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SUMMARY:Jeff Fuller Quintet
DESCRIPTION:Jeff Fuller (bass)\, Naomi Wharry (trombone and vocals)\, Nigel Regan (saxophones)\, Darren Litzie (keyboard)\, and Ryan Sands drums) \nWhether performing\, teaching\, or composing\, Jeff Fuller brings great joy and a wealth of experience to his musical endeavors. A highly sought-after jazz bassist\, his long career has found him working as both leader and sideman with diverse groups playing all styles of jazz. \nFuller has toured worldwide and recorded with saxophonists Lou Donaldson and Paquito D’Rivera. He has also played with jazz masters from all eras\, including such historic artists as Dizzy Gillespie\, Mose Allison\, “Papa” Jo Jones\, Gerry Mulligan\, and Clark Terry. \nHis working trio\, featuring Darren Litzie on piano and Ben Bilello on drums\, has released five CDs of original music and standards. In 2014\, Fuller was presented with the Jazz Haven Award\, “For all you have done in presenting and preserving the culture and music of jazz.” \nThis September\, Fuller and his group will kick off the prestigious Ellington Jazz Series at the Yale School of Music. Jeff’s compositions are frequently performed by jazz and classical ensembles\, and his Latin jazz arrangements are published by Three-Two Music. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Music\, where he taught at the YSM Jazz Initiative. \nHailing from Oklahoma\, Naomi Wharry is a multi-faceted trombonist and vocalist. Having just received her Master of Music degree in classical trombone from the Yale School of Music\, Naomi enjoys playing both classical and jazz music\, believing that beautiful music comes from everywhere and should be explored freely. \nShe will begin work this fall as the principal trombonist of the Boston Ballet Orchestra. She has shared the stage with artists such as Andrea Bocelli\, John Daversa\, Patrick Bartley\, and many others. Back in Oklahoma City\, she regularly brought jazz shows to the city\, including gigs with her quartet as well as her tribute to Billie Holiday. Her musical influences include Ella Fitzgerald\, Nancy Wilson\, Frank Rosolino\, J.J. Johnson\, and many others. \nNigel Regan is a saxophonist\, composer\, and educator born and raised in the New Haven area. After receiving a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at The Hartt School of Music\, Nigel received his Master of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas\, where he was a Teaching Fellow and played lead alto saxophone in the internationally renowned\, seven-time Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band. \nHe is featured on flute\, alto saxophone\, and soprano saxophone on the band’s album Lab ’24. Nigel has played with Miguel Zenón\, Helen Sung\, Steve Davis\, and others. He is currently a teaching artist at Neighborhood Music School in New Haven\, where he began his jazz journey as a young man. During his high school years\, he was an outstanding soloist with Jeff Fuller’s Premier Jazz Ensemble at NMS and frequently played with celebrated percussionist Jesse Hameen II. \nPianist and composer Darren Litzie holds a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from The Hartt School’s Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance from Western Connecticut State University. \nHe has performed and recorded with artists such as John Riley\, Dave Santoro\, Mike DiRubbo\, Jeff Fuller\, Frank Basile\, Harvie S\, Phil Palombi\, Marlene VerPlanck\, and Tom Melito. An avid composer\, Darren completed a three-year stint as a member of New York’s prestigious BMI Jazz Composers Workshop\, where several of his works were selected to be premiered in concert by the BMI Jazz Orchestra. \nAs a recording artist\, Darren has appeared on six records as a sideman and has released two albums under his own name on Summit Records: My Horizon (2022) and In My Own Time (2026). Since 2013\, Darren has served as an Adjunct Professor of Music at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield\, Connecticut\, where he teaches music classes and piano lessons. \nA native of Orange\, Connecticut\, Ryan Sands is a passionate\, energetic drummer on the rise. Ryan is a graduate of the New England Conservatory and Manhattan School of Music. His thunderous performance style has landed him work with Phil Markowitz\, Zach Brock\, John Escreet\, Geoffrey Keezer\, and as a rotating member of the Christian Sands Trio. \nRyan currently holds the drum seat for the New York-based jazz collective Altus\, featuring David Adewumi\, Neta Ranaan\, Nathan Reising\, and Isaac Levien. They released their debut EP\, Riot Cycles\, in July 2021. As a bandleader\, Ryan released his debut album\, Standing on the Edge of Tomorrow\, followed by his sophomore release\, Forest Road: Live at the Side Door\, in 2025.
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/jeff-fuller-quintet/
LOCATION:Small Batch Cellars\, 37 Nettleton Avenue\, North Haven\, CT
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