Champian Fulton Trio Jazz Brunch
30th Anniversary Jazz Brunch Sunday, July 27 Noon Born in Norman Oklahoma in 1985, Champian Fulton has been recognized as the “most gifted pure jazz singer of her generation” (Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press) and “a charming young steward of the mainstream Jazz tradition” (Nate Chinen, The New York Times).
Anat Cohen Quartetinho
Saturday, July 26, 2025 6:30 PM “What’s not to love about a young clarinetist and saxophonist who plays everything we love–modern jazz, world music, ‘hot’ New Orleans-style jazz–and does it all brilliantly?” — The Wall Street Journal Ever charismatic, prolific and inspired, clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen has won hearts and
Frank Vignola & Pasquale Grasso
Saturday, July 26, 2025 4:45 PM The incredibly versatile guitarist Frank Vignola has teamed up with rising jazz guitar star Pasquale Grasso to create a unique and intimate musical experience. Frank Vignola Frank Vignola’s stunning virtuosity has made him the guitarist of choice for many of the world’s top
Matt Dwonszyk Sextet
Saturday, July 26, 2025 3:00 PM With a Master’s degree from SUNY Purchase under his belt, the Hartford-born bassist Matt Dwonszyk has catapulted from being one of the top-call bassists in CT to become an artist with an international profile. Between six years, he has appeared at festivals and
Emmet Cohen Trio
Friday, July 25, 2025 7:45 Emmet Cohen is an internationally acclaimed jazz artist, a dedicated educator and an award winner many times over. Cohen has appeared at the Newport, Monterey, North Sea Jazz Festivals and at venues in over 30 countries. He regularly appears in New York at Jazz
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