Bebe Neuwirth

Best known for her two-time Emmy Award winning role as Lilith on  Cheers, Bebe Neuwirth is truly a star of stage, film and television. Ms. Neuwirth has won two Tony Awards (Sweet Charity and Chicago), as well as a Drama Desk Award and an Astaire Award for her role as

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Winard Harper Sextet

”As tasteful a drummer as one could ask for,” – JazzTimes Inspired by the musicianship of greats such as Max Roach, Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey and Billy Higgins, drummer Winard Harper has been the leader of a vibrant sextet for almost a decade. Although clearly the dominant force behind this

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Nicole Zuraitis Quartet

Twenty-three year old vocalist Nicole Zuraitis, a native of Litchfield, CT, is a recent graduate from New York University (2007). Nicole began attending the  Litchfield Jazz Camp when she was only 12 years old. Then she was playing piano, trombone and singing. While she studied mainly classical voice at NYU,

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Kenny Werner Trio

“Kenny Werner is a clear virtuoso…he has miraculous rhythm” –New York Times Pianist, composer and arranger, Kenny Werner, was born in 1951 in Brooklyn, NY. As young as age eleven he was recording and making television appearances. He began his college career at the Manhattan School of Music as a

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Wayne Shorter Tribute Big Band led by David Weiss

Wayne Shorter is one of the most important composers of the post be-bop era and perhaps the greatest jazz composer alive. His all-encompassing work starts with the hard bop classic compositions he wrote for Art Blakey, on to his groundbreaking Blue Note records which featured many tunes that have become

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Dave Brubeck

“Dave has lost none of his youthful vigor and exuberance that inform his playing… [He] is the epitome of jazz piano class and excellence…” – Keyboard Magazine Raised on a farm in Concord, California by his cattle-rancher father and pianist mother, young Dave Brubeck aspired to follow in his father’s

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Conrad Herwig’s Latin Side of Miles & ‘Trane

Voted #1 jazz trombonist in the Downbeat Critics Poll (2002), Conrad Herwig has recorded 17 albums as a leader. Among them are the two Grammy nominated albums,  Another Kind of Blue-The Latin Side of Miles Davis (Half Note), and The Latin Side of John Coltrane. In constant demand as a

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Claire Daly’s Rah! Rah! Band

  Claire Daly’s life changed on September 23, 1971, when as a very young girl playing saxophone for 3 months, she heard a big band concert. The saxophone section stood up for a solo, and Claire was on her chair screaming. She was hooked and went on to receive her

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Peter Madsen Trio

“a well-kept secret favorite among piano enthusiasts.” – Jazz Times Peter Madsen was born in Racine, Wisconsin where he began his classical piano studies at the age of eight. At thirteen he became interested in jazz and started to play professionally three years later. In 1978 he graduated Summa Cum

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Jimmy Greene Quartet

  Saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Jimmy Greene has been hailed as “…one of the most striking young tenors of recent years” by Jazzwise Magazine. A native of Hartford, CT, Greene exhibited at an early age an affinity for music. Getting his musical start under the direction of Jackie McLean, Greene

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