Other NYC credits include the John Tuturro film Romance and Cigarettes and featured soloist in RCAs recording of William Finns, Infinite Joy. CT Born in Malaysia, raised in, Perth, Western Australia, Linda began playing piano, bassoon and at fifteen dabbled on electric bass playing jazz in high school bands. LovesTango received extensive airplay as well as a Global Music Award for lyrics and songwriting in 2019. A leading voice of the harp today, performer, composer and educator Brandee Younger defies genres and labels. Ms. Allen will be presenting music from her most . The famous Mendon Town Meeting Day cake, seen here in 2018. The bassist Jonathan Michel, the drummer Bendji Allonce and the keyboardist Axel Tosca at Cafe Erzulie in Brooklyn. In 2020 Arturos weekly concerts with the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, dubbed Virtual Birdland, top the list of10 Best Quarantine Concertsin the New York Times. Leigh, who has a lifelong love of blues and roots-based music, is the driving force behind the jazz group. She also served as curator of the 2016 Harp On Park concert series, highlighting the diversity of the harp and the contemporary importance of an ancient instrument, and most recently coordinated Her Song, featuring the works of women composers, both for Arts Brookfield. Concerts. Founded in 1960, Brand new membership options with free CD and more benefits, Gilbert Castellanos Esprame en el Cielo. March 07, 202310:00 AM - 10:30 AM. Membership Go Organic Orchestra/Brooklyn Raga Massive is funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies. Adam Birnbaum piano, Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Ongoing Events. Over the years, Foster has toured extensively with Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Stan Getz and Bobby Hutcherson, becoming a major attraction in all six bands as well as an integral part of them. toggle menu. This annual jazz series is made possible in 2022 by generous funding from the Charles Parker Trust for Public Music. As co-producer of Russias Baikal Waves International.Jazz Festival since 2006, Alex has made cross-cultural connections for several Russian Music Festivals, bringing important international artists such as Tania Maria, Richard Bona, Mike Stern, Jeff Tain Watts & Jeff Lorber to Russia. Public Lecture | The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s with Stephen Harrison. Dezron Douglas bass He was a recipient of the 2011 Betty Carters Jazz Ahead Fellowship and is a teaching artist for Jazz at Lincoln Centers "Jazz for Young People. After the tours, she made the move to New York City in the cast of A Good Swift Kick. and was later cast in the New York company of Menopause the Musical. Festival Do's and Don'ts. This is the largest free jazz festival in New England. click on artists name in table below for more info: >> scroll to the right to see whole table >>. We are excited that you plan to join the GHFJ family for the 32 nd Annual Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz in Bushnell Park July 14 - July 16, 2023. FREE Movies in the Park and FREE Carousel Rides Too! After her Master Graduation, nowadays, Julieta is playing alongside the finest jazz musicians from the worldwide and New York city jazz scene, such as Johnny ONeal, Phillip Harper, Pasquale Grasso, Yotam Silberstein, Paul Sikivie, Neal Miner, Michael Mossman, David Berkman, Colin Stranahan, Jonathan Barber, and more. He heard Miles Davis live in 1958 with his sextet that featured John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderly, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb. Sponsoring the jazz series is a great way to get your business or service noticed! 2022 The Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz. The only gig listing service available for venues &. An evening of the New Orleans-style jazz developed in the early 20th century, featuring drummer Trevor Davis, Tom Boates on trombone, Glenn Vallee on trumpet, Steve Bulmer on tuba, John Smayda on clarinet, and Doug Schlink on piano. for jazz in london by jazz calendars. $100. Steven Bulmer is organizing this fundraiser to benefit The Hartford Jazz Society, Inc.. 12th, July, 2021. The Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz. The 31st annual Greater Hartford Jazz Festival took place tonight at Bushnell Park. Enter the email address you used when you joined. Copyright 2023 Branford Jazz on the Green Series | Summer Jazz Series Branford, CT. All concerts are free and will be held . Bring your picnic gear and settle in for an evening of entertainment. SkyLab blends the hard driving grooves of funk under infectious and catchy jazz melodies. The opening acts were re-hired and a venue was secured with enough room to safely distance artists and staff. Arturos current album Four Questions (ZOHO) is the first to embody all original compositions, including the title track, which features the brilliant