Opening Night Gala & Emmet Cohen Trio at Litchfield Jazz Festival 🎶Saturday | Gala: 5:45 PM | Concert: 7:45 PM Kick off an unforgettable summer event with the Opening Night Gala of the Litchfield Jazz Festival! The celebration begins at 5:45 PM and live music performed by this year’s incredibly

Litchfield Jazz Camp Faculty and Alumni Shine at the 2025 GRAMMY Awards The 2025 GRAMMY Awards were a triumphant evening for the Litchfield Jazz family, as many of its esteemed faculty members and alumni took home top honors in jazz categories. Dan Pugach w/ Nicole Zuraitis – Best Large Jazz

For this special Litchfield Jazz Valentine’s Day event, Albert will reprise his Beautiful Ballads program, this time with Conway Campbell on bass, Richie Barshay on drums, and featuring Zaccai Curtis on piano (2025 GRAMMY Winner for Best Latin Jazz Album). There will be shows at 7&9. Buy Tickets Albert Rivera

July 25th: Friday Opens In Style! The Fest begins with our Opening Night Gala at 5:45 PM with music by this year’s outstanding Jazz Campers. Our festival opening act is the Emmet Cohen Trio at 7:45 pm, with Philip Norris on bass, Joe Farnsworth on drums, and Emmet on keys. In the spirit of our recent festival openers, this

Claire Daly often signed her correspondences with “Love and Low Notes.” The baritone saxophonist, who died Oct. 22 at age 66 after a year-long battle with cancer, had a special affinity for frequencies in the depths of the tonal spectrum. Down there, she might burnish a ballad’s lingering melody to

Litchfield Jazz Festival 2024— July 26 – 28, our 29th outing— is now in the record books. The weekend weather was glorious and the music dazzling.  We opened on Friday night with our Gala whose highlight was the music by our very best jazz camp players.  The party was a

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

Friday, July 26, 7:45 pm Alexa Tarantino Quartet Buy tickets here: TICKET LINK “[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

All events take place at the Palace Theater’s Poli Club in Waterbury. Litchfield Jazz Presents now serves both in-person audiences and live-stream listeners. This series runs in collaboration with Mike Gow’s New England Arts & Entertainment. Concert Schedule: September 22 – Eddie Allen Quintet: Sunday Jazz Brunch – BUY TICKETS