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The following is a list of live jazz shows taking place in the central Connecticut valley, primarily the Hartford area, as well as western Massachusetts. The choice of shows listed here is not meant to be all-inclusive. Changes and mistakes can happen, so please use the contacts to verify information before venturing out to a show. HJS encourgages jazz enthusiasts everywhere to Support Live Jazz. Send new listings and comments about this calendar to JazzInCT@yahoo.com. Today's
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July, 2009 Tuesday, June 30 to July 12, 2009 FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ DE MONTREAL 3,000 artists from 30 countries; more than 650 concerts, including 450 free outdoor performances; close to 2.5 million peaceful festivalgoers; 10 free outdoor stages; 10 concert halls The gigantic summer music celebration features 11 days of non-stop entertainment, from noon to midnight, right in the heart of downtown Montreal. Several city blocs are closed to traffic, as right of way is given exclusively to pedestrians, creating a festive and secure spot with cafés and bistros, an art gallery, street performers and a musical park for children. It’s the summer celebration par excellence for people of all ages and origins, a cultural breath of fresh air, and a place for incredible musical discoveries. 1-888-515-0515 Saturday, July 4, 2009 and Sunday, July 5, 2009 - FREE 3RD ANNUAL HOOP CITY JAZZ & ART FESTIVAL Springfield Technical Community College (on the corner of State and Federal Streets) - soccer field - Springfield, MA Two days of Live Jazz performed by national, regional and local musicians; Assistance for the physically-challenged; Ample free parking; Free food and activities for children under 12 An international food court; Beer & Wine concession; Artists and Crafters bazaar; Unique merchandisers/vendors; Picnic coolers ARE allowed; Families (and reunions) encouraged, accommodated and recognized Saturday (Smooth/Contemporary Jazz) - Urban Jazz Coalition, Lin Rountree, (CT.'s) David Davis and local performers The Marcus Pitts Project featuring Carl Neal Monday, July 6, 2009 - 6:00 PM and 7:30 PM - FREE Prudential Financial Presents The Hartford Jazz Society's MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ IN BUSHNELL PARK AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE GEORGE BLACKMAN Bushnell Park Pavilion - Hartford Jam session follows across the street at Black-eyed Sally’s. 860-242-6688 Monday, July 6, 2009 - 8:30 PM - 11 PM HARTFORD JAZZ SOCIETY'S MONDAY NIGHT JAM - detailed description and schedule MARIO PAVONE OCTET Black-eyed Sally's - 350 Asylum Avenue - Hartford Come celebrate renowned composer Mario Pavone's all-star kick-off for his 2009 tour of European jazz festivals. Mario Pavone-bass/compositions, Mike DiRubbo-alto sax, Kris Allen-alto sax, Dave Ballou-trumpet, Russ Johnson-trumpet, Peter McEachern-trombone, Michael Musillami-guitar, Jeff Herschfield-drums. Plus guest artists from Litchfield Jazz Camp faculty. The very best musicians from around the region and beyond perform in an intimate club setting. Talented students, as well as young musicians just launching careers, share the stage. The primary purpose of this series is to give students (K-12 and college) a weekly opportunity to hone their artistry by performing onstage with experienced jazz musicians in an actual club setting. To learn about cancellations due to inclement weather or major holidays, please call Black-eyed Sally's at 860-278-7427. Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 7 pm and 9:30 pm - $40, $50, $65 CHUCK MANGIONE Infinity Music Hall & Bistro - Route 44, 20 Greenwoods Road - Norfolk For more than five decades, Chuck Mangione's love affair with music has been characterized by his boundless energy, unabashed enthusiasm, and pure joy that radiates from the stage. 