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SUMMARY:The Allegra Levy Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Top Rising Star vocalist Allegra Levy brings sophisticated swing\, vivid originals\, and an unforgettable voice to The River Room. \nThe Allegra Levy Quartet\nSaturday\, October 17 • 7:30 PM\nDoors at 6:30 PM\nThe River Room \nNamed one of the Top 10 Rising Star Jazz Vocalists in the 2021 DownBeat Critics’ Poll\, Allegra Levy brings her acclaimed quartet to The River Room for an unforgettable evening of sophisticated\, swinging\, deeply original jazz. \nA West Hartford native who built her career over 15 years in New York City\, Levy has appeared at celebrated venues including Birdland Theatre\, the Blue Note\, Zinc Bar\, Drom\, and the Bitter End. She has released five albums on the historic SteepleChase label and earned praise from The New York Times\, The New Yorker\, JazzTimes\, and more for her imaginative songwriting\, expressive storytelling\, and agile\, warmly compelling voice. \nThe New Yorker called her work “a showcase for Levy’s…agile vocalizing and her gift for sculpting words\,” while New York Music Daily hailed her as “a strong original songwriter” who “sings your life back to you.” Her music is rooted in the timeless spirit of the Great American Songbook while opening into fresh\, harmonically adventurous originals\, bluesy turns\, and smart\, vividly human lyrics. \nCome experience one of today’s most distinctive vocal artists—sophisticated\, worldly\, and wonderfully cool—live in the intimate setting of The River Room.
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LOCATION:River Room\, 50 Riverside Drive\, Willimantic\, CT
CATEGORIES:Concert,Nightclub
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SUMMARY:The Bill O'Connell Trio
DESCRIPTION:Pianist Bill O’Connell\, bassist Oscar Stagnaro and drummer Richie Barshay bring modern and Latin jazz fire to The River Room Sat.\, Nov. 21! \nJoin us at The River Room on Saturday\, November 21st for an evening with the Bill O’Connell Trio—led by one of jazz’s most accomplished and distinctive pianists\, composers\, arrangers\, and bandleaders. Showtime is 7:30 PM; doors open at 6:30 PM. \nFor nearly five decades\, Bill O’Connell has forged a remarkable career across modern jazz and Latin jazz\, earning four SESAC Jazz Writer of the Year honors and a 2022 Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Arrangement. DownBeat has praised him as “an inspired hybridizer of modernist jazz and Afrodiasporic idioms\,” while critics have noted the lyrical influence of Bill Evans\, Keith Jarrett\, Chick Corea\, and Herbie Hancock in his deeply personal piano voice. \nO’Connell’s résumé includes acclaimed work with Mongo Santamaría\, Dave Valentín\, Astrud Gilberto\, Sonny Rollins\, Chet Baker\, Gato Barbieri\, Jerry González’s Fort Apache Band\, and Conrad Herwig’s celebrated Latin Side Of recordings. His playing brings together sophisticated harmony\, rhythmic fire\, melodic invention\, and the joyful energy of Latin jazz. \nFor this special River Room performance\, O’Connell is joined by four-time Grammy Award-winning bassist Oscar Stagnaro and prodigy drummer Richie Barshay—two extraordinary musicians whose virtuosity and chemistry promise a thrilling\, intimate trio concert. \nExperience a master musician still expanding the possibilities of jazz\, one brilliant phrase at a time.
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/the-bill-oconnell-trio/
LOCATION:River Room\, 50 Riverside Drive\, Willimantic\, CT
CATEGORIES:Concert,Nightclub
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