29th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival
Mark your calendars for July 26-28 for must-see music at the Tisch Auditorium and the Bourne Courtyard, Frederick Gunn School in Washington CT.
July 27th: Saturday Is Full Of Stars
Saturday, July 27 is an afternoon-to-early evening affair featuring three top-flight groups. We open at 3 PM with pianist Amina Figarova and the Matsiko World Orphan Choir “Suite For Africa”. Amina is joined by Alex Pope Norris, trumpet, Wayne Escoffrey, sax, Bart Platteau, flutes, Rudy Royston, drums, Luques Curtis, bass and TWO DOZEN young singers from Liberia!
Next up at 4:45 PM we present Allison, Cardenas and Nash. With 25 years of creative collaboration behind them, Ben, Steve and Ted weave music full of subtlety and surprise modeled on Jimmy Giuffre’s drummer-less units of the 50’s and 60’s.The trio has released three albums, with a fourth, Tell the Birds I Said Hello – The Music of Herbie Nichols, set for a February 9 release. Their program for Litchfield is a nod to Nichols, Jim Hall, Carla Bley, Leonard Bernstein and others.
The day closes with one of the best-known jazz pianists in the world.
Bill Charlap appears with bassist David Wong and drummer Kenny Washington. Charlap, “a master interpreter of American popular song” (Time Magazine), has performed with leading artists from Phil Woods and Tony Bennett to Gerry Mulligan and Wynton Marsalis. He has led his trio since 1997.
Schedule:
3:00pm – Amina Figarova Sextet and the Matsiko Orphan Choir with Amina on piano, Alex Pope Norris, trumpet, Wayne Escoffrey, sax, Bart Platteau, flutes, Rudy Royston, drums, Yasushi Nakamura, bass and TWO DOZEN young singers from Liberia!
4:45pm – Allison, Cardenas and Nash with Ben Allison, bass, Steve Cardenas, guitar, and Ted Nash, saxophone
6:30pm - Bill Charlap Trio with Bill on Piano, David Wong, bass, and Kenny Washington, drums
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