For a life changing musical experience...
15th Annual
Litchfield Jazz Festival
August 6 — 8, 2010
AT Kent School • Kent, Connecticut
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Litchfield really is what other jazz festivals wish they could be…it [is] a true gem.
15th anniversary Line-up will celebrate dave brubeck's 90th year & much more. complete line-up to be announced in march 2010.
in the meantime please Enjoy profiles from last summer's festival...
- Leny Andrade
- Peter Apfelbaum
- Alvin Atkinson
- Massimo Biolcati
- Jon Burr
- Duduka da Fonseca
- Dena DeRose
- Charles Flores
- Wycliffe Gordon
- Benny Green
- Jimmy Greene
- Winard Harper
- Bill Henderson
- Stan Hope
- Ben Jaffe
- Henry Johnson
- Frank Kimbrough
- Jay Leonhart
- Lionel Loueke
- Romero Lubambo
- Joe Magnarelli
- Gregoire Maret
- Nilson Matta
- Jane Monheit
- Lewis Nash
- Ted Nash
- Ferenc Nemeth
- Walter Payton
- Jeremy Pelt
- Houston Person
- Bucky Pizzarelli
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Dafnis Prieto
- Rufus Reid
- Claudio Roditi
- Ted Rosenthal
- Renee Rosnes
- Poncho Sanchez
- Avery Sharpe
- Trio da Paz
- Manuel Valera
- Peter Washington
- Chip White
- Matt Wilson
- Martin Wind
- And More!
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News & Updates 
Oct 28, 2009
Category: Festival Landing Page
Posted by: lturner
Photos from the 2009 Litchfield Jazz Festival are coming to litchfieldjazzfest.com soon. Want to see some now? More»
Aug 24, 2009
Category: Festival Landing Page
Posted by: lturner
August 13, 2009: Review by Marcia Hillman. For two and a half days this past weekend, jazz invaded Connecticut with the arrival of the 14th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival. This year, in a new home on the Kent School grounds in Kent, Connecticut, this major musical event, hosted by WBGO broadcaster and jazz journalist Michael Bourne, presented what seemed to be "a cast of thousands" of jazz artists geared up to play their best for an audience eager to hear them....Kudos to Vita West Muir (founder and executive artistic director), her staff and the devoted crew of volunteers for organizing and pulling off one of the best straight-ahead jazz festivals on the map.
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Aug 4, 2009
Category: Festival Landing Page
Posted by: lturner
NBC Connecticut's Anjuli Porter interviews Festival PR & Marketing Director, Lindsey Turner and Litchfield Jazz Camp students perform in the new NBC studios in West Hartford on Friday, July 31st. Read more to watch the interview and hear the camp students. More»
Aug 1, 2009
Category: Festival Landing Page
Posted by: lturner
Due to inclement weather this week, the Litchfield Jazz Festival's main stage performances will be held indoors in the hockey rink on the Kent School Campus all weekend. Read more for details. More»