orator Dr. Cornel West. Having . Music. Hartford adds another outdoor live concert, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Welcome to the new courant.com: Whats changed, FAQs and more, Hartford adds another outdoor live concert series to summer lineup, TikTok sets new default time limits for minors, Crumbl cookies coming to Westfarms, Avon, Newington, Tom Sizemores family deciding end of life matters after actor suffers brain aneurysm. My husband got a couple of CD's autographed for me. Tickets are $30 and the show is BYOB . She has toured internationally, and performed and recorded with distinguished jazz musicians including Steve Swallow, Bob Moses, Paul Brown, Lew Soloff, Jerry Neiwood, Mike Stern, Steve Davis & Will Lee. JULY-AUGUST MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ Bring a blanket, a picnic, your dog, your wine, your mom, the kids, and all your friends to one of the most perfect evenings you can have in Hartford. var username = "info"; Subscribe to the Hartford Jazz Society newsletter to keep up with the latest jazz news and events in the greater Hartford area. HJS Events Hartford Tourism Hartford Hotels Hartford Bed and Breakfast Hartford Vacation Rentals Hartford Vacation Packages Flights to Hartford The members of the group are Wayne Escoffery (saxophone), Jeremy Pelt (trumpet), James Burton III (trombone). Festival Reviews. 3.9K views, 55 likes, 17 loves, 22 comments, 295 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from The Hartford Jazz Society: 2021 PAUL BROWN MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ SERIES The Hartford Jazz Society is proud to announce. Meanwhile, she toured with Motown legends Mary Wells, Martha and the Vandellas, and The Platters while performing with tribute band, The Marvelous Marvelettes. musicians that is curated and dedicated to jazz. A unique social network with a growing community of jazz enthusiasts. He is currently co-founder and artistic director of the Manchester Jazz Festival in CT. Julieta Eugenio, Young Argentinian Saxophonist based in New York city. AL FOSTER QUARTET Since 1967 the Monday Night Jazz Series has brought world famous musicians and local aspiring artists together in downtown Hartford for free concerts during July and August. German fell in love with the timbales when he was a 6-year-old and saw the great Tito Puente perform on television. Donate Gardner graduated from two renown high school jazz meccas, Hall High School in West Hartford and Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, where he studied Jazz music with legendary guitarist, Doug Maher, vocalist Dianne Mower, and WestConn alumnus, Dan OBrien. Currently, Al is touring throughout Europe with his band The Al Foster Quartet featuring saxophonist, Dayna Stephens, pianist Adam Birnbaum, and bassist Douglas Weiss. Marien, known as a consummate musician on the tenor, alto, and soprano saxophones, currently plays rock with The Savage Brothers Band and jazz with The J Hunter Group. FNdocumentWrite("") Aug. 15: The Ragmala: Garland of Ragas project, released as an album two years ago, involving musicians from two ensembles: Go Organic Orchestra and Brooklyn Raga. Free. His family moved to Harlem, New York when he was a child. Rated 4.8 by 11 people. They named their collaborative effort ScoLoHoFo. Personnel Bushnell Park Opening is trumpeter Nick DiMaria & Skylab. register for free. This weekend, tens of thousands will gather in . Respected and admired for his keen sensitivity, Foster is known for his unique ability to listen to and play off others in an almost telepathic way, responding to them with a style that is at once both charismatic and understated. Nicole Glover, Sax. Monday Night Jazz got its start in the early 1990s at the East End Grille in Hyannis with the Joe Delaney Trio, consisting of Delaney on piano, Alan Reed on bass, and Mickey Julian on drums. Mondays soon became weekly jam session nights. Her work has been released on the Pausa and Nova labels, Los Angeles, Alpha Records, Japan and Track Records, NYC. A deeply attractive, aesthetically accessible, yet extremely complex tapestry of sounds, hues, and aural sensations Recorded at Rudy Van Gelders studio, with Alfred Lion producing, this record has become a classic. Aug. 1: the nationally renowned Black Art Jazz Collective, founded by Connecticut native Wayne Escoffery and devoted to preserving the historical significance of African Americans in jazz, with West Hartford jazz guitarist Gianni Gardner as the opening act. $10. Youll find more jazz throughout the state,way too much to list it all here: Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz Series in Bushnell Park, A six-week series with nationally known headliners, preceded by revered local players. This group, Garden Area Neighborhood Council, also provided an interesting and educational environment for local community youth. With the Councils backing in 1967, Paul