Saturday Night After Party & Jam — Hanq’s Torrington
After the music ends on the Mainstage, the party heats up at the After Party & Open Jam! The Litchfield Jazz Festival welcomes everyone to enjoy more jazz, and any instrumentalists or vocalists who care to sit in for our After Party and Open Jam on Saturday, July 28th right after the
Jeff Tain Watts Trio
Jeff “Tain” Watts majored in classical percussion at Pittsburgh’s Duquesne University where he was primarily a timpanist. He later attended Berklee School of Music. He joined the Wynton Marsalis Quartet in 1981 and proceeded to win three Grammy Awards with the ensemble for Black Codes From The Underground, J Mood and
Dan Brubeck & Friends – Tribute to Dave & Iola Brubeck
Born in Oakland in 1955, Dan Brubeck was a highly energetic child who found his calling at the trap set. Mentored by two consummate polyrhythmic masters, Joe Morello and Alan Dawson at the Berklee College of Music, he was working professionally before he was out of his teens. Over the
Trio Da Paz
Featuring three of Brazil’s most in-demand musicians, Trio da Paz updates the infectious spirit of jazz-oriented Brazilian music. Formed in 1990 by Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta and Duduka da Fonseca, all three players are seasoned masters of both jazz and Brazilian music with impressive resumes. The list of legendary musicians
Litchfield Jazz Orchestra, led by Zaccai Curtis
In 2013, guitarist/educator and Litchfield Jazz Camp faculty member, Doug Munro proposed to arrange for Big Band Django Reinhardt’s gypsy-inspired music for Litchfield Jazz Festival. With this we launched the first performance of Litchfield Jazz Orchestra. Its been a feature ever since with its personnel drawn from Camp faculty members and
Yoko Miwa Trio
“I greatly appreciate and respect the clarity and strength in Yoko’s playing, it is very apparent – the honesty, care and depth of foundation she touches the piano with.” –Benny Green Yoko Miwa is quickly becoming one of the most powerful and compelling pianist/composers on the jazz scene today. A
Friends of the Festival Benefit Brunch
Having Fun and Raising Money for Litchfield Jazz Camp Based on the success of the Scat & Scramble Brunch and last year’s Brunch With Basie fundraiser, we are doing it again. This year, the Brunch will kick off the Festival on SATURDAY morning July 28, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm at the Fairgrounds. The
Ada Rovatti Quartet
Italian born Ada Rovatti started playing saxophone in high school after years of classical piano training. She won a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and divided her time between Boston and studies with George Garzone and Italy working in big bands. Afterward, she time spent in Paris and toured Europe
Michael Mayo Quintet
Now a 20-something, vocalist/composer/arranger Michael Mayo is already well on his was to earning his stripes as a jazzman. He was accepted into the highly selective Thelonious Monk Institute— only the 3rd vocalist to do so in 20 years—and to the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program for his composing. It is
Julian Shore Quintet
Pianist Julian Shore is known for his “deep maturity as a composer and bandleader” (DownBeat) and has been called “a pianist/composer who beyond the obvious elegance of his playing, has a clear sense of the bigger artistic picture” (Peter Hum, Ottowa Citizen). From Narragansett, Rhode Island, Shore grew up listening