Hartford Jazz Society

Duke Robillard Quartet
2025-12-26 20:00 - 22:30 (America/New_York) | Side Door Jazz Club, 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT, United States
Join us for a special night of jazz with Guitarist Duke Robbilard and his Quartet!
Duke Robillard – Guitar
Doug James – Saxophone
Marty Ballou – Bass
Mark Teixeira – Drums
Michael John “Duke” Robillard is a distinguished American blues guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer, and educator, renowned for his versatility across blues, jazz, swing, and R&B. Born on October 4, 1948, in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, he co-founded the influential band Roomful of Blues in 1967, which played a pivotal role in reviving jump blues and R&B.
Robillard’s career spans over five decades, during which he has released numerous solo albums, collaborated with iconic artists, and earned multiple accolades.
His Grammy nominations include Best Contemporary Blues Album for Guitar Groove-a-Rama (2007) and Best Traditional Blues Album for Stomp! The Blues Tonight (2010).
He has been honored with the W.C. Handy Award (now Blues Music Award) for Best Blues Guitarist in 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004, and received the Keeping the Blues Alive Award for Producer of the Year in 2004.
Robillard’s collaborations are extensive and diverse. He has recorded and performed with legends such as Bob Dylan (appearing on Time Out of Mind), Tom Waits, Ruth Brown, Jay McShann, Pinetop Perkins, and Jimmy Witherspoon.
Additionally, he has worked with Maria Muldaur, John Hammond, and produced albums for artists like Joe Louis Walker, Billy Boy Arnold, and Otis Clay.
In 1990, Robillard replaced Jimmie Vaughan in The Fabulous Thunderbirds, further showcasing his adaptability and skill. He has also been a member of The Legendary Blues Band, which included former members of Muddy Waters’ bands, and has led his own group, The Duke Robillard Band, later known as The Pleasure Kings.
Beyond performing, Robillard is a respected producer and educator. He has produced albums for various artists and has been involved in music education, sharing his knowledge and passion for blues and jazz.
Robillard’s contributions to music have been recognized with multiple awards, including Grammy nominations and Blues Music Awards. His influence continues to resonate in the blues community, and he remains an active performer and recording artist.

Fridays with Frank
2025-12-26 17:15 - 19:00, 2025-12-19 17:15 - 19:00 | Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT
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.

Al Fenton Big Band directed by Kathy Neri
2025-12-25 18:15 - 20:15 | The Carousel Museum, 95 Riverside Avenue, Bristol, CT
Enjoy the vibrant and smooth sounds of the 18 piece Al Fenton Big Band. Their open rehearsal gives you a behind-the scenes look at their musical process, followed by a performance that will have you dancing on the beautiful wooden dance floor.
BYOB: Enhance your evening by bringing your own beverages and food. Relax and enjoy a lively night out with great music and company. While you are at The Carousel Museum, take some time to visit the museum’s exhibits before or after the rehearsal to discover the rich history and artistry of carousel.
Thursday, March 27th
Thursday, April 24
Thursday, May 29
Thursday, June 26
Thursday, July 31
Thursday, August 28
Thursday, September 25th
Thursday, October 30th (Boo Bash – Costumes Encouraged)
Thursday, November 20
Thursday, December 18th Holiday Spectacular
Admission Tickets available at the door.
Members: Free!
Adults $15
Seniors/Students $10
Kids 12 and Under: Free

Michael Palin's Other Orchestra
2025-12-23 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-16 20:00 - 22:00 | The Hungry Tiger, 120 Charter Oak Street, Manchester, CT
It’s a funky Big Band thang, a large jazz ensemble that rocks the house. Playing music from Tower of Power, Frank Zappa, The Brecker Brothers, Jaco Pastorious, Steely Dan, The Yellow Jackets, Bob Berg…..You’ll want to see them again and again!
https://www.facebook.com/OtherOrchestra/

Jazz at Cafe Nine
2025-12-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Cafe Nine, 250 State Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Presented by New Haven Jazz Underground on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday every month.

Hartford Jazz Orchestra
2025-12-22 19:30 - 21:30 | Elicit Brewery, 165 Adams Street, Manchester, CT
Every Monday at Elicit Brewery in Manchester CT. No cover.

