27th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival Performer Spotlight: Pasquale Grasso
The outstanding, Italian-born guitarist Pasquale Grasso, is set to preform alongside vocalist Samara Joy with his Quartet–Ben Patterson on piano, Neal Caine on bass, and Keith Balla on drums—opening the 27th annual Litchfield Jazz Festival. Like his young colleague Joy, Grasso started early in music, but with a twist. While
Save The Date – Litchfield Jazz Fest July 31, 2021
In 1996 a small gem of a music celebration popped up in a nature preserve in Litchfield County Connecticut. That debut was to become one of the longer standing jazz festivals in the United Stess. After running a classical concert series for 15 years and exploring jazz in small venue
FREE VIRTUAL CONCERT – April 16 Peter Bernstein/Steve Cardenas Quartet Play Monk
Join Litchfield Jazz on April 16th the fourth installment of their free virtual concert series. April’s concert features jazz guitarists Peter Bernstein & Steve Cardenas, along with Vincente Archer on bass and Bill Stewart on drums. Jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein has been part of the jazz scene in New York and
Litchfield Jazz has great things in store this Fall and Winter
Litchfield Jazz is excited to announce two new programs expanding OUR jazz education and performances. Inspired by the success of this summer’s VIRTUAL programs, Litchfield Jazz Camp Virtually Yours! and the 25th anniversary Litchfield Jazz Fest- live streamed from Telefunken Soundstage, we are launching our very first year-round programming. ARTS—LITCHFIELD
Wrapping up a great summer
For those who hadn’t the foggiest notion how or if they were going to be able to attend Litchfield Jazz Camp or Litchfield Jazz Fest this summer, we found an answer! As our own Albert Rivera often says for emphasis, I’m not gonna lie—it was not easy! But we have
Jazzy Nights At Home – Starting Tuesday, July 14
For a half dozen years Litchfield Jazz Camp has been opening evening concerts to all comers at its summer locations for free in a series dubbed “Jazz After Work.” With little or no jazz available in Northwest Connecticut, the public was delighted, and we refused to let a pandemic sink
International Jazz Day
Today is International Jazz Day. That put me in mind of a sweet story involving one of our very favorite jazz musicians and human beings, the late, great Dave Brubeck. 2001 marked Dave’s first appearance at Litchfield Jazz Festival with his wonderful quartet, with Bobby Militello on sax, Michael Moore
Celebrating 25 years of Litchfield Jazz Fest
UPDATE: Due to COVID-19 the 2020 Litchfield Jazz Festival will be held virtually on July 25th only. The concerts will be streamed live for FREE from the Telefunken Soundstage in South Windsor, CT. 25 years ago, Litchfield Performing Arts was making preparations for the very first Litchfield Jazz Festival at
Save The Date, Jazz & Friends is BACK – May 3
This summer marks the 25th anniversary of the Litchfield Jazz Festival. The lead up to it will begin with a fundraising gala for Litchfield Jazz Camp scholarships. On May 3, Litchfield Jazz will bring back its popular Jazz & Friends fundraiser party, this time at a South Kent estate. The