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 [...]

A vibrant figure in the jazz harmonica world, New Haven native Chris DePino blends technical mastery with a soulful narrative that resonates with audiences across genres and continents. 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 [...]

Haneef Nelson - Trumpet Nathan Edwards - Tenor Saxophone Andrew Wilcox - Piano Luques Curtis - Bass Akin Hobson - Drums Haneef N. Nelson works as a Composer/Arranger, Bandleader, Sideman, Musical Curator, and Educator based out of Hartford, CT. He was introduced to the trumpet at age 12 and has stuck with it ever since. [...]

Grammy Award–winning pianist Zaccai Curtis brings his celebrated Latin jazz quintet Cubop Lives! to the Vermont Jazz Center. Featuring piano, bass, and three master percussionists, the ensemble blends Afro-Cuban rhythms with the harmonic language of bebop. Curtis performs with the same group that recorded the Grammy-winning album Cubop Lives!. Tickets are $25+ (sliding scale) and [...]

Pat Bianchi - Organ Troy Roberts - Saxophone Colin Stranahan - Drums Grammy nominated organist Pat Bianchi has established himself as one of the premier organists on the international scene today. Bianchi is the winner of Downbeat Magazine’s 2016 rising star poll, Hot House 2019 poll and nominee of the 2024 Jazz Journalists Association as [...]

The Mark Kaplan Quartet is an established luminary on the local and regional jazz scene. Mark Kaplan, tenor saxophone; Martin Carter, piano; Adam Anderson, bass; and John Rispoli, drums.

Instantiations, formerly known as Improvisations Now, is a monthly series of concerts conceived and programmed by Joe Morris (guitarist, bassist, improviser, composer-wearer of many hats). Joe invites dynamic, innovative musicians - important members of the global improvised music scene - and performs with them. The music is completely improvised. Every concert, every instance is a [...]

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 [...]

Anna Webber (tenor sax, flute), Yuma Uesaka (clarinets), Ingrid Laubrock (tenor and soprano sax), Ryan Easter (trumpet), DoYeon Kim (gayageum), Mary Halvorson (guitar), David Virelles (piano), Chris Tordini (bass), Ches Smith (drums) Anna Webber (b. 1984) is a flutist, saxophonist, and composer whose interests and work live in the aesthetic overlap between avant-garde jazz and [...]

Anna Webber (tenor sax, flute), Yuma Uesaka (clarinets), Ingrid Laubrock (tenor and soprano sax), Ryan Easter (trumpet), DoYeon Kim (gayageum), Mary Halvorson (guitar), David Virelles (piano), Chris Tordini (bass), Ches Smith (drums) "The music Webber writes is dizzying and convoluted in the best ways, a jagged slalom of meticulously notated, interlocking patterns and riffs that [...]

Christopher Casey earned a bachelor's degree from The Hartt School and studied under Jackie McLean, Jackie Byard, and Hotep Galeta. An active pianist, composer and arranger, Chris performs extensively throughout New England and the New York area. He has performed with such greats as Jackie McLean, Nat Reeves, Steve Davis, Claudio Roditi, Slide Hampton, Houston [...]

Tyreek McDole - Vocals & Keys Dylan Band - Tenor & Soprano Saxophones Joe Block - Piano/Keys Dan Finn - Bass Gary Jones III - Drums Tyreek McDole, a 25-year-old Haitian-American vocalist from Florida, is making waves on the New York and international music scenes. His artistry is rooted in the belief that music is [...]

Saskia Laroo – trumpet, sax, vocals Warren Byrd – keys, vocals, bongos Doug “Basszilla” Long – bass Willis Moore – drums Warren Byrd is a Hartford legend and an internationally touring artist, composer, and producer with a career spanning over 40 years. Together with his wife and musical partner Saskia Laroo, he has performed around the world, blending straight-ahead jazz with funk, hip-hop, and Latin grooves — always rooted [...]

Tyreek McDole - Vocals & Keys Dylan Band - Tenor & Soprano Saxophones Joe Block - Piano/Keys Dan Finn - Bass Gary Jones III - Drums Tyreek McDole, a 25-year-old Haitian-American vocalist from Florida, is making waves on the New York and international music scenes. His artistry is rooted in the belief that music is [...]

January 25 concert is CANCELLED Concerts will be held at HPL’s Downtown Library on Sunday afternoons at 3:00 p.m. from January through April, excluding Easter Sunday on April 5. Performances will take place in the Center for Contemporary Culture, 500 Main Street, Hartford. Doors open at 2:00 p.m., and each concert lasts about an hour. [...]