PERFORMANCES

New Year’s Jazz ~ 1/3/24

Happy New Year everyone! My best wishes for a healthy, joyful and jazz-filled new year! I’ve always maintained that “Music is the cure,” and perhaps music will help us meet the challenges ahead. Hope to see you at one (or more) of these gigs listed below…

On Sunday, January 5th I’m playing the legendary Jazz Brunch from 12 – 3 pm at Quattro’s Italian Restaurant & Bar, 14 Water Street, Guilford, CT. Host and guitarist, Gary Grippo brings talented guest artists to join us (the ‘us’ always includes the inventive Barry Ries on drums & trumpet). On the 5th we welcome guitarist Tony Lombardozzi and on the 19th we’ll bring in my favorite drummer, Ben Bilello.

On Mondays in January from 7 – 8:30 pm I’ll play an “open rehearsal” (more like a concert!) with Pat Todd’s Tuxedo Junction ~ a big band with a swingin’ and danceable repertoire ~ at the Guilford VFW Hall, 104 Mill Road, Guilford, CT. Open to the public, free.

On Saturday, January 11th, from 4 – 7 pm, I’ll be over at Café Nine, 250 State Street, New Haven, for the weekly jazz jam session this week featuring Mike Godette on guitar and Barry Ries on drums and trumpet. Musicians, come sit in after the first set!

On Wednesday, January 22nd from 7 – 9 pm, I’ll be joining Allen Lowe & The All-Stars at Best Video Film & Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden, for the monthly jazz session with “a coterie of musical guests” (including the above mentioned Gary Grippo, Barry Ries, and saxophonist Mark Kaplan.) $10 cover.

On Thursday, January 30th I’ll be playing Brazilian music — sambas, bossa novas and baiãoes — with my long-time friend and guitarist Joe Carter and drummer Jerrod Cattey at the Oliver Wolcott Library in Litchfield, CT, starting at 6:30 pm.

Jazz will continue in the New Year — rest assured — and I look forward to seeing you somewhere down the line! Don