Brown, jazz bassist, founded what is now known as Monday Night Jazz, but was then called the Hartford Festival of Jazz. . Home. SkyLab is a 6 piece jazz/funk/fusion group led by New Haven trumpeter, composer and activist Nick Di Maria. . I admire him for his commitment. > Andrew Wilcox -Piano In 2010 she was nominated for the Jazz Journalists Awards for Up and Coming Artist of the Year, and received the award of No. Bit was most amazing for me as a Hartford City Stepper who accompanied Michon Young on 2 of her songs. Headliner starts at 7:30 pm. Paul Brown "PB" (March 6, 1934 - May 6, 2016), was an American jazz bassist. The 2021 Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz Series will run from July 12, 2021- August 16, 2021. Hope to see you again next year. Scholarships Neighborhood jazz teachers would also perform for the students. Its been a long trying Covid, said Trina Williams of Glastonbury. For years, Houston sustained a bi-coastal career performing on stages with the likes of Barbara Streisand, Patti Austin, Joe Cocker, Celine Dion, Rick Astley and Sam Harris. Fabian Almazan- piano The groups commitment, drive, and brotherhood come through in their music reminiscent of groups lead by Jackie McLean, Miles Davis, Woody Shaw, Art Blakey and the like. Al quickly became a working musician on the Jazz scene in New York. year! In May 1999, the Monday Night Jazz Series was recognized as a New England Legacy and is now in the Library of Congress as the oldest free continuously run JAZZ FESTIVAL in the nation. Liany Mateo bass. Monday night was an off-night on the New York City jazz scene, so PB was able to persuade members of his Big Apple coterie to play on Monday nights in the Hartford park. Dayna Stephens tenor sax CHECK IN FASTER at the Museum by registering online and arriving with your E-Ticket to be scanned from your device. Rios has been a freelance percussionist/drummer performing with some of New Englands best orchestras and bands for roughly 23 years. Tweets & replies. Whether you're a new Vermonter or a seasoned local voter, town meeting can feel . 2022 Artist/Music Preview. New restrictions on large gatherings were put in place that resulted in PBMNJ initially being cancelled for 2020. In 1991, after much research on weekend jazz festivals in the country, Paul focused on a summer weekend event that would spark additional economic gain to the downtown area. He played at the Playboy club for several years, supporting his 4 daughters as a single parent. It feels amazing just to be out seeing all the people and feeling the good vibrations from the music and being without our masks for a little bit and just seeing people. Loke Riseberg guitar He has performed and recorded with the swing quartet Razmataz, with rhythm and blues band The Hornets, with free jazz artist Mike Murray, and with jazz vocalist Lisa Marien. Here's what you need to know. You still have time to swing by Connecticuts oldest fan run convention which ends on Sunday. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. For many years the Branford Recreation Department provided free Sunday afternoon concerts on the Branford Town Green. When shopping for fresh vegetables (and much more) at the farmers market Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Old State House grounds at 800 Main St., Hartford (wp.cga.ct.gov) you can hear a variety of local acts, most of them jazz (or close enough): The Nelson Bello Jazz Trio on July 8; Nu Haven Kapelye on July 15; Snowhaus on July 22; Inner Groove on July 29; Jeremy Haddad on Aug. 5; rock guitarist Jake Kulak & the Low Down Band on Aug. 12; Stanley Maxwell on Aug. 19; Red & Yellow on Aug. 26; I Guru on Sept. 2; the Audrey Mae Bluegrass Band on Sept. 9; KC Sisters on Sept. 16; The Meadows Brothers on Sept. 23; Nekita Waller on Sept. 30; and The Band of Steady Habits bringing up deep into Autumn on Oct. 7. The Series has been recognized as a New England Legacy and is referenced in the Library of Congress as the oldest free continuously run jazz . I like everything about this event. These concerts provide access to the arts for audiences of all ages in central Hartford, help sustain jazz as a living art form, and invigorate the cultural community by promoting quality, diversity and economic growth. 13 mos. They included in their repertoire such sophisticated numbers as Ellingtons Satin Doll; Nardis, a Miles Davis ballad; Mr. P.C. Ms. Thanks to all the sponsors, volunteers, and attendees for making this years Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz Series a big success. . XL Center. The 27-year-old was shot and killed by a suspected Palestinian gunman Monday while in Israel for a wedding. One of Als greatest pleasures is composing music at the piano. Boston Concert Reviews, a stunning journey into the unknown Hartford.com is powered by the Hartford Business Improvement District. 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