post-Sinatra vocal stylings. \nHis sophomore album “A Lot of Livin’ to Do” (2020) featured the likes of bass luminary Christian McBride\, achieving viral online fame w/his vocalese rendition of “Social Call\,” ft. Veronica Swift\, which has been transcribed and covered by singers around the world. He has crooned his way to millions more listeners alongside groups such as the Grammy-winning “8-Bit Big Band” and YouTube sensation “Postmodern Jukebox”. His 2023 album “Third Time’s the Charm” went all the way to #2 on the charts\, and featured a notable line-up of special guests such as Peter Bernstein\, Bria Skonberg\, Chad LB\, and more. \nBenny’s double-threat credentials were first apparent when he was a finalist in the 2014 Thelonius Monk Competition on trumpet\, before going on to win Third Place in the 2021 Sarah Vaughan Vocal Competition. His resume for both was recently bolstered by Downbeat Magazine’s Readers Poll for 2025\, where he placed #1 for Rising Star Male Vocalist\, and was also #8 for Rising Star Trumpet. \nBBIII’s global recognition has been bolstered by his collaborations with the GRAMMY-award winning “8-Bit Big Band\,” as well as touring with Postmodern Jukebox. The recent advent of live-streaming concerts has also proved a boon\, both through his residency at Smalls Jazz Club\, and frequent appearances at fellow superstar Emmet Cohen’s “Emmet’s Place” online series. Benny has established himself as one of the most in-demand touring artists and music educators in the Jazz world\, with a seemingly unending intercontinental schedule reflecting his indefatigable love for the music\, and with his smile and panache ever on display wherever he goes.
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/benny-benack-iii-quartet-seasons-swingin-greetings/
LOCATION:Side Door Jazz Club\, 85 Lyme Street\, Old Lyme\, CT\, United States
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SUMMARY:Karen Frisk Trio
DESCRIPTION:Karen Frisk is a jazz vocalist who has performed in several areas of the country with local and world-renowned jazz artists. On this evening\, she will be joined by Kent Hewitt on piano\, and Joe Fitzgerald on bass. All proceeds from this show go to The Buttonwood Tree.
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/karen-frisk-trio/
LOCATION:Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center\, 605 Main Street\, Middletown\, CT\, United States
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