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SUMMARY:Montreal Jazz Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Montreal Jazz Weekend – June 25-28\, 2026 \nRecognized by Guinness World Records as the largest jazz festival on the planet\, the Festival has been synonymous with musical passion and memorable moments for over 40 years. It’s where living legends rub shoulders with the finest up-and-coming artists\, and jazz explodes at the crossroads of genres and influences. Located in the heart of downtown Montreal\, closed to traffic and opened each evening until midnight\, the Festival site becomes the meeting place for jazz lovers worldwide for ten days. Together\, they enjoy close to 150 indoor concerts and the famous outdoor component\, consisting of more than 350 free\, open-air shows\, presented on the Place des Festivals\, which has been specially redesigned and set up for the event. This festival impresses with its numbers: there are over 2 million visitors\, 3\,000 musicians\, and 600 concerts. Every year at the end of June to the beginning of July\, Montréal becomes the epicentre of the jazz world. Long live jazz!!!!!! \nSpace is Limited!  Book Now! Contact: \nTonya Knight\n860-922-7220\ntonanite@gmail.com \nPackage Includes: \nRound Trip Motorcoach Transportation \n\n3 Nights Quality Accommodations at the Holiday Inn Select Montreal Centre-Ville \n235 rooms\nHealth & Fitness Center\nIndoor Heated Swimming Pool\, Sauna\, Whirlpool\nSpa Facilities\nFull Buffet Breakfast each morning\n\nTransportation to the Casino de Montreal – Friday evening\nHotel taxes and Gratuities \nDISCOUNT PRICE PER PERSON\n$1\,100 per person based on 1 per room\n$   695 per person based on 2 per room\n$   600 per person based on 3 per room\n$   550 per person based on 4 per room \nPassports are required   \nBus Departs: 8:00AM\nFrom:  Poquonock Commuter Lot\, Windsor CT (91N Exit 38) \nMake checks or money orders payable to:  Tonya Knight \nMail payments to:\nTonya Knight\nP.O. Box 94\nPoquonock\, CT  06064 \nOther Payment Options: CashApp $Tonanite; Venmo @Tonya1514 or Zelle 860-922-7220 \nPayment schedule per person: January 31st $100\, February 28th $100\, March 31st $200\, April 30th $200\, any remaining balances must be paid by May 31st.  \nDeposits are non-refundable unless trip is cancelled
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/montreal-jazz-weekend/
LOCATION:CT
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SUMMARY:Fridays with Frank
DESCRIPTION:Join renowned jazz historian and Jazz Haven Board member Frank Cochran for BYOB “Fridays with Frank.”  Happy Hour jazz listening sessions are held every Friday from 5:15 to 7:00 pm at the Institute Library in downtown New Haven.  Each Friday Frank selects iconic jazz LPs to play from the Library’s extensive collection.  Discussion follows.  BYOB and please give a modest donation towards the IL’s spiraling utilities. A $5.00 contribution is welcome.
