PETER BERNSTEIN QUARTET
PETER BERNSTEIN QUARTET/SPECIAL GUEST AL FOSTER W/ Peter Bernstein, guitar, Adam Birnbaum, piano, Doug Weiss, Bass, 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
Samara Joy
Samara Joy seems already marked for success. The young vocalist grew up in New York, surrounded by music. Her grandparents, Elder Goldwire and Ruth McLendon, led the well-known Philadelphia-based gospel group, The Savettes, and her father toured with Gospel artist Andrae Crouch. During high school, she joined the gospel choir
Gregoire Maret Trio
Grammy winner, Swiss-born harmonica player and composer, Gregoire Maret moved to New York City at 18 years old to study at the New School University. Over the past decade, he has emerged as a unique and compelling new voice in jazz. The extensive list of heavy- hitters who have enlisted
Mark Whitfield Band w/ Davis Whitfield, Mark Lewandowski, and Charles Goold
A great treat for us all will be the return of the extraordinary guitarist Mark Whitfield. Mark was a Litchfield Jazz Camp faculty member before he was whisked away for a long, steady touring career with trumpeter Chris Botti. He raised two musical sons, both former Litchfield jazz campers. For
Ken Peplowski, Houston Person, Ehud Asherie, Peter Washington and Willie Jones III.
“When you grow up in Cleveland playing in a Polish polka band, you learn to think on your feet,” says Ken Peplowski,who played his first pro gig when he was in elementary school. “From my first time performing in public, I knew I wanted to play music for a living.”
Anton Kot and the Litchfield Jazz Camp Faculty Quartet with Don Braden, Avery Sharpe, Julian Shore, and Jean Caze
Opening for the fest Mainstage shows at noon is Anton Kot, is a 20-year-old composer, multi Instrumentalist, and award winner on drums, piano and gamelan. He is currently a talent- scholarship awardee at NYU. Anton began his studies at Litchfield Jazz Camp at age 11 and spent summers there until
Beautiful Ballads – Featuring Albert Rivera, Andrew Hadro, Carmen Staaf, Melinda Rose, Richie Barshay, and Zwelakhe-Duma Bell Le Pere
Litchfield Jazz Festival will mark its 26th anniversary with a live streamed full day of top flight music from Telefunken Soundstage on Saturday, July 31. The festival will be available to the public free of charge from noon to 6 PM. The lineup begins with a moving and romantic set titled Beautiful
Matt Wilson Quartet with Jeff Lederer, Dave Ballou, and Chris Lightcap
The Matt Wilson Quartet. Wilson has a unique honor at Litchfield. He has appeared in more Litchfield festivals (all but one) and more times in a single festival than any other performer (three). A madly busy first call drummer and leader of several bands of his own including his long-standing
Rufus Reid Trio with Sullivan Fortner and Johnathan Blake
Next up in the Festival lineup is legendary bassist Rufus Reid and his Trio. With a career that spans six decades, Reid appeared on the very first Litchfield Jazz Festival in 1996 and other Litchfield programs over the years. At the keyboard is Sullivan Fortner, 2015 Cole Porter Fellow in