Litchfield Jazz Festival Performer Spotlight: Samara Joy

The rising star vocalist, Samara Joy will appear alongside the Pasquale Grasso Quartet–Pasquale Grasso on guitar, Ben Patterson on piano, Neal Caine on bass, and Keith Balla on drums– opening the 27th annual Litchfield Jazz Festival on Friday, July 29th in Washington, CT. With an elegantly powerful voice, Joy has

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27th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival Performer Spotlight: Anton Kot

Drummer, pianist, composer Anton Kot will appear alongside a quartet of heavy hitters— all members of the Litchfield Jazz Faculty— to open the Saturday July 30th Litchfield Jazz Festival lineup in Washington CT. Anton’s bandmates include Don Braden on saxophone, Avery Sharpe on bass, Julian Shore on piano, and Jean

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27th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival Performer Spotlight: Mark Whitfield

The wonderful guitarist Mark Whitfield, will appear alongside his bandmates Charles Goold on drums and Mark Lewandowski on bass along with his son Davis Whitfield on piano, as one of the many fine musicians taking part in the 27th annual Litchfield Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 30th in Washington CT.

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27th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival Performer Spotlight: Ken Peplowski

The brilliant clarinetist and tenor saxophonist, Ken Peplowski will appear alongside bandmates Ehud Asherie on piano, Peter Washington on bass, Willie Jones III on drums, and Houston Person on tenor saxophone as the closing act for the Mainstage shows at Litchfield Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 30th in Washington, CT.

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27th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival Performer Spotlight: Grégoire Maret

The superb, Swiss-born harmonica player and composer Grégoire Maret, is set to perform alongside his bandmates Romain Collin on piano and Matthew Stevens on guitar as one of the many fine musicians taking part in the 27th annual Litchfield Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 30th in Washington CT. Like many

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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

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The Litchfield Jazz Camp and Festival are featured on Connecticut’s News 12!

The Litchfield Jazz Festival is this weekend. Students from the Litchfield Jazz Camp will be performing at the student stage. Check out this awesome news video feature on the camp and the festival from Connecticut News 12!

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