Events for November 23, 2024 - November 23, 2024

Makaya McCraven, drums and bandleaderMarquis Hill, trumpetGreg Ward, saxophoneJunius Paul, bassOthers TBANote: All personnel except Makaya McCraven subject to change We told you we had a banger of a jazz series happening for you. And this event, well let’s just say it packs a lot of bang. This fall, we’re joining colleagues from across the [...]

You're invited to NXTHVN's Public Performance by our Visiting Artist, Awilda Sterling-Duprey. For this performance, Sterling-Duprey will be in dialogue with local New Haven musicians providing improvisational jazz and bomba acoustics while she allows her body to feel and translate the music into rhythmic bodily movements articulated into bright pastel markings, lines, and textures onto [...]

"LIVE from Ashtonwood" wraps up its 7th and final season presenting rising jazz star and Juilliard vocalist Kate Kortum. Kate will be accompanied by young gun pianist Tyler Henderson. Special guests Joie Bianco and June Cavlan will join Kate as The Sunhouse Singers. This house concert will be streamed LIVE via Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/AshtonwoodHouseConcerts. More information and [...]

For nearly 25 years, Acoustic Alchemy has pushed the limits of the acoustic guitars potential by embracing a spectrum of musical styles ranging from straight-ahead jazz to folk to rock to world music and beyond. In the two and a half decades since their earliest recordings – despite a tragic setback in the late 1990s [...]

If you would like to participate in the DRIFT/LOOP performance, please watch this short overview videoand fill out this Google form to indicate your interest and availability. Come hear tones drift in and out of Olin Library throughout Homecoming Weekend. Over the course of twenty-four hours, the stacks will ring vibrantly with reverberated tones, shimmer [...]

DAY 1: Friday, November 1 @ 118 Elliot St. Gallery 5:00 – 8:00 pm: Youth musicians perform as part of Gallery Walk (no reservations required) On Friday, November 1st, the VJC, in collaboration with 118 Elliot Gallery, will present a selection of student groups as part of Brattleboro’s Gallery Walk hosted by Downtown Brattleboro Alliance. [...]

April Varner - Vocals Aaron Matson - Guitar Eytan Schillinger-Hyman - Bass Aaron Seeber - Drums “I am  music” was one of April’s first proclamations as a very young child and it holds true to this day. Since singing her first notes as a four-year-old, inspired by none other than the Disney Princess movies, her [...]

Join Grammy–award winning musician, composer, educator, and activist Roxy Coss for a lecture-recital featuring a discussion of her background in artistic agency with live jazz improvisation. A renowned jazz saxophonist, Coss is the 2024-2025 Menakka and Essel Bailey ‘66 Distinguished Visiting Scholar, a Bailey College of the Environmental Think Tank fellow, and the founder and [...]

Day 2: Saturday, November 2 @ Vermont Jazz Center Student group performances, Ekep Nkwelle clinic for student musicians & Concert with Ekep Nkwelle Quartet 11:00 to 4:00 pm: Student group performances. Location: Vermont Jazz Center Main Stage (New!) On Saturday the VJC, in association with area high schools & universities, will present student groups performing [...]

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Karen Frisk is a jazz vocalist who has performed in several areas of the country with local and world-renowned jazz artists. On this evening, she will be joined by Kent Hewitt on piano, and Joe Fitzgerald on bass. All proceeds from this show go to The Buttonwood Tree. Originally from Cromwell Connecticut, Karen always claimed [...]

David Adewumi - Trumpet Max Light - Guitar Kris Monson - Bass Ryan Sands - Drums Hailing from Orange, CT/New Haven County, Ryan Sands has worked his way to becoming one of the top young drummers in his field. His emphatic performances have landed him performances with Terell Stafford, Geoffrey Keezer, Wayne Escoffrey, Tamir Hendleman, [...]

Hall High School Concert Jazz Band, Jazz Band II, KP Jazz Band, Bristow Big Band The concert will include both of Hall’s jazz bands, as well as the KP and Bristow middle school jazz ensembles. We will be benefiting Hands on Hartford, a nonprofit that helps economically disadvantaged residents of Hartford with food, housing, and [...]