The tradition continues in 2009 in Bushnell Park, America's oldest public park, when the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz presents its 18th annual event featuring three nights and two days of hot and cool jazz on the Performance Pavilion and the Friends of the Festival Arch Stage, featuring great artists from around the world and the USA, as well as young and up-and-coming performers from the local region.
July 17th - FRIDAY
Main Stage
6:45 PM Opening Ceremony
7:00 PM Charlie Sepulveda and Turnaround
July 18th - SATURDAY
Friends of the Festival Stage
1:00 PM The Mack Jazz Group
2:00 PM Toscha Comeaux
3:00 PM Modern Riffs
10:30 PM Jazz Dance Party with Jus Us
Main Stage
4:30 PM Virtual Jazz Band
6:00 PM Paul 'Shiltz' Weimar
7:30 PM Bob Baldwin
9:00 PM The Rippingtons
July 17th - SUNDAY
10:00 AM Ross Tucker’s Hot Cat Jazz Band at Christ Church Cathedral Jazz Mass
Friends of the Festival Stage
1:00 PM Kenny Reid / Norman Gage Quintet
2:00 PM Collin Wade Group
3:00 PM Nu Dirextion
Main Stage
4:30 PM Cynthia Holiday
6:00 PM Azar Lawrence Quartet's “Legacy of Music of John Coltrane"
7:30 PM Bobby Lyle
For more information contact All About Jazz.