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/fridays-with-frank/2026-06-26/
LOCATION:Institute Library\, 847 Chapel Street\, New Haven\, CT
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SUMMARY:Jeff Fuller Quintet
DESCRIPTION:Jeff Fuller (bass)\, Naomi Wharry (trombone and vocals)\, Nigel Regan (saxophones)\, Darren Litzie (keyboard)\, and Ryan Sands drums) \nWhether performing\, teaching\, or composing\, Jeff Fuller brings great joy and a wealth of experience to his musical endeavors. A highly sought-after jazz bassist\, his long career has found him working as both leader and sideman with diverse groups playing all styles of jazz. \nFuller has toured worldwide and recorded with saxophonists Lou Donaldson and Paquito D’Rivera. He has also played with jazz masters from all eras\, including such historic artists as Dizzy Gillespie\, Mose Allison\, “Papa” Jo Jones\, Gerry Mulligan\, and Clark Terry. \nHis working trio\, featuring Darren Litzie on piano and Ben Bilello on drums\, has released five CDs of original music and standards. In 2014\, Fuller was presented with the Jazz Haven Award\, “For all you have done in presenting and preserving the culture and music of jazz.” \nThis September\, Fuller and his group will kick off the prestigious Ellington Jazz Series at the Yale School of Music. Jeff’s compositions are frequently performed by jazz and classical ensembles\, and his Latin jazz arrangements are published by Three-Two Music. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Music\, where he taught at the YSM Jazz Initiative. \nHailing from Oklahoma\, Naomi Wharry is a multi-faceted trombonist and vocalist. Having just received her Master of Music degree in classical trombone from the Yale School of Music\, Naomi enjoys playing both classical and jazz music\, believing that beautiful music comes from everywhere and should be explored freely. \nShe will begin work this fall as the principal trombonist of the Boston Ballet Orchestra. She has shared the stage with artists such as Andrea Bocelli\, John Daversa\, Patrick Bartley\, and many others. Back in Oklahoma City\, she regularly brought jazz shows to the city\, including gigs with her quartet as well as her tribute to Billie Holiday. Her musical influences include Ella Fitzgerald\, Nancy Wilson\, Frank Rosolino\, J.J. Johnson\, and many others. \nNigel Regan is a saxophonist\, composer\, and educator born and raised in the New Haven area. After receiving a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at The Hartt School of Music\, Nigel received his Master of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas\, where he was a Teaching Fellow and played lead alto saxophone in the internationally renowned\, seven-time Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band. \nHe is featured on flute\, alto saxophone\, and soprano saxophone on the band’s album Lab ’24. Nigel has played with Miguel Zenón\, Helen Sung\, Steve Davis\, and others. He is currently a teaching artist at Neighborhood Music School in New Haven\, where he began his jazz journey as a young man. During his high school years\, he was an outstanding soloist with Jeff Fuller’s Premier Jazz Ensemble at NMS and frequently played with celebrated percussionist Jesse Hameen II. \nPianist and composer Darren Litzie holds a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from The Hartt School’s Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance from Western Connecticut State University. \nHe has performed and recorded with artists such as John Riley\, Dave Santoro\, Mike DiRubbo\, Jeff Fuller\, Frank Basile\, Harvie S\, Phil Palombi\, Marlene VerPlanck\, and Tom Melito. An avid composer\, Darren completed a three-year stint as a member of New York’s prestigious BMI Jazz Composers Workshop\, where several of his works were selected to be premiered in concert by the BMI Jazz Orchestra. \nAs a recording artist\, Darren has appeared on six records as a sideman and has released two albums under his own name on Summit Records: My Horizon (2022) and In My Own Time (2026). Since 2013\, Darren has served as an Adjunct Professor of Music at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield\, Connecticut\, where he teaches music classes and piano lessons. \nA native of Orange\, Connecticut\, Ryan Sands is a passionate\, energetic drummer on the rise. Ryan is a graduate of the New England Conservatory and Manhattan School of Music. His thunderous performance style has landed him work with Phil Markowitz\, Zach Brock\, John Escreet\, Geoffrey Keezer\, and as a rotating member of the Christian Sands Trio. \nRyan currently holds the drum seat for the New York-based jazz collective Altus\, featuring David Adewumi\, Neta Ranaan\, Nathan Reising\, and Isaac Levien. They released their debut EP\, Riot Cycles\, in July 2021. As a bandleader\, Ryan released his debut album\, Standing on the Edge of Tomorrow\, followed by his sophomore release\, Forest Road: Live at the Side Door\, in 2025.
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/jeff-fuller-quintet/
LOCATION:Small Batch Cellars\, 37 Nettleton Avenue\, North Haven\, CT
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SUMMARY:Rich Baratta Latin Jazz Sextet
DESCRIPTION:7:00 PM & 9:00 PM – $38 \nSavant Records announces the release of Another Kind of Bird\, the compelling new album from drummer and bandleader Richard Baratta. Baratta revisits music associated with Charlie Parker\, reimagining the repertoire through inventive new arrangements and a forward-looking ensemble approach. Baratta’s standout band features GRAMMY-nominated pianist and arranger Bill O’Connell\, saxophonist Vincent Herring\, guitarist Paul Bollenback\, bassist Michael Goetz\, and percussionist Paul Rossman. \nA musician long before he became a film producer\, Richard Baratta has built a career defined by range and reinvention. He began playing professionally more than four decades ago\, performing with big bands and ensembles around New York before transitioning into film\, where he became a highly respected producer with credits including The Wolf of Wall Street\, The Irishman\, Joker\, and several Spider-Man films.
