/jazz-corridor Owen McNally writes about jazz and other music events in ���ϳԹ���'s Jazz Corridor, stretching from the tip of Fairfield County, right through New Haven and Hartford, and on up beyond the state into the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. Keep up with the best our area has to offer in music. en-US Copyright Wed, 16 Nov 2016 04:00:00 GMT /arts-and-culture/2016-11-15/kevin-hays-to-blaze-and-amaze-in-warm-celebration-of-new-cd-at-firehouse-12 Returning to the art of the acoustic piano trio, Kevin Hays is celebrating the release of his new, right on the mark album North, which his website… Wed, 16 Nov 2016 04:00:00 GMT /arts-and-culture/2016-11-15/kevin-hays-to-blaze-and-amaze-in-warm-celebration-of-new-cd-at-firehouse-12 Owen McNally /arts-and-culture/2016-11-09/joe-carter-premieres-intercontinental-quartet-featuring-hendrik-meurkens-in-bethel Guitarist Joe Carter, a Bridgeport native who fell madly in love with Brazilian music on a life-changing night in a club in Rio de Janeiro, has over the… Wed, 09 Nov 2016 09:00:00 GMT /arts-and-culture/2016-11-09/joe-carter-premieres-intercontinental-quartet-featuring-hendrik-meurkens-in-bethel Owen McNally /arts-and-culture/2016-11-02/eddie-henderson-and-delfeayo-marsalis-brighten-hartfords-weekend-fare Hartford is transformed this weekend into “the Jazz Brass City” of ���ϳԹ��� as two of its venerable downtown landmarks flow with molten music forged by… Wed, 02 Nov 2016 08:00:00 GMT /arts-and-culture/2016-11-02/eddie-henderson-and-delfeayo-marsalis-brighten-hartfords-weekend-fare Owen McNally /arts-and-culture/2016-10-26/langston-hughess-cries-for-social-justice-celebrated-at-yales-ellington-jazz-series As narrator, bandleader, trumpeter and composer, Ron McCurdy is the central dynamic force powering his acclaimed, multimedia presentation of a Langston… Wed, 26 Oct 2016 08:00:00 GMT /arts-and-culture/2016-10-26/langston-hughess-cries-for-social-justice-celebrated-at-yales-ellington-jazz-series Owen McNally /arts-and-culture/2016-10-19/ed-fast-reaps-fall-harvest-with-new-album-weekly-series-and-upcoming-gig With the release of his fine new CD, Do or Die, and the launching of weekly appearances in the new Wine and Jazz Series at the posh Brignole Vineyards in… Wed, 19 Oct 2016 08:00:00 GMT /arts-and-culture/2016-10-19/ed-fast-reaps-fall-harvest-with-new-album-weekly-series-and-upcoming-gig Owen McNally /arts-and-culture/2016-10-12/rising-cuban-jazz-star-shines-at-old-lyme-jazz-club Cuban pianist Harold Lopez-Nussa’s new, celebratory album, El Viaje (The Voyage) surges with an abundance of inspiring exuberance, pyrotechnical… Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:00:00 GMT /arts-and-culture/2016-10-12/rising-cuban-jazz-star-shines-at-old-lyme-jazz-club Owen McNally /arts-and-culture/2016-10-05/hartford-native-fred-tinsley-leaves-legacy-as-versatile-virtuoso-double-bassist Fred Tinsley, a celebrated double bassist and Hartford native who was every bit as much at home in the symphonic world as he was when powering a jazz… Wed, 05 Oct 2016 08:00:00 GMT /arts-and-culture/2016-10-05/hartford-native-fred-tinsley-leaves-legacy-as-versatile-virtuoso-double-bassist Owen McNally /arts-and-culture/2016-09-28/promising-new-jazz-festival-in-manchester-brightens-regions-fall-season With the rich crop of summer jazz festivals now behind us, there’s suddenly an early autumn harvest to reap at three immediately upcoming jazz festivals… Wed, 28 Sep 2016 08:00:00 GMT /arts-and-culture/2016-09-28/promising-new-jazz-festival-in-manchester-brightens-regions-fall-season Owen McNally /arts-and-culture/2016-09-21/violinist-scott-tixier-mixes-fiery-technique-with-lyrical-warmth-in-stamford Although he’s now hailed as a rising young star and has just released his second, red-hot album, the brilliant French virtuoso violinist, Scott Tixier,… Wed, 21 Sep 2016 08:00:00 GMT /arts-and-culture/2016-09-21/violinist-scott-tixier-mixes-fiery-technique-with-lyrical-warmth-in-stamford Owen McNally /arts-and-culture/2016-09-14/connecticut-guitar-societys-new-season-celebrates-its-favorite-instruments-diversity If you’re looking for a cool cornucopia of high-quality, live guitar music, check out The ���ϳԹ��� Guitar Society’s 2016-2017 season. It's stocked with… Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:00:00 GMT /arts-and-culture/2016-09-14/connecticut-guitar-societys-new-season-celebrates-its-favorite-instruments-diversity Owen McNally