A celebration of Dave Brubeck’s music featuring virtuoso pianist Alan Bartus, winner of the 2024 JEN Dave Brubeck Composer and Pianist award. Alan Bartus is an amazing young pianist and composer who has created albums of  incredible music. His improvisational skills have enthralled New York and European audiences.  Born into a musical family in Lucenec […]

  John Fumasoli has had a distinguished career as a performer and music educator. With over 45 years in the “biz” he has experienced great joy recording with Jeff Golub, the Average White Band, Marion Meadows, Bobby Baldwin, Robby Dupree, Shelby Lynne, Jose’ Feliciano, Roger Ball, Brian Torff’s Thunderstick, his own group “The Jones Factor” and […]

In 1959, Cannonball Adderley put together a recording session with his fellow Miles Davis Sextet sidemen, including John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb. They would all appear together on Mile’s most famous album, “Kind of Blue", to be recorded six months later.   The music on this album is a wonderful mix […]

  'Marsella is as versatile and talented a pianist as you will find' - Frank Alkyer, Downbeat '...the classically trained Marsella displayed dizzying technique while imbuing pieces with an authentic soul- jazz feeling' - Bill Milkowski review of Brian Marsella Trio August 10th set at the Village Vanguard Brian Marsella has risen to the top […]

Grammy® Nominee Sara Caswell “is a brilliant world-class violinist...one of the very best of the present generation of emerging young jazz stars” according to the late David Baker, internationally-renowned jazz educator and Director of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. Rooted in an early exposure to a variety of musical genres, Sara’s technical facility intertwined with her gift for […]

Join us for a warm evening of hot Jazz at Westport's own Jazz Inferno! Melissa  is a natural talent, and really makes every song she sings her very own. With a band like this, the evening is sure to be way over the top. This show always sells out so be sure and get reservations […]

Michael Rabinowitz, bassoon Roberta Piket, piano Rich Zurkowski, bass David Alvarez III, drums Greg Wall, soprano saxophone   Whether blowing bebop over a Mingus tune or freely improvising with Anthony Braxton, Michael Rabinowitz's contributions have changed the conception of what the bassoon can do. Since graduating with a BFA in music performance from SUNY at Purchase […]

  John Basile is an accomplished jazz guitarist and composer known for his soulful melodic playing, sophisticated harmonic sense, and deep conversational approach to improvisation. As an accompanist he has worked with Peggy Lee, Sylvia Sims, Rosemary Clooney and Tony Bennett's as well as live and recorded performances with contemporary instrumentalists George Mraz, Michael Becker, […]

Trumpet player Alexander Pope Norris has played with legends Betty Carter and the Village Vanguard Band and modernists Joshua Redman and Marvin 'Smitty' Smith. He began his Latin jazz exploration with Baltimore-based Rumba Club, going on to work Afro-Cuban jazz artists Andy and Jerry Gonzalez, Giovanni Hildago, and Monguito Santamaria. He appears on over 60 […]

  We are thrilled to have three time Emmy-nominated composer/pianist Steve Sandberg back with us. Steve plays original music that masterfully blends classical, world music and jazz with the excitement of virtuosic improvisation. Steve's mentor was multi-instrumentalist Mario Rivera, a member of the Dizzie Gillespie, Tito Puente, and George Coleman ensembles. Steve was pianist, composer and arranger for Rivera’s […]