Emmet Cohen Trio
“His nimble touch, measured stride and warm harmonic vocabulary indicate he’s above any convoluted technical showmanship. Instead, the dalliances with rapid-fire notes and recurring chord bundles seem a product of youthful enthusiasm and in-progress maturation.”-DownBeat At 22, jazz piano prodigy Emmet Cohen plays with the maturity and confidence of a
“Strings Attached!” Christine Ebersole & Aaron Weinstein Trio
“The Genius Jazz Violinist Aaron Weinstein Meets Brilliant Jazz Singer Christine Ebersole in Dual Birdland Triumph.” –David Finkel, Huffington Post “Perhaps the imaginative Weinstein,” opined David Finkel (Washington Post),” figured he was designing a one-time gig, but the result has to be regarded as the debut of an astonishing new
Gary Smulyan’s Baritone Summit
Sax Man Guided by Love of Jazz — Gary Smulyan on the Cover of the Hartford Courant Calender August 8, 2013. READ ARTICLE HERE. Gary Smulyan is the undisputed King of Baritone Sax. With six Grammy’s under his belt and perennial “Top Bari Sax Player” in every poll every year,
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