Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz

Coming Attractions in Jazz: Festival Preview 2015

May 30, 2015

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Get your maps and open up your calendar app—it’s time to plan your summer of jazz in New England.

Coming Attractions in Jazz: Festival Preview 2014

May 22, 2014

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The big “destination” jazz festivals are major events, but aficionados making vacation plans will be missing out if they don’t at least take a look at the musical offerings of the smaller festivals.

Coming Attractions in Jazz: Festival Preview 2013

May 31, 2013

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[Updated June 21] Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start to summer. Beaches reopen, and the jazz festival season follows close on their heels. Indeed, the first major festival kicks off this Friday, before June has even begun.

Coming Attractions in Jazz: Midsummer Festivals 2012

July 27, 2012

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Updated: Brazilian jazz vocalist Leny Andrade performs at the Deer Isle Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 28.The first half of July, dominated by Independence Day festivities, is–fireworks aside–pretty quiet in New England. But then the festival season really kicks into gear.

Coming Attractions in Jazz: Summer Festivals 2010

June 11, 2010

Posted in Coming Attractions, Jazz, Music, Visual Arts

By J. R. Carroll Photo by Nicole LeCorgne Jazz festivals come in all shapes and sizes these days, even within the modest geographical confines of New England. Up in Vermont, the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival is still in progress; among others, you can still catch Jim Hall on Friday, June 11, and Sonny Rollins the…