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  • Boney James – Slow Burn Tour

    John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts - Southern CT State University 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT

    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 [...]

    $63 – $75

  • Chief Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott)

    Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall 151 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA

    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 [...]

    $20 – $35

  • Greg Abate Quartet

    Side Door Jazz Club 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT, United States

    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 [...]

    $28

  • Baby Grand Jazz at Hartford Public Library

    Baby Grand Jazz at Hartford Public Library
    Center for Contemporary Culture (Main Floor) - Hartford Public Library 500 Main Street, Hartford, CT

    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 [...]

    Free

  • Tuxedo Junction

    Tuxedo Junction
    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 [...]

  • Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra

    Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra
    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/

  • Black Eyed Sally’s Jazz Jam – Matt Dwonszyk CD Release concert

    Black Eyed Sally’s Jazz Jam
    Black-eyed Sally's Southern Kitchen & Bar 350 Asylum St., Hartford, CT

    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/Harvey Sorgen Duo

    Institute for the Musical Arts 165 Cape Street, Goshen, MA, United States

    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 [...]

    $20

  • Fridays with Frank

    Fridays with Frank
    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 [...]

    Free

  • Diana Krall

    Palace Theater - Waterbury 100 East Main St, Waterbury, CT

    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 [...]

    $55 – $155

  • The Makanda Project

    Side Door Jazz Club 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT, United States

    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 · [...]

    $28

  • Firehouse 12 Spring Jazz Series

    Firehouse 12 Spring Jazz Series
    Firehouse 12 45 Crown Street, New Haven, CT

    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 [...]

    $15 – $20

  • Blue Lion Trio

    Blue Lion Trio
    Open Door Tea 3552 Main Street, Stratford, CT

    Every Saturday Host & drummer Richard Sylvester has launched a remarkable jazz series (every Saturday!) at this cozy venue

  • Michelle Walker Quartet

    Side Door Jazz Club 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT, United States

    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 [...]

    $28

  • Dr. G’s Jazz Brunch

    Dr. G’s Jazz Brunch
    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.

  • Tuxedo Junction

    Tuxedo Junction
    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 [...]

  • New Haven Improvisers Collective

    Ely Center of Contemporary Art 51 Trumbull St, New Haven, CT

    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 [...]

  • Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra

    Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra
    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/

  • UConn Jazz and Justice Suite

    Jazz & Justice Suite: A Multi-Movement Declaration

    von der Mehden Recital Hall - UConn 875 Coventry Road, Storrs, CT

    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 [...]

    $15

  • Black Eyed Sally’s Jazz Jam – Hall High School Combo 1 & Second Sphere under the direction of Nathan Edwards

    Black Eyed Sally’s Jazz Jam
    Black-eyed Sally's Southern Kitchen & Bar 350 Asylum St., Hartford, CT

    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 [...]

  • Lucía

    The Drake 44 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA

    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 [...]

    $20 – $35

  • Fridays with Frank

    Fridays with Frank
    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 [...]

    Free

  • Tony Vacca and Fusion Nomads

    Shea Theater 71 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA

    With John Isaac Sheldon, Chris Devine, Chuck Langford, Jo Sallins, and special guest, Senegalese master of the talking drum, Massamba Diop. From Tony: I love working with this group of committed co-conspirators in our adventurous World Fusion Music. And our special guest, MASSAMBA DIOP, has been the talking drum player for Baaba Maal's world famous [...]

    $15 – $25

  • Blues on the Corner: McCoy Tyner Legacy Band

    Side Door Jazz Club 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT, United States

    Join us for a special night of jazz with the McCoy Tyner Legacy Band! Francisco Mela – Drums and bandleader Nat Reeves – Bass Benito Gonzalez – Piano George Garzone (special guest) – Tenor Saxophone Blues on the Corner: McCoy Tyner Legacy BandDon’t miss world-renowned drummer and former McCoy Tyner sideman Francisco Mela as he [...]

    $28

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