Jeff Fuller & Friends...

Jeff Fuller & Friends perform jazz music of unusual depth and improvisatory nature, always listenable yet swinging for dancers. The musicians - some of the top performers from Connecticut and New York - are accomplished soloists who play together with great sensitivity. They draw on a broad spectrum of jazz styles - from swing and Latin to bebop and beyond.

Bassist Jeff Fuller has won the “Best Jazz” category in the NH Advocate Sounds of New Haven poll, and often is featured at the New Haven Jazz Festival. His band Samba Brasil has won the Hartford Advocate Best Latin Band category four times. A native son of Connecticut, Fuller is a well-known bandleader who often appears at the state’s many jazz clubs, cafés and festivals.

Artists who often perform with Jeff Fuller & Friends:

Pianists Roger Young, Ed Cercone, Kent Hewitt, Don Friedman
Drummers Terry Clarke, Bob Haray, James Oblon
Vocalists Giacomo Gates, Nicole Pasternak, Jim Porcella
Saxophonists Tim Moran, Bob Kolb, John Mastroianni
Guitarists Joe Beck, Tony Lombardozzi, Joe Carter
Special guests like Ali Ryerson (flute), Dave Samuels (vibes)

Jeff Fuller & Friends have performed at virtually all of Connecticut’s major performing venues, including:

International Festival of Arts & Ideas
New Haven, Hartford, Southbury Jazz Festivals
Jazz-By-The-Sea, Groton
Charlie B’s Steakhouse, New Haven
Silvermine Tavern, Norwalk
Seamen’s Inne, Mystic
Cuckoo’s Nest, Old Saybrook
Café 880, Hartford
Main & Hopewell, Glastonbury
Inn At Longshore, Westport
Rosy Tomorrow’s, Danbury
Toad’s Place, New Haven
Foxwoods & Mohegan Sun Casinos
Shubert Theater
Oakdale Theater
Goodspeed Opera House
Palace Theater
Powder Ridge Ski Resort
Lyman Allyn Museum, Hartford
New Haven Summer Street Festival
Yale University
Wesleyan University
Trinity College
and many others.