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 [...]
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 [...]
Trumpeter Brian Lynch is cast in the lead soloing role in a tribute to the legendary trumpeter Freddie Hubbard in this performance of "Jazz and Strings". Lynch, a Grammy Award winner and trumpeter of choice for bebop master Phil Woods and Latin [...]
Focus is a one of a kind album. The strings do not sound as if they were added as a second thought. Their contribution is integral to the music that is "Focus". The composer, Eddie Sauter, who arranged for Betty Goodman as well as Getz, has [...]