Tuxedo Junction
2025-12-22 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Guilford VFW Post 9666, 104 Mill Road, Guilford, CT
For over 24 years, hosting public rehearsals every Monday night, now at Guilford VFW Post 7666.
Tuxedo Junction was started in 1989 by Pete Jacobs (trumpet) and Will Tayler (drums), WWII veterans who set up an 8-piece Dixieland jazz band in the basement of the senior citizens center in Madison, CT. Pat soon joined on piano.
The band quickly grew into a full swing band as Pete added big band arrangements and people joined: everyone from high school students to retired music teachers started to fill out the sections. Tuxedo Junction moved its practice home to the Westbrook Elks briefly, and in 1997 Paul James suggested that Bill’s Seafood restaurant in Westbrook would be a great place to share the sounds of swing. After more than 20 years of Monday nights at Bill’s, originally outnumbering the customers and staff before turning it into the most happening place on the Shoreline for a Monday night, we moved outside to Town Greens, Overlook Farm in Killingworth, and the Guilford VFW.
Tuxedo Junction plays original big band arrangements from the 30’s through the present, including charts from Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Sy Zentner, Buddy Rich, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and more. We focus on danceable tunes from swing to waltz, foxtrot to two-step, Latin and even some rock. The band has weekly open rehearsals at local venues on the Eastern Connecticut shoreline. The public is invited to dance and listen in at no charge. We are also available for hire at public and private events throughout Connecticut.
After more than 1,001 performances, Tuxedo Junction has become a musical success story. We are now eighteen passionate musicians, men and women of all ages, following the great jazz tradition and warmly welcoming visiting jazz musicians to sit in.

JHunter Group
2025-12-21 17:00 - 20:00 | Steak Loft, 27 Coogan Blvd, Mystic, CT, United States
Live Jazz, Blues and other grooves and Great Food

Lisa Marien vocalist
Steven Marien saxophonist
Sam Mayer pianist
James Hunter bassist
Randy Cloutier drums

Dr. G’s Jazz Brunch
2025-12-21 12:00 - 15:00 | Quattro’s Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar, 14 Water Street, Guilford, CT
Dr. G’s Jazz Brunch held on the 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays from 12pm (noon) until 3pm at Quattro’s Italian Restaurant:

All events will also include jazz masters Jeff Fuller on bass and Barry Ries on drums &/or trumpet. “Dr. G” will provide guitar accompaniment.

The Tricycle Trick + Conduction XX New Haven 2025
2025-12-20 20:30 - 23:30 | Firehouse 12, 45 Crown Street, New Haven, CT
8:30 The Tricycle Trick (Knox Chandler, Bob Gorry, Peter Riccio)
10:00 Conduction XX New Haven 2025 (For Butch Morris)