866-666-6306 Monday, July 13, 2009 - 6:00 PM and 7:30 PM - FREE Prudential Financial Presents The Hartford Jazz Society's MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ IN BUSHNELL PARK TAEKO FUKAO TRIO DEZRON DOUGLAS /LUMMIE SPANN QUINTET Bushnell Park Pavilion - Hartford Jam session follows across the street at Black-eyed Sally’s. 860-242-6688 Monday, July 13, 2009 - 8:30 PM - 11 PM HARTFORD JAZZ SOCIETY'S MONDAY NIGHT JAM - detailed description and schedule STEVE DAVIS QUARTET Black-eyed Sally's - 350 Asylum Avenue - Hartford The very best musicians from around the region and beyond perform in an intimate club setting. Talented students, as well as young musicians just launching careers, share the stage. The primary purpose of this series is to give students (K-12 and college) a weekly opportunity to hone their artistry by performing onstage with experienced jazz musicians in an actual club setting. To learn about cancellations due to inclement weather or major holidays, please call Black-eyed Sally's at 860-278-7427. Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 8 pm - $10 (includes complimentary glass of wine) WINARD HARPER QUARTET Albert's Riverside - 1530 Palisado Ave - Windsor Andres Chaparro 597-6100 Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 6 pm -10 pm (Part of Creative Cocktail Hour) - $10 / $5 for members BURNT SUGAR Real Art Ways - 56 Arbor Street - Hartford The group, formed in 1999, uses improvisation to explore the connective tissue binding jazz, rock, funk, twentieth-century composition, and African music. Burnt Sugar, the creation of writer/guitarist/producer Greg Tate, presents a lyrical, seductive, and exploratory fusion of the foundations that tie together the music of today to the music of yesterday. Each Performance is an original mutation in tune with the collective personality of the audience as well as the individual character and talents of the players. The group's influences range from Miles Davis to Jimi Hendrix. Burnt Sugar creator Greg Tate describes the group: "A territory band, a neo-tribal thang, a community thang, a society music guild aspiring to the condition of all that is molten, glacial, racial, spatial, oceanic, mythic, antiphonal, and telepathic." 860.232.1006 or realartways.org Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 8 pm - $18 general / $16 senior citizens, Wesleyan faculty/staff / $10 students HENDRIK MEURKENS SAMBA JAZZ QUARTET Crowell Concert Hall - Wesleyan University - Middletown From tranquil bossa nova treatments to burning New York samba jazz versions by the way of authentic chorinhos and in-the-pocket sambafunk, Hendrik Meurkens Samba Jazz Quartet explores the wide terrain of Brazilian jazz. The band's unique sound is defined by Hendrik Meurkens' trademark jazz harmonica, plus the swinging rhythm section of Misha Tsiganov on piano, Gustavo Amarante on bass and Adriano Santos on drums. The group explores the great Brazilian songbook from a jazz point of view and also features compositions by Hendrik Meurkens. 860-685-3355 and http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/boxoffice.html Friday - Sunday, July 17 - 19 2009 - FREE GREATER HARTFORD FESTIVAL OF JAZZ Bushnell Park Pavilion - Hartford Friday 6:45 PM Open Ceremony - Main Stage 7:00 PM Charlie Sepulveda and Turnaround – Main Stage Saturday 10:00 AM Ross Tucker’s Hot Cat Jazz Band - Jazz Mass at Christ Church Cathedral 4:30 PM Cynthia Holiday – Main Stage 6:00 PM Azar Lawrence Quartet's "Legacy of Music of John Coltrane" - Main Stage 7:30 PM Bobby Lyle – Main Stage Monday, July 20, 2009 - 6:00 PM and 7:30 PM - FREE Prudential Financial Presents The Hartford Jazz Society's MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ IN BUSHNELL PARK MICHELE ROSEWOMAN and QUINTESSENCE ED FAST/CONGA BOP Bushnell Park Pavilion - Hartford Jam session follows across the street at Black-eyed Sally’s. 860-242-6688 Monday, July 20, 2009 - 8:30 PM - 11 PM HARTFORD JAZZ SOCIETY'S MONDAY NIGHT JAM - detailed description and schedule SHAWNN MONTEIRO - $5 cover Black-eyed Sally's - 350 Asylum Avenue - Hartford The very best musicians from around the region and beyond perform in an intimate club setting. Talented students, as well as young musicians just launching careers, share the stage. The primary purpose of this series is to give students (K-12 and college) a weekly opportunity to hone their artistry by performing onstage with experienced jazz musicians in an actual club setting. To learn about cancellations due to inclement weather or major holidays, please call Black-eyed Sally's at 860-278-7427. Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 8 pm - $35, $45, $60 THE RIPPINGTONS Infinity Music Hall & Bistro - Route 44, 20 Greenwoods Road - Norfolk Over the past two decades, Russ Freeman &The Rippingtons have taken the stage thousands of times throughout the world with just one goal in mind: celebrating the joy of life and music with their ever adoring fans. Marking an incredible milestone in the history of smooth jazz, the band turns 20 years old this year, and invites fans all around the world to celebrate with The Rippingtons 20th Anniversary, a remarkable new CD/DVD package that includes a CD of all new Ripps music and a DVD featuring a colorful retrospective as well as exciting videos from over the years. 866-666-6306 Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 7 pm - FREE MUSIC FROM THE AFRICAN DIASPORA Music from Nzinga's Daughters; Voices; Practicing Umoja & Friends; Changes; Bob Snell, Hank Bentley, Bill Beverly and more. The Bushnell - Belding Theatre - 166 Capitol Avenue - Hartford 860.747-9383 Monday, July 27, 2009 - 6:00 PM and 7:30 PM - FREE Prudential Financial Presents The Hartford Jazz Society's MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ IN BUSHNELL PARK JIMMY GREENE QUINTET PEOPLE OF GOODWILL Bushnell Park Pavilion - Hartford Jam session follows across the street at Black-eyed Sally’s. 860-242-6688 Friday, July 31 - Sunday, August 1, 2009 - Single Session Adult passes are $45 each / All-Day Saturday passes are $60 / 3-Day Passes are $95 / Youth Passes are $6 THE GREAT CONNECTICUT TRADITIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL Mountain Ridge Resort - Wallingford We have a new band coming to the 2009 Great Connecticut directly from New Orleans: Louis Ford and His New Orleans Jazz Flairs! Louis hails from a long line of New Orleans musicians, going back to Storyville. He has appeared on TV and radio and at festivals around the world. Louis and his band will be bringing their truly authentic New Orleans traditional sound to the Festival. Sugarfoot Jazz Band (the festival's own CT Youth Band) Friday, July 31 - Sunday, August 2, 2009 LITCHFIELD JAZZ FESTIVAL Kent School - Kent Lewis Nash - Jane Monheit - Dafnis Prieto - Trio Da Paz with Leny Andrade - Wycliffe Gordon and Jay Leonhart Quartet - Benny Green and Bucky Pizzarelli - Bill Henderson Quartet Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Ted Nash Quartet - The Mancini Project - Lionel Loueke Trio - Dena DeRose Quartet featuring Claudio Roditi - Houston Person Quartet - Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band Line-up Tickets August, 2009 Monday, August 3, 2009 - 6:00 PM and 7:30 PM - FREE Prudential Financial Presents The Hartford Jazz Society's MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ IN BUSHNELL PARK STEVE LORD BIG BAND LUIS BONILLA/TROMBONILLA Bushnell Park Pavilion - Hartford Jam session follows across the street at Black-eyed Sally’s. 860-242-6688 Wednesday, August 5 - Saturday, August 22, 2009 YESTERDAYS— AN EVENING WITH BILLIE HOLIDAY: with VANESSA RUBIN as Billie Holiday Hartford Stage - 50 Church Street - Hartford May 1959. A New York nightclub sets the stage for a spectacular night of music—forever remembered as the final performance of jazz great Billie Holiday. With a set of 16 unforgettable classics including My Man, Strange Fruit and God Bless the Child, woven with stories of the legendary singer, Yesterdays is a powerful night of music and an intimate look at the stunning career of Lady Day. 860-527-5151 Friday, August 7 - Sunday, August 9, 2009 GEORGE WEIN'S JAZZ FESTIVAL 55 Newport, RI Tickets
Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 8 pm - $? NIKKI MATHIS w/LYNN TRACEY'S BAND Tango - 2935 Main Street - Glastonbury 860.657-4527, 860.212.0209, 860.231-0663 September, 2009 Saturday, September 5, 2009 - 8 pm - FREE THE MANY COLORS OF A W*O*M*A*N XXVI FREE JAZZ FESTIVAL Hartford Headlining NMAfrikanAmJazz New Millennium All Stars: Ricky Alfonso, Joe Fonda, Arti Dixson, Rozanne Levine, Dotti Anita Taylor, Deborah Weisz, Mark Whitecage; Featuring Carla Dean, Dawn Dumas, & MORE TBA 203-332-5270 or 860.231-0663 Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 8 pm - FREE THE MANY COLORS OF A W*O*M*A*N XXVI FREE JAZZ FESTIVAL Saint Joseph College - The Carol Autorino Center for Arts and Humanities - 1678 Asylum Avenue - West Hartford Headlining: Nicki Mathis’ Afrikan Amerikan Jazz: Ricky Alfonso, Phil Bowler; Dotti Anita Taylor; Featuring: Carla Dean, Dawn Dumas, Latanya Ferrell; Amina Star & Rodney Decarlos Edwards’ string duo 860.231-0663, 860.231-5529, 860.429.6859 October, 2009 Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 7 PM - Adv: $18 - Door: $21 KURT ROSENWINKEL GROUP Iron Horse Music Hall - 20 Center Street - Northampton, MA Born in 1970, Rosenwinkel attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston and later apprenticed with Gary Burton (1991-1992) and Paul Motian’s Electric Bebop Band (1992-94) before branching out as a leader in his own right. An adventurous, searching artist whose playing is marked by a kind of kinetic melodicism, darkly delicate lyricism and cascading, horn-like lines, Rosenwinkel has, over the course of four brilliant recordings for Verve (2000’s The Enemies of Energy, 2001’s The Next Step, 2003’s Heartcore, and 2005's Deep Song), established an instantly recognizable voice on the guitar. (413) 586-8686 Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 7:30 pm - $8 General Public / $6 students DAFNIS PRIETO SEXTET Bowker Auditorium (Stockbridge Hall) - 80 Campus Center Way - Amherst, MA Take your students on a multicultural music journey! Cuban percussionist Dafnis Prieto's revolutionary drumming techniques have had a powerful impact on both the Latin and jazz music scene, locally and internationally. Experience an eclectic mixture of traditional, Latin and world rhythms. He exhibits a forceful yet flexible sense of groove, derived from traditions of Afro-Caribbean hand percussion but also informed by polyrhythmic post-bop. This program demonstrates how jazz has bridged cultural, ethnic and economic differences; exemplifies democratic ideals; and influences other genres of music, both in the U.S. and abroad. Blending sounds from diverse cultures fused over time, the music created is truly unique. Recommended for all ages. November, 2009 December, 2009 January, 2010 February, 2010 Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 7:30 pm - $25, $15, Five College/GCC/STCC students / Youth 17 and under: $15 IMANI WIND QUINTET and STEFON HARRIS Bowker Auditorium (Stockbridge Hall) - 80 Campus Center Way - Amherst, MA The Grammy-nominated quintet has taken a unique path carving out a distinct presence in the classical music world with its dynamic playing, culturally poignant programming, and genre-blurring collaborations. This concert will feature their unique collaboration with jazz vibraphonist Stefon Harris whose passionate artistry, energetic stage presence, and astonishing virtuosity have propelled him into the forefront of the current jazz scene. Not able to attend any of the above? Why not visit Louis Armstrong's house in Corona, Queens, New York? Other Regional Jazz Calendars Connecticut Massachusetts Jazz Festivals in CT Jazz Festivals Beyond CT Jazz Festivals Around the World - click HERE Ongoing Jazz Series in the Area - and check out the PF Jazz Scene Calendar for detailed listings in the Greater Hartford area Back to the Hartford Jazz Society Home Page |
