Concert Schedule: May 10 – Sam Martinelli: Jazz Meets The Great Brazilian Songbook SAM MARTINELLI – DUMS KEN PEPLOWSKI – CLARINET EHUD ASHERIE – PIANO MARTIN WIND – BASS June 7 – Matt Wilson: Permission Slip AWAN JENKINS – TENOR SAXOPHONE SPENCER HOEFERT – GUITAR CONWAY CAMPBELL – BASS MATT WILSON – DRUMS June 16

Thank you Northwest Community Bank Foundation for this generous donation of $2,000! This money will go directly to our “Jazz After Work” FREE Concert Series in Washington this Summer! Concerts run select weeknights throughout July Thanks again to the lovely people at Northwest Community Bank. In The Photo: Tegan Ryan(Managing Director), Vita Muir(Litchfield Jazz Founder/Director),

Litchfield Jazz Camp announces its 28th season.  Litchfield Jazz Camp returns for its 28th summer on June 30th, 2024. It will run through the entire month of July and it culminates in the 29th annual Litchfield Jazz Festival. The program and festival occur at the Frederick Gunn School in Washington Connecticut. Last summer LJC hosted

Our Jazz Camp Music Director Don Braden is celebrating his 60th Birthday by doing what he loves most at Dizzy’s Jazz Club in New York City. Don will perform a late set starting at 9:30 p.m. on November 20th. Braden’s ensemble presents music from his highly acclaimed release Earth Wind and Wonder Volume 2. The

28th annual Litchfield Jazz Festival, on July 28, 29, and 30th in Washington, CT. The event will be held on the beautiful grounds of the Frederick Gunn School and in its new, acoustically-excellent Tisch Auditorium with unobstructed views from every seat. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/28th-annual-litchfield-jazz-festival-tickets-493925684017 Last summer the festival made its first appearance at Tisch to an

Litchfield Jazz Festival’s Litchfield Jazz Presents series has a new home. Its 3-year-old live-stream series is now presented for both in-person audiences and live-stream listeners at the Poli Club at the Palace Theater in Waterbury. This series, runs in tandem and collaboration with New England Arts & Entertainment, opened with the Caili O’Doherty Quartet on March 24th,

Thanks to all of you who have brought the dreams of so many young jazz musicians a step closer to the real thing with your generous support! Litchfield Jazz Camp is having a great season already! We start on July 2 with the largest registration we’ve had in years with 310 student weeks and counting.

Litchfield Jazz Camp enrollment is record-breaking this year– our busiest since 2010.  But, as always, we are still looking for BASS players for all four sessions. Pianos, which closed out in 3 weeks last summer, are still welcome in weeks 1 – 3.  They were eclipsed this year by a country mile by drums and—wait for it……trombones!

Litchfield Jazz Presents is closing the Spring season of Jazz at the Poli Club in Waterbury, CT, with pianist Joe Alterman, drummer Anton Kot, bassist Conway Campbell and special guest, world famous clarinetist and saxophonist Ken Peplowski. The date is June 2nd, with shows at 7 and 9PM. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Joe Alterman

Litchfield Performing Arts announces the 28th annual Litchfield Jazz Festival, July 28, 29 and 30th in Washington, CT. The event will be held on the beautiful grounds of the Frederick Gunn School and in its new, acoustically excellent Tisch Auditorium with unobstructed views from every seat. Last summer the iconic fest made its first appearance