The New Haven Improvisers Collective celebrates the 20th anniversary of the first NHIC performance at the recently opened Firehouse 12. In 2005, Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris led the New Haven Improvisers collective for two sold out shows of new music based on his trademark Conduction system. It helped launch NHIC and Firehouse12 into the New Haven institutions they are today.
Conduction XX New Haven 2025
Bob Gorry will lead this new group of CT music luminaries, featuring a few from the original performance. Musicians include Stephen Haynes, Jeff Cedrone, Brian Slattery, Diane Buettner, Michael Larocca, Dan O’Brien, and Brett Bottomley, Vance Provey, and Chris Morrison. https://www.conduction.us/
The Tricycle Trick opens the evening, offering compelling new music with Soundribbons electronic processed bass, guitar, and drums. It features Knox Chandler (Psychedelic Furs, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Golden Palominos, Cyndi Lauper), Bob Gorry (Roundhouse Quartet, GoBruCcio, Truth Ensemble) and Peter Riccio (Sawtelles, GoBruCcio, Void Kittens).
Knox Chandler’s career has spanned over four decades, including long stints as a member of The Psychedelic Furs, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and the Cyndi Lauper band, as well as extraordinary experiences in recording and performing live around the world on guitar, bass, and cello. Knox spent a decade residing in Berlin, Germany, while he explored sound-scaping. He developed a technique he calls “Soundribbons”, which he recorded and performed in its own right as well as applying it to different genres and mediums. He composed, recorded, toured, produced, and wrote string arrangements for Herbert Grönemeyer, Jesper Munk, Pure Reason Revolution, The Still, TAU, Miss Kenichi and the Sun, Mars William’s Albert Ayler Xmas, Rita Redshoes, Them There, The Night, etc.
Bob Gorry is a guitarist/composer/bandleader living in and working out of New Haven, CT where he curates the NHIC New Music series and leads the New Haven Improvisers Collective, a group he founded that is now celebrating 20 years. Other current working bands include GoBruCcio, The Light Upon Blight Ensemble, RHINOCH, and The Roundhouse Quartet. He has performed and recorded with Joe Morris, Stephen Haynes, Butch Morris, Vance Provey, Allen Lowe, Greg Bendian, Albee Balgochian, Adam Matlock, Brett Bottomley, Michael Larocca, and many more.
Peter Riccio acquired his first set of drums at the age of eight and has been involved in a constant stream of diverse performing groups and configurations ever since (indie rock, punk, jazz, new music, etc). He studied jazz drums at Berklee College of Music along the way. He has played in punk, indie rock, and jazz groups. Peter also plays rhythm guitar, sings, and writes songs for the Sawtelles and plays drums with Lys Guillorn’s Void Kittens.

Eddie Allen's Jazzy Brass for the Holidays
2025-12-20 20:00 - 22:30 | Side Door Jazz Club, 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT, United States
Join us for a special night of jazz with Trumpeter Eddie Allen and his band, which will be spreading the Holiday Cheer!
Eddie Allen – Trumpet
Mark McGowan – Trumpet
Amie Amis – French Horn
Jerrick Matthews – Trombone
Oscar Perez – Piano
Richie Goods – Bass
Jerome Jennings – Drums
– CRITIC’S REVIEW –
A smart holiday set that might have some fat playing but certainly doesn’t show any schmaltz- Chris Spector Midwest Record
New Yorker Eddie Allen has assembled a sassy brass quartet (plus acoustic bass and some percussion), generating white heat and a slow burn for the holidays. ChristmasReviews.com–Carol Swanson
Trumpeter Allen has conviction in what he’s doing. Refusing to stoop to weak sentiment, he communicates his sense of uplift when refurbishing “We Three Kings”, “O Holy Night” and a dozen more classics. –Downbeat Magazine Frank Hadley
Here, Allen has chosen to go the jazzy route from the outset on the pop material. For the carols, he makes use of the brass quartet to state the melody, but then allows the individual horn players to follow their improvisational imagination. It makes for an interesting mix that is a pleasant and lively change of pace from most jazz Christmas albums. –Jersey Jazz Joe Lang