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/rich-baratta-latin-jazz-sextet/
LOCATION:Palace Theater Poli Club\, 100 East Main Street\, Waterbury\, CT
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SUMMARY:Corcoran Holt Quintet: Freedom of Art
DESCRIPTION:One of jazz’s most dynamic bassists and bandleaders brings his quintet to The Side Door \n\n\n\n\nCorcoran Holt – Bass \nStacy Dillard – Tenor & Soprano Saxophone \nJosh Evans – Trumpet \nBenito Gonzalez – Piano \nKweku Sumbry – Drums & Djembe \nCorcoran Holt is a force of nature on the bass — a musician whose commanding presence\, deep groove\, and musical intelligence have made him one of the most sought-after players on the New York scene. A son of Washington\, D.C.\, Holt began his musical journey at age four playing djembe and West African percussion before taking up the upright bass at ten with the renowned DC Youth Orchestra. He attended the prestigious Duke Ellington School of the Arts\, and went on to earn his B.A. in Jazz Studies from Shenandoah Conservatory and his M.A. from Queens College under the tutelage of Buster Williams. His connection to the music runs deep — legend has it that his great-grandfather\, a bassist who grew up in High Point\, North Carolina\, lived next door to a young John Coltrane and gave him his first music lessons. \nHolt has performed and recorded with some of the most celebrated names in jazz\, including Kenny Garrett\, Roy Hargrove\, Curtis Fuller\, Jimmy Heath\, Benny Golson\, Wynton Marsalis\, Christian McBride\, Delfeayo Marsalis\, Carmen Lundy\, and Jazzmeia Horn\, among many others. He appears on three Grammy-nominated recordings — Kenny Garrett’s Pushing the World Away (2013)\, Jamison Ross’s Jamison (2014)\, and The Baylor Project’s The Journey (2017) — and on Kenny Garrett’s Sounds from the Ancestors\, which won the NAACP Image Award for Best Jazz Instrumental in 2021. In 2009 he represented the United States as a Jazz Ambassador with the U.S. State Department\, touring the Middle East as both performer and clinician. He has performed at the Newport Jazz Festival\, North Sea Jazz Festival\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, the Village Vanguard\, the Blue Note\, and Dizzy’s Club\, and has toured across North and South America\, Europe\, Asia\, Africa\, and the Caribbean. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Jazz Bass at Arizona State University and is the DC Jazz Festival’s Artist-in-Residence. \nAs a bandleader\, Holt channels that same depth of spirit and vision into his own music. His debut album The Mecca (2018) paid homage to his D.C. roots\, and his acclaimed sophomore release Freedom of Art stands as his most personal statement yet — a testament to transformation\, family\, and the enduring principle at the heart of jazz: freedom itself. The compositions emerged during the 2020 pandemic\, drawing from the loss of his father\, the steadfast love of his family\, and the deep musical brotherhood forged over years of touring with this very ensemble. Stacy Dillard delivers soulful\, inventive saxophone work throughout\, Josh Evans brings virtuosic trumpet firepower to the group\, Benito Gonzalez anchors the harmony with brilliance and warmth\, and Kweku Sumbry — a percussionist of extraordinary range — holds it all together on drums and djembe. This is a rare opportunity to experience this extraordinary project live in an intimate setting. \nThe Side Door Jazz Club is a dedicated jazz listening room located inside the historic Old Lyme Inn\, 85 Lyme Street\, Old Lyme\, CT. Tickets are reserved seating. Guests dining at the Old Lyme Inn prior to the show receive 10% off their dinner bill.
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/corcoran-holt-quintet-freedom-of-art/
LOCATION:Side Door Jazz Club\, 85 Lyme Street\, Old Lyme\, CT\, United States
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