Events for December 27, 2024 - December 27, 2024

Jazz brunch

The Buttonwood Tree presents the musical showcase of local jazz group JazzRules, a quintet featuring members of the well-known Secondary Messengers. Don Anderson (trumpet, flugelhorn, EVI) hails from Virginia and moved to Massachusetts to embrace the icy winters. He enjoys playing a variety of styles and has played with numerous groups including Right Time (World [...]

An Evening of Jazz, Blues, Funk, Tango, and More with Masala Jazz and Friends SiriNam Khalsa, guitar Noah Altman, bass Michel Moushabeck, percussion with special surprise guests Masala Jazz: Masala is a word used in South Asian cuisine to mostly describe a mixture of wonderful spices. Not unlike the mixture of the many spices in Indian cooking, Masala [...]

Jonathan Barber - Drums Matt Knoegel - Tenor Saxophone Tony Davis - Guitar Cameron Campbell - Piano  Matt Dwonszyk - Bass International Recorded artist, composer, educator and bandleader Jonathan Barber was voted the #1 Up-and-Coming Drummer of 2018 in Modern Drummer. Barber has already recorded and toured worldwide with such artists as Pat Metheny, Terence [...]

Please join BVFCC and host Allen Lowe for our Monthly Jazz Night with Allen Lowe & The All-Stars. There will be a coterie of musical guests assembled by our host each month in a relaxed setting with tables and chairs to truly sit back, relax, and enjoy the great vibe. Of course, the BVCoffee Bar [...]

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 [...]

Brandon Seabrook (guitar, banjo) Brandon Seabrook is a guitarist, banjoist, and composer living in New York City where he has established himself as one of the most forward-thinking and versatile and guitarists of his generation. He has also made a name for himself as an influential banjo innovator, described by the New York Times as [...]

Tickets will be available at the door. This is an open rehearsal. It's a B.Y.O.B and B.Y.O.F event! Get ready to swing and sway to the smooth sounds of the Big Band! Bring your dancing shoes and show off your moves! Enjoy a BYOB experience and support a local arts organization at the beautiful Carousel [...]

Tonight, we'll host Columbian pianist and Nord keyboards ambassador Alex Pastrana Sotto for his first performance in Hartford! Alex will be performing with Maria Escobar (vocals), Alex Apolo (upright bass), and Julian Miltenberger (drums) starting at 7.

Musicians TBA As Grammy-nominated vocalist Jazzmeia Horn looks out the window of her 11th-floor hotel room in Tokyo, she describes the surrounding skyscrapers, the yellow and pink clouds floating by and Messages — her fourth leader date, which is set to release October 25, 2024, via Empress Legacy Records. In part, Messages, is intended to [...]

Waberi Jordan is a vocalist and songwriter whose signature is rooted in the Leimert Park Jazz Community of Los Angeles. Raised on a steady diet of straight-ahead jazz, at a time when R&B dominated the airwaves, Waberi’s sound bridges two pivotal eras of artistic expression. Waberi studied and played with Horace Tapscott along with The [...]

Musicians TBA As Grammy-nominated vocalist Jazzmeia Horn looks out the window of her 11th-floor hotel room in Tokyo, she describes the surrounding skyscrapers, the yellow and pink clouds floating by and Messages — her fourth leader date, which is set to release October 25, 2024, via Empress Legacy Records. In part, Messages, is intended to [...]

David Weiss- Trumpet Myron Walden- Alto Sax Ben Soloman- Tenor Sax Victor Gould- Piano Eric Wheeler- Bass Joe Dyson- Drums Moving jazz forward has been David Weiss’s modus operandi ever since he appeared on the scene in the late eighties when he established himself in New York by touring and/or recording with the likes of [...]