Jazz After Work, a free concert series at The Gunnery Emerson Performing Arts Center in Washington, CT – runs from July 1 – 25, Monday through Thursday evenings from 7:15 – 8:30. Thanks to a grant from the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation we continue to be able to offer these concerts for free.

Litchfield Jazz Camp Faculty Teaching Artists and Jazz After Work performers include the best and sought after players on the jazz scene today.  They include– to name a few–guitarists Dave Stryker and Paul Bollenback, saxophonists Claire Daly, Kris Allen, Don Braden, Albert Rivera, and Caroline Davis, drummers Steve Johns, Richie Barshay and George Schuller, trumpeters Dave Ballou and Russ Johnson, bassists Mario Pavone, Avery Sharpe, Joris Teepe, Zwe Bell La-Pere,and Luques Curtis, pianists Jen Allen, Carmen Staaf, Zaccai Curtis, and Julian Shore, trombonist Peter McEachern, vocalists Nicole Zuraitis, Alina Engibaryan and Melinda Rodriguez (winner of the 2019 Ella Fitzgerald Vocal Competition) and others.

To view the full schedule of nightly concerts, please visit the link below.

Concerts are followed by student jam sessions and concert attendees are welcome to bring and instrument and jump in. Entrance to Jazz After Work is free but the public is encouraged to reserve their free tickets using the link below.

Photo by Lindsey Victoria Photography

Concerts are free to the public through a grant from the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation