Paquito D’Rivera with the Zaccai Curtis Trio
Paquito D’Rivera, Cuban-born composer and musician, has received many awards including 9 Grammy Awards; the National Medal for the Arts; the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master award; a Fellowship in Music Composition by the Guggenheim Foundation; and a Living Jazz Legend Award at the Kennedy Center and the
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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