Caravan of Thieves
2025-12-20 20:00 - 22:00 | StageOne at Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford Street, Fairfield, CT, 06824
Inspired by the big band swing era, Django Reinhardt and the Quintette du Hot Club de France, absurd and macabre musical theater and early American folk music, Caravan of Thieves took shape in the hearts and minds of Fuzz and Carrie, the dynamic singing, strumming and songwriting musical duo who formed the band in early 2008. They began by writing a handful of songs based on this concept and soon after, filled out their sound with upright bass, violin, and an occasional accordion and any other willing participant they could recruit along the way. Caravan of Thieves was born.
By the end of their first year, the Caravan began to gain recognition for their distinctive musical vision, which inspired them to record and release their debut full-length album, Bouquet (2009). So Fuzz and Carrie took their show and growing cast of characters on the road, sharing stages with a variety of artists such as Emmylou Harris, Dan Hicks, The Decemberists, Keb Mo, Tom Tom Club, Iron and Wine, Shemekia Copeland, Punch Brothers, Robert Cray, John Jorgenson and many others. They successfully connected with audiences on each of these diverse bills, proving their act to be appreciated by folk, pop, rock and jazz audiences of all ages.
A few albums and a few hundred thousand miles later, Fuzz and Carrie eventually reached a comfortable stride embracing their roles as show and album producers, songwriters and arrangers. They released Mischief Night (2010), The Funhouse (2012) and Kiss Kiss (2015), produced the shows and tours to follow, and continued to introduce a greater blend of styles, instrumentation and musical guests with each new album and tour. As a result, the live performance now covers a wide dynamic range and appeal with each show flowing seamlessly from intimate acoustic duets to entertaining and exciting junk percussion jams to big audience stomp, clap and sing alongs, all while maintaining their spontaneous “street performance brought to the stage” mentality they developed in their early days of performing together.
According to Fuzz and Carrie, “We’re driven to consistently entertain our audience, in concert and on our studio recordings, which lends to building a community of listeners who can be involved in our show and our creative process in some way, as well as a variety of artists who we can share our vision with. These elements allow our band and our music to be alive, have a soul.”
“We are always attempting to write that song that was mistakenly left out of the book of standards”, Fuzz and Carrie explain. “But the challenge for us lies in covering topics that most listeners can relate to while taking them to the edges of their imaginations by both lyrically and musically using as many vibrant images as we can to illustrate the story.”
Over the past fifteen years and throughout several countries, the Caravan of Thieves have developed a loyal family of “Freaks”, a moniker both the band and their followers willingly and affectionately refer to themselves as. During that time, Fuzz and Carrie’s ever expanding community of musicians, artists and fans have allowed their dream to live through each triumph and hurdle, and with each performance, each interaction and each new moment adding another layer of color to their story.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's Wild and Swingin' Holiday Party
2025-12-20 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Mohegan Sun Casino, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd, Uncasville, CT
Since its formation in the early nineties in Ventura, California, the band has toured virtually nonstop, performing on average over 150 shows a year, and has produced a sizable catalog of recorded music, with sales of over two million albums to date. Early on, during their legendary residency at the Derby nightclub in Los Angeles, they reminded the world, in the midst of the Grunge era no less, that it was still cool to swing. The band, co-founded by singer Scotty Morris and drummer Kurt Sodergren, was at the forefront of the swing revival of that time, blending a vibrant fusion of the Classic American sounds of Jazz, Swing, and Dixieland, with the energy and spirit of contemporary culture.
After over 30 years, 11 records, over 3000 live shows, and countless appearances in film and television, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is showing no signs of slowing down, and is looking forward to sharing its music with new and old fans alike.
Wolf Den

Holiday Jazz Show by Candlelight
2025-12-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Naatiya Banquet Hall, 8 Mountain Avenue, Bloomfield, CT, 06002
Step into an intimate, softly lit room glowing with candlelight and Old Hollywood charm. Enjoy a complimentary glass of wine during the cocktail reception, followed by a harvest cheese tray, heavy appetizers, and a dessert bar available all evening.
Relax as the smooth, soulful sounds of Fusion 88 fill the room with the perfect holiday jazz vibe. Featured Musicians, Vocals Elden Lowery, Bass Lionel Lee, Saxophone Glen Winfree, Drums Trevor Pitts, Keyboard Jarreau Pitts.
Extras: Cash bar available
A classy, cozy evening of music, food, and holiday magic. We can’t wait to see you there.

