PETER BERNSTEIN QUARTET

  PETER BERNSTEIN QUARTET/SPECIAL GUEST AL FOSTER W/ Peter Bernstein, guitar, Adam Birnbaum, piano, Doug Weiss, AL Foster, drums 5:15 PM Saturday, July 29 Guitarist Peter Bernstein has been part of the New York Jazz scene since 1989. He played at the inaugural Litchfield Jazz Festival in 1996 with Larry

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CHAMPIAN FULTON TRIO

w/ Champian Fulton, piano & vocals, Fukushi Tainaka, drums, Hide Tanaka, bass 3:30, Saturday July 29 Born in Oklahoma in 1985, vocalist/pianist Champian Fulton grew up in a musical family. Her father, Stephen Fulton, is a jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and educator, and the family recognized her fascination with music early

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STEVE NELSON QUARTET

w/ Steve Nelson, vibes, Rick Germanson, piano, Charles Goold, drums, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, bass 1:45, Saturday July 29 Steve Nelson is “…one of the most extraordinary musicians in jazz…His solo …made you not want to breathe until it was done.” Ben Ratliff, jazz critic Steve Nelson, born in 1954 in Pittsburgh, received

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EHUD ASHERIE TRIO

w/Ehud Asherie, piano, Dezron Douglas, bass, Jason Brown, drums, Special Guest, Ken Peplowski Noon, Saturday, July 29 Self-taught Pianist, Ehud Asherie learned the ropes at New York Smalls, Jazz Club, where he spent much of his early teens becoming a fixture of the late-night jam sessions. Mentored by the late

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BRANDON GOLDBERG TRIO

w/ Brandon Goldberg, piano, Ben Wolfe, bass, Jimmy Macbride, drums & Special Guest DON BRADEN Friday, July 28 Brandon Goldberg, now 17 years old, has been playing piano since he was three years old. His professional career began in earnest more than five years ago and he is now a

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Sunday Brunch In The Garden – LATIN JAZZ BRUNCH W/ THE DAVID DEJESUS LATIN JAZZ BAND

Latin Jazz Brunch –  Litchfield Jazz Festival Finale, July 30. w/ David Dejesus, saxophone, Luques Curtis, bass, Zaccai Curtis, piano, Dave Ballou, trumpet, Joe Beaty, trombone, Marco Torres, percussion Litchfield Jazz Festival’s popular Sunday Jazz Brunch is back, on July 30 at noon in the delightful Bourne Courtyard at Fredrick

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Litchfield Jazz Festival Opening Gala

Opening Night at the Litchfield Jazz Festival has a long- standing tradition: it has always begun with a party designed to entertain and, candidly, impress our guests. We presents our talented young Jazz Campers who show off what they’ve accomplished during the summer and helping us raise scholarship funds for

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