Events for May 17, 2024 - May 17, 2024

“Tribute to Miles Davis” with Peter Hand- guitar, Duane Eubanks- trumpet, Peter Brainin- saxophones, Harvie S- bass and Steve Johns- drums. The band will also play several selections from Peter Hand’s new album, Blue Topaz.

A new music series at Never Ending Books on the 2nd Thursday of every month.  It will feature groups and ad hoc combinations of New Haven Improvisers Collective folks. If you have a group you would like to bring, contact Bob Gorry at bob.gorry@nhic-music.org.  It should feature improvisation in some way, but there are no [...]

Since their inaugural season in 1993, Rhythm & Brass has lived up to the ideal of a musical presentation that is not bound by time, geography or culture. With the unique ability to incorporate influences as divergent as Josquin Des Prez, Pink Floyd, John Coltrane, Johann Sebastian Bach, and of course Duke Ellington, Rhythm & [...]

Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen has emerged  as one of his generation's pivotal figures in music and the related arts. A recognized prodigy, Cohen began Suzuki method piano instruction  at age three, and his playing quickly became a mature melding of musicality, technique, and concept. Downbeat observed that his "nimble touch, measured [...]

7:00 PM & 9:00 PM - $38 Vanessa Racci is a jazz and cabaret singer of Italian American descent with a passion for retro jazz and music made famous by italian Americans. She has produced an album and currently performs several shows that celebrate American jazz composers, Italian American music and their contributions to jazz [...]

After over a decade of relentless touring and recording in all but complete obscurity, the Texas-bred quasi-collective suddenly found itself held up by the press and public as one of the major figures in the jazz world. But as the category names for all five of the band’s Grammy® awards would indicate (Best R&B Performance [...]

Mars on Saturday is an instrumental jazz trio that takes inspiration from the past to make music for the present. Playing original tunes as well as standards old and new, the group was started by Mark Weaver on drums and Steve Nivison on guitar. Mark and Steve have been making music together since they were [...]

Josh Evans - Trumpet Wayne Escoffery - Saxophone James Burton III - Trombone Victor Gould - Piano Eric Wheeler - Bass Brian Richburg Jr - Drums Black Art Jazz Collective is an extraordinary all-star sextet of African American musicians, celebrating Black culture through original music with unapologetic pride. Founded in 2013 by saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, [...]

Get ready to swing into spring with a jazzy afternoon! Join us for a special performance by the Saskia Laroo & Warren Byrd Jazz Group, right here at McLean Retirement Community. Enjoy an hour of American Songbook classics and original tunes, followed by a meet-and-greet with the artists. ️ This event is free and open [...]

Jazz Boricua presents a jazz tribute to Puerto Rican Danza. Enjoy memorable Puerto Rican songs to the rhythm of jazz, along with four formidable masters of popular music: Ángel David Mattos, Héctor Matos, Jorge Rodríguez, and Ricardo Pons About Jazz Boricua: Four distinguished professionals in the Puerto Rican musical spectrum, “fiebrús” of Jazz and folklore, [...]

"An expressive instrumentalist, Cherry has a hip, melodic approach that is a refreshing contrast to guitarists who frequently resort to playing 'finger music', the execution of rapid streams of notes that serve no musical purpose other than to fill space" - Jim Ferguson, Jazztimes Born in New Haven,Connecticut, Ed moved to New York in 1978 to [...]

The Jazz Brunch returns after a long Covid-induced pause!

William Parker: Bass, Flute, N’goni, and Guimbre William Parker is a bassist, improviser, composer, writer, and educator from New York City. He has recorded over 150 albums, published six books, and taught and mentored hundreds of young musicians and artists. He has been called “one of the most inventive bassists/leaders since [Charles] Mingus,” and “the [...]

In 2024, Baby Grand Jazz is celebrating its 20th season. Hartford Public Library is excited to host everyone back at the Downtown Library in the Center for Contemporary Culture (CCC). Enter through the Library's Arch Street entrance only. All concerts are from 3:00-4:00 p.m. with doors opening at 2:00 p.m. The concerts will also be [...]

A graduate music recital by Nat Baldwin, featuring cross-disciplinary works for spoken text and multiple instruments, as well as a new piece for solo double bass.