Upcoming Events

Located in downtown Hartford, for the aficionado, musician, or the curious first-timer, Black Eyed Sally’s Jazz Jams are the best taste of live jazz in Hartford. Set in the southern juke joint atmosphere of Black-eyed Sally’s, these jam sessions will strike a chord as you hear what our local talent has to offer, with regular [...]

Wesleyan’s Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble presents new and arranged works for live electronics under the direction of Professor of Music Paula Matthusen. The concert will feature works by Anthony Sertel Dean '17, Yvette Janine Jackson, Jen Kutler, graduate music student Shawn O'Sullivan, Sam Pluta, and Pamela Z.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents brings the soul of New Orleans and the spirit of Mardi Gras to a program celebrating the composers and inspired songs of the city that is the historic epicenter of jazz. From Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong to Ellis Marsalis and James Black, New Orleans has long been an [...]

Matthew Shipp (piano) With his unique and recognizable style, pianist Matthew Shipp has worked and recorded vigorously since the late '80s, creating music in which free jazz and modern classical intertwined. He first became well known in the early '90s as the pianist in the David S. Ware Quartet, and soon began leading his own [...]

Greg Burk (piano) “Burk’s improvising is lucid, unconventional...on target” -Bob Blumenthal, Boston Globe Born in Lansing Michigan, pianist and composer Greg Burk grew up in a culturally diverse and musical household. His father, Dennis Burk, was an internationally active conductor and the son of Russian and Polish immigrants. Greg's mother, Giovanna Collonelli, moved from her [...]

Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Pianist-composer Sylvie Courvoisier, a Brooklyn-based native of Switzerland and winner of Germany’s International Jazz Piano Prize in 2022, has earned renown for balancing two distinct worlds: the deep, richly detailed chamber music of her European roots and the grooving, hook-laden sounds of the avant-jazz scene in New York City, her home for [...]

Featuring Jazz Ensemble I, Chapel Jazz & Jazz Lab Ensembles, Vocal Jazz Ensemble & Chamber Jazz combos Jeffrey W. Holmes, Thomas Giampietro, Mitch Chakour, Forest Loomis-Dulong, directors Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. He was a music industry giant [...]

NHIC Records announces the release of the new album from The Light Upon Blight Ensemble: CENTURY. This record encompasses a wealth of musical styles and genres. Rooted in psych-jazz, progressive rock, post rock and free jazz, it also features elements of straight ahead jazz, contemporary classical, electric blues and pop. A century of influences, synthesized [...]

7:00 PM & 9:00 PM - $37 Sally Terrell’s professional singing career may be a “second act” following thirty years as an English professor, but music has always been her first passion. A native of Youngstown, New York, she began playing piano and singing at age six, poking out melodies alongside her father, a classically [...]

The stage is set for an inspiring afternoon of jazz as the Litchfield Jazz Camp Talent Search Finals take place at the Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Rd, Litchfield. Seventeen outstanding young musicians, selected from a competitive pool of audition tapes, will vie for scholarships to the 2025 sessions of Litchfield Jazz Camp (LJC) at [...]