Litchfield Jazz Fest featured on WNPR.org
Date Posted: Aug 3, 2016 – “Litchfield Jazz Festival (LJF) — a then at-risk brainchild of the fearless cultural crusader Vita Muir — would survive its infancy to become an annual crown jewel among Connecticut’s premier summer arts and entertainment events. For that matter, who back then would have bet
Yale Messengers to play Festival Second Stage Sunday, 8/7
Date Posted: Aug 1, 2016 – Last week, after years of lobbying for a deeper involvement in jazz at Yale School of Music by interested undergraduates, Dean Robert Blocker has announced Yale is moving in the direction endorsed most recently by the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective, a vocal student coalition.
Artist Spotlight: Mario Pavone
Date Posted: Jul 22, 2016 – Mario is celebrating 50 years in music and his 76th birthday this year. We have dedicated the 2016 Litchfield Jazz Festival to him. Pavone began playing bass in the early sixties and got his first big break in 1964 with pianist Paul Bley. He
Jazz Festival: Scat & Scramble Brunch
Date Posted: Jul 20, 2016 – We don’t know about you… but brunch is by far one of our favorite meals. Add in good friends, live music, and a New Orleans twist? We’re sold! Come hang out with us on Sunday, August 7th at 10:30am for our first Scat &
Mario Pavone Streaming Live
Date Posted: Jul 20, 2016 – Check out Mario Pavone’s concert for the Litchfield Jazz Camp! This concert was streaming live on Facebook on Wednesday, July 20th. Mario Pavone Live on Facebook
Festival Artist Danielle Mailer Featured in NY Times
Date Posted: Jul 16, 2016 – Local Artist and Festival T-shirt designer Danielle Mailer was featured in the New York Times this week for her upcoming “Project FishTales”, a public art initiative to create a 186′ x 22′ outdoor mural above the Naugatuck River in Downtown Torrington. Come see Danielle
Jazz Camp Week 1 Student Concert live!
Date Posted: Jul 15, 2016 – The first student concert for the Litchfield Jazz Camp is now streaming live on Facebook Live and Periscope! Watch on Facebook! (Part 1) Facebook (Part 2) Watch on Periscope! The whole concert is now up on YouTube as well.
Scat & Scramble Benefit Brunch
Date Posted: Jul 5, 2016 – This year, the Litchfield Jazz Festival introduces its first-ever Friends of the Festival Scat & Scramble Jazz Brunch. Sunday August 7, the final day of the 21st annual Litchfield Festival, will kick off with a New Orleans style brunch, music, and silent auction. The
Danielle Mailer to design Festival T-shirt
Date Posted: Jul 1, 2016 – We are pleased to announce that Danielle Mailer is the artist that will be designing the Litchfield Jazz Festival t-shirts this year. Long time friend of the festival, Danielle is currently working on a very exciting project in downtown Torrington, CT. Developing fish design
Jazz After Work – Free LJC Faculty Concerts Weeknights at Canterbury School
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2016 – Litchfield Jazz Camp Faculty perform 3-4 nights a week for four weeks at Canterbury School in New Milford. Concerts are free, and open to the public. Performers will include Jazz Camp teaching artists trumpeters Nick Roseboro, Dave Ballou, Jean Caze and Russ Johnson, bassists