Jazz critic Leonard Feather called her “the most important singer to emerge from the bop era.” Ella Fitzgerald called her the world’s “greatest singing talent.” During the course of a career that spanned nearly fifty years, she was the [...]
By Michael Hamad • Nov 26, 2015Saxophonist Jimmy Greene joins Jazz and Strings at Hartford's Infinity Hall on Nov. 29. (Jimmy Katz) A revamped Jazz & Strings: 'It's Jimmy Greene's music, and we're all excited about doing it," says Gene Bozzi [...]
By Owen McNally • Nov 18, 2015 With lush string accompaniment, saxophonist/composer Jimmy Greene later this month presents music from his acclaimed 2014 album, Beautiful Life, his deeply moving, eloquent homage to the life of his beloved [...]
Bird Lives! That was the famous, death-denying, Beatnik graffiti that popped up on subway walls all over the Big Apple after Charlie "Bird" Parker, the legendary king of bebop, died March 12, 1955. Now, thanks to the Jazz and Strings, the soaring [...]
Tina Fabrique, the versatile actress/singer with a thick stage and jazz resume, knows Ella Fitzgerald's repertoire as she has proven many times to Hartford audiences. Fabrique, who has played the First Lady of Song on stage in theatrical productions [...]
"Jazz & Strings Series," the versatile Broadway vocalist/actress Rosena Hill-Jackson dons the "Lady in Satin" mantle, singing songs from the 1958 studio string session that decked out the then dying Holiday's tragically tattered but still [...]
With an infusion of star power, this Jazz & Strings concert features the celebrated guitarist Mike Stern, a six-time Grammy nominee, in a concert paying homage to guitarist Wes Montgomery's 1963 album "Fusion!" — the iconic guitarist's first [...]
This concert is a tribute to saxophonist Art Pepper’s Winter Moon album and will feature guest saxophonist “Sweet” Sue Terry performing selections from the album as well as her own original charts. Recorded in 1980 by a band of famous West [...]
A native of Hartford, Connecticut, saxophonist, composer, and educator Jimmy Greene has emerged as a formidable force in the jazz world, with eight critically acclaimed solo albums, 70 ensemble recordings, and countless international performances. [...]
Shawnn Monteiro, an ardent advocate of The Great American Songbook, is featured with the Jazz and Strings ensemble as they pay homage to the classic album, "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook." In the most lavish project of [...]