Jazz Jam at Cafe Nine
2025-12-20 16:00 - 19:00 | CT
Every Saturday, 4-7

Camille Thurman w/ Darrell Green Quartet
2025-12-19 20:00 - 22:30 | Side Door Jazz Club, 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT, United States
Join us for a special night of jazz with Saxophonist/Vocalist Camille Thurman, performing with Drummer Darrell Green and his Quartet!
As a composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and unique interpreter of the jazz tradition, Camille Thurman is quickly becoming one of the standard bearers for the form, making a considerable and dynamic contribution to the legacy of jazz while paying tribute to its heroes. Fluid and powerful on the tenor saxophone and highly inventive as a vocalist, she also plays bass clarinet, flute, and piccolo. Her rich sax sound has been compared to Joe Henderson and Dexter Gordon, while her vocal approach—including an impressive scatting ability—has been classified alongside those of Ella Fitzgerald and Betty Carter.
In a few short years, Thurman has shared stages with Janelle Monáe, Alicia Keys, Lalah Hathaway, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Roy Haynes, Dianne Reeves, Kenny Barron, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jon Batiste, Diana Krall, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Nicholas Payton, The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JALCO) featuring Wynton Marsalis, and Buster Williams, among many others.
The New York City native has already amassed several distinctive honors for her musicianship: runner up in the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition, two-time winner of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award and a winner of the Fulbright Scholars Cultural Ambassador Grant, The Chamber Music of America Performance Plus Grant (Sponsored by the Dorris Duke Charitable Foundation) and the Jazz Coalition Composers Grant among others. Thurman also has four full-length recordings as a leader to her credit.
Her compositions were featured and performed by her quartet in the ASCAP/The Kennedy Center Songwriters: The Next Generation showcase as well as the Greenwich School of Music’s Uncharted Series. Camille has appeared on BET’s Black Girls Rock as the saxophonist and flutist in the All-Star Band. Equally adept as a player and a singer, and recognized for her compositional abilities as well, Thurman has also earned accolades from the media, from JazzTimes to Downbeat, All About Jazz to the New York Times, NPR to Sirius XM Satellite Radio, BET to Jazz Night In America.
Thurman was chosen by the State Department under the Fulbright Scholarship grant to perform in Paraguay and Nicaragua with her band. She and Darrell Green were selected by American Music Aboard to travel and perform in various African nations including Cameroon, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, and Mauritania.

Mark Kaplan Quintet
2025-12-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Best Video Film and Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave, Hamden, CT
The Mark Kaplan Quintet is one of New England’s premier jazz ensembles! They are dedicated to the preservation of the classic bebop and post-bop genres, lovingly referred to as “Straight Ahead.” Each member is an established luminary on the local and regional jazz scene. They are: Mark Kaplan, tenor saxophone; Martin Carter, piano; Adam Anderson, bass; and John Rispoli, drums. For this evening, they will also be joined by Peter Alexander on vibes, expanding to a quintet. This is an evening of great jazz not to be missed!

Jazz at Three Sheets
2025-12-19 18:00 - 21:00 | Three Sheets, 372 Elm Street, New Haven, CT
New England Jazz Underground presents jazz on the 1st and 3rd Friday every month.

Firehouse 12 Weekly Concert Series
2025-12-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Firehouse 12, 45 Crown Street, New Haven, CT
November 14: Otherlands Trio
November 21: Jon Irabagon Quintet
December 5: Matt Mitchell & Sara Serpa
December 12: Tyshawn Sorey Trio
December 19: Ingrid Laubrock’s Grammy Season + + DoYeon Kim
Tickets are $20 for the 8:30pm performance and $15 for 10:00pm. All tickets can be purchased online or, subject to availability, at the box office on the night of the show.

Jane Monheit
2025-12-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Infinity Hall – Norfolk, Route 44, Norfolk, CT
Jane Monheit is a jazz and adult contemporary vocalist with a deep passion for the Great American Songbook. With many highly acclaimed solo albums, countless awards and accolades, and over two decades of international touring experience, Jane has not only been an extremely successful bandleader, but has had the privilege of making music with some of the greatest musicians, arrangers, and producers in jazz.

Black Eyed Sally’s Jazz Jam - Rory Allen
2025-12-17 19:00 - 22:00 | Black-eyed Sally’s Southern Kitchen & Bar, 350 Asylum St., Hartford, CT, 06103
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 special appearances by big city jazz names. Experience the cool original music of the jam session while you enjoy the hot fierce cookin’ of Hartford’s favorite BBQ joint.
After a long hiatus due to the pandemic, regularly scheduled jazz jams have returned to Black Eyed Sally’s every Wednesday. There will be a featured jazz ensemble followed by an open jam session. Bring your axe and be ready to jam!
The music begins at 7:00 PM, jam session begins after 1st set. No cover charge most nights, under 21’s welcome.
Presented by the Hartford Jazz Society and Neefjazz Entertainment

Allen Lowe & The All-Stars
2025-12-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Best Video Film and Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave, Hamden, CT
Acclaimed jazz saxophonist Allen Lowe leads the monthly Jazz Night at Best Video Film & Cultural Center. Allen Lowe & The All Stars consists of a coterie of musical guests including Gary Grippo on guitar, Jeff Fuller on bass, Barry Ries on drums and trumpet, and Mark Kaplan on tenor sax. Join them in a relaxed setting with tables and chairs to truly sit back, relax, and enjoy the great vibe. The BVCoffee Bar will be open for beer, wine, and café drinks.
Allen Lowe is a composer, saxophonist, and music historian. He was voted Artist of the Year in the 2021 Jazz Times Readers’ Poll. He has recorded as a leader with: Julius Hemphill, Gary Bartz, Marc Ribot, David Murray, Nels Cline, Matt Shipp, Roswell Rudd, Don Byron, Doc Cheatham, and others.
“This fall, the jazz composer, saxophonist, and music historian Allen Lowe released what I consider to be his magnum opus, a four-cd set containing 69 tracks exploring almost every musical element and style that could be subsumed under the expansive rubric of “jazz.” One can hear elements of blues, R&B, bop, funk, rock, punk, avant guard, and much more, all beautifully composed and magnificently played (by Lowe himself and his colleagues). I’ve been digesting this music slowly, gradually, and repeatedly, and it just sounds better with each listen. It’s Allen’s unequaled grasp of the entire history of American music that emerges in such idiosyncratic and creatively beautiful ways throughout this collection. I can’t think of anyone else who could have pulled off such a remarkably ambitious undertaking. He is a genius, without question.” -Professor Jon Karp, SUNY Binghamton

Chris DePino Just Jazz Quartet
2025-12-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Milford Arts Council, 40 Railroad Avenue S, Milford, CT
Get ready for an unforgettable musical journey with Chris and the Just Jazz Quartet! Dive into the vibrant heart of the Connecticut jazz scene, where Chris, a master of the chromatic harmonica, crafts electrifying performances with the finest local talent. This isn’t just jazz—it’s a one-of-a-kind experience, blending soulful improvisation and dazzling artistry that will leave you spellbound. No two events are alike, and neither are the quartets! Chris handpicks from a roster of Connecticut’s most exceptional musicians to create a custom ensemble tailored to the performance.
Chris was born in New Haven. He is a distinguished blues and jazz harmonica player, music educator, and session musician whose versatile career spans jazz, blues, and classical music. DePino has been a regular session player at Cafe Nine in New Haven. He has also made guest appearances with the George Baker Experience, and the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, where he was a featured soloist for two “Concerts in the Park”.
“Chris DePino remains a vibrant figure in the jazz harmonica world, blending technical mastery with a soulful narrative that resonates with audiences across genres and continents.”-from Chris DePino’s website
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Eric Mintel Quartet: Charlie Brown Jazz
2025-12-14 18:00 - 22:00 | Side Door Jazz Club, 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT, United States
6PM and 8PM sets (Tickets sold separately)
Nelson Hill – Saxophone
Eric Mintel – Piano
Jack Hegyi – Bass
Dave Mohn – Drums
Eric Mintel has played the piano all his life. Career highlights include two performances by invitation at the White House, several concerts at the Kennedy Center and a special concert at the United Nations. Eric was a featured guest on Marian McPartland’s award winning program Piano Jazz on NPR and his music is regularly played on XM and Sirius radio. Jazz legend Dave Brubeck has said “As long as the music attracts dedicated young musicians like Eric Mintel, jazz will continue to thrive and progress as a voice of freedom”. Eric Mintel continues to thrill audiences of all ages and continues to connect with people all over the world.

Andrew Wilcox Trio
2025-12-14 13:45 - 15:00 | Isham Terry House, 211 High Street, Hartford, CT
Enjoy Vince Guaraldi’s holiday classics “Linus and Lucy” and “Christmastime is Here” from A Charlie Brown Christmas, featuring the Andrew Wilcox Trio. Step back into a mid-century wonderland during special tours of the Isham-Terry House available as an add-on at 1 pm and 3 pm.
Tickets for the performance are $25/Person, $20/CTL Member.

Sarah Hanahan Quartet
2025-12-14 10:30 - 11:30 | Center Church, 60 Gold Street, Hartford, CT
