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Natalie Hamilton is a singer/songwriter known for her four-octave, velvet voice and a style that blends jazz sophistication with folk intimacy. Critics describe her sound as evocative, powerful, and uniquely her own, comparing her voice to a young Barbra Streisand and her narrative, lyrical compositions to Joni Mitchell. "She is able to say more with [...]
Join us for a special night of jazz with Pianist Amina Figarova and her Sextet! Amina Figarova - Piano Charlie Porter - Trumpet Bart Platteau - Flutes Wayne Escoffery- Tenor sax Luques Curtis - Bass Donald Edwards - Drums Amina Figarova was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, and as a child studied to be a classical [...]
Performances are on Friday nights at 8:30pm and 10:00pm. Tickets for each performance can be purchased individually, with prices at $20 for our early shows and $15 for our late shows. Our Season Pass is available for $225, which provides 1 ticket to all sets of the 13 performances. The complete season calendar can be viewed [...]
Every Saturday, 4-7
Saxophonist and composer Boney James's new Concord Records album, Slow Burn, was released October 18, 2024. “When I mentioned that phrase to people as a possible title, they said, “That also refers to your whole career in a way” James says with a laugh. “This is my 19th record and I feel like I’m just hitting my [...]
Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott) is an artist who has never been content to stand still and inhabit only the present. Adjuah changed his name out of a desire to connect with his family roots in West Africa and clear a stronger path to the future. His music similarly embraces the African roots [...]
Join us for a special night of jazz with Saxophonist Greg Abate and his Quartet! Greg Abate - Saxophone Chuck Lamb - Piano John Lockwood - Bass Gary Johnson - Drums Greg Abate jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer continues as an International Jazz/Recording Artist with 225 days a year touring the globe. In the mid 70’s [...]
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. Concerts will be streamed on [...]
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 [...]
Every Monday at Elicit Brewery in Manchester CT. No cover.
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/
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 [...]
Marilyn Crispell (piano), Harvey Sorgen (drums) Marilyn Crispell is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music where she studied classical piano and composition, and has been a resident of Woodstock, New York since 1977 when she came to study and teach at the Creative Music Studio. She discovered jazz through the music of [...]
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 [...]
New England Jazz Underground presents jazz on the 1st and 3rd Friday every month.
Diana Krall is the only jazz singer to have eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. To date, her albums have garnered two Grammy® Awards, ten Juno® Awards and have also earned nine gold, three platinum and seven multi-platinum albums. Krall's unique artistry transcends any single musical style and has [...]
Join us for a special night of jazz with The Makanda Project! Kurtis Rivers · Saxophone Seth Meicht · Saxophone Sean Berry · Saxophone Temidayo Balogun · Saxophone Charlie Kohlhase · Saxophone Jerry Sabatini · Trumpet Haneef Nelson · Trumpet Alfred Patterson · Trombone Richard Harper · Trombone Bill Lowe · Trombone John Kordalewski · [...]
Performances are on Friday nights at 8:30pm and 10:00pm. Tickets for each performance can be purchased individually, with prices at $20 for our early shows and $15 for our late shows. Our Season Pass is available for $225, which provides 1 ticket to all sets of the 13 performances. The complete season calendar can be viewed [...]
Every Saturday, 4-7
Every Saturday Host & drummer Richard Sylvester has launched a remarkable jazz series (every Saturday!) at this cozy venue
Join us for a special night of jazz with Vocalist Michelle Walker and her Quartet! Armed with a provocative, whiskey-soaked tone, jazz vocalist Michelle Walker is a charismatic singer that uses an artful blend of blues, bebop, swing and soul with playful rhythmic expressiveness. Based in New York City, she bends the lines and pushes [...]
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.
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 [...]
Every Monday at Elicit Brewery in Manchester CT. No cover.
Knox Chandler and Bob Gorry - Guitar Duo GoBruCcio (Gorry/Brunelli/RIccio) COMBO NHIC If you'd like to be part of COMBO NHIC, get there and be ready by 7pm. It would be great to have you as part of it. Music will start promptly. Free parking lot across the street. Next Workshop is scheduled for Monday [...]
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/
The UConn jazz faculty present a completely new body of work, called the Jazz & Justice Suite. “Jazz & Justice Suite: A Declaration in Seven Movements is an original jazz suite composed and performed by UConn Jazz faculty. This powerful artistic statement explores human rights through music, with each movement inspired by an article from [...]
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 [...]
In 2022, then twenty-three-year-old singer Lucía was a finalist at the prestigious Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. The Veracruz native also was the first Mexican artist to enter the contest. For her performance in the final round, Lucía chose a standard that reflected her musical sensibility, influenced equally by the beauty of jazz and [...]
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