Jazz Brunch 2024 w/ Nicole Zuraitis and Albert Rivera
The 2024 Litchfield Jazz Festival’s Sunday Jazz Brunch celebrates “A Century Of Jazz.” We’ll begin with a delicious brunch and move on to a musical journey that will take us from the 1920s to Today. Our blue-ishbon band stars 2024 GRAMMY winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album, Nicole Zuraitis &
Alexa Tarantino Quartet
“[Alexa is] a one-woman wrecking crew, […] an indomitable force for expression, education, and absolute excellence.” – Wynton Marsalis Alexa Tarantino is a vibrant, young jazz saxophonist, woodwind doubler, composer, and educator. She was named one of the “Top 5 Alto Saxophonists of 2019” by the JazzTimes Critics’ Poll and
Amina Figarova Sextet and Matsiko World Orphan Choir
Pianist/composer Amina Figarova pairs her stellar sextet with a choir of orphaned and at-risk children from Liberia on her masterful new album Suite for Africa, out NOW via AmFi Records, features Wayne Escoffery, Bart Platteau, Alex Pope Norris, Yasushi Nakamura and Rudy Royston, joined by West Africa’s Matsiko World Orphan
Allison Cardenas and Nash
With over 25 years of creative collaboration, bassist Ben Allison, guitarist Steve Cardenas, and saxophonist Ted Nash weave musical conversations full of subtlety and surprise. These independently successful jazzmen have released four albums as a trio. The inspiration for this collaboration was Jimmy Giuffre’s drummerless units of the 1950s and
Bill Charlap Trio
Time Magazine described Grammy-winning pianist Bill Charlap perhaps best: ”No matter how imaginative or surprising his take on a song is, he invariably zeroes in on its essence.” Charlap who has performed with the leading artists of our time—Phil Woods, Tony Bennett, Gerry Mulligan, Wynton Marsalis, Ron Carter, to name
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
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
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
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
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