Litchfield Jazz Festival

2013 Summer Jazz Events

2013-04-28 00:00:00

Super players with deep Connecticut roots, including tenor saxophonists Wayne Escoffery and Noah Preminger, along with such international legends as pianist/composer Chick Corea and Latin jazz maestro Eddie Palmieri, dominate Connecticut's Top Ten jazz...

Pianist Renee Rosnes Gives Gift Of Jazz

2013-04-07 00:00:00

With singer Freddy Cole (Nat King Cole's brother) singing them down the aisle at their celebrity-studded wedding in 2007 at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at Lincoln Center, Renee Rosnes and Bill Charlap officially became the jazz world's piano powerhouse couple....

NEA Gives $345,000 In Grants To 12 Connecticut Arts Groups

2012-11-28 12:45:00

The National Endowment for the Artsgave out its lastest round of grants, giving 12 Connecicut arts organizations a total of $345,000 for various projects. Outgoing Chairman Rocco Landesman announced the arts agency will award 832 grants totaling $23.3...

Summer Festivals 2012: Litchfield Jazz Festival at Goshen Fairgrounds

2012-06-06 07:20:00

It's the 17th season for one of Connecticut's — and the Northeast's — greatest jazz events, the Litchfield Jazz Festival, which this year has moved back to its previous location at the Goshen Fairgrounds (by popular demand). (They've also...

The Ultimate List of Summer Festivals in Connecticut

2012-06-06 07:35:00

Alive @ 5, Columbus Park, Main St. & W. Park Place, Stamford. (203) 348-5285, Stamford-downtown.com. June 21: Los Lonely Boys. June 28: G. Love & Special Sauce. July 5: Creedence Clearwater Revisited. July 19: Matisyahu. July 19: Hot Chelle Rae. July 26:...

Roy Haynes Performs at the Litchfield Jazz Fest

2011-08-01 13:29:00

By his own account, jazz drum master Roy Haynes is just one man with a passion for keeping time. “I've always got a set of drums set up in the basement — all kinds of drums around,” he says, “if I'm not playing I'm always thinking...

Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer talks Monk, swing and Twitter

2011-07-29 13:01:00

Perhaps it's built into the fabric of jazz that we listen for — and even expect to hear — quantum leaps from time to time, steps that mark distant degrees of separation from what's already known and anticipated. When you listen to Vijay Iyer'...

Gearing up for the Litchfield Jazz Festival: Trombone Shorty

2011-08-05 06:45:00

When 25-year Trombone Shorty (aka Troy Andrews) takes the stage tonight at 9:15 p.m. in Litchfield with his band Orleans Avenue, I bet there'll be tons of rump-shaking going on amongst the Cabernet-swilling festival-goers. Who doesn't like to do a...

Gearing up for the Litchfield Jazz Festival: Matt Wilson Quartet plus strings

2011-08-02 06:36:00

Hopefully you're getting psyched for the Vijay Iyer Trio and Jimmy Heath, Trombone Shorty and Roy Haynes, Lonnie Smith and Joe Lovano. But make sure you also hit the Sunday afternoon performance by the Matt Wilson Quartet Plus Strings, featuring the...

Variety Of Jazz Offerings

2002-06-05 00:00:00

Connecticut's jazz scene sizzles this summer with a variety of performers, including the supreme saxophone smoothie Marion Meadows, modern tenor saxophone master Sonny Rollins and the rough-riding trad group Igor's Jazz Cowboys. Meadows, the...

Grammy winner Eddie Palmieri graces the Litchfield Jazz Festival Aug. 10 with not only his pyrotechnical pianistics but also with the fire-power of his Latin Jazz Band.

2013-04-26 00:00:00

The Litchfield Jazz Festival is one of the rites of summer for music fans in Connecticut and beyond. The 18th annual gathering is set for Aug. 9-11 at the Goshen Fairgrounds, 116 Old Middle St., Goshen. This year�s festival kicks off with the Emmet Cohen Trio at 7:45 p.m. Friday, Aug.

2013-03-05 13:20:00

Litchfield Jazz Festival, Aug, 2010.

2012-12-05 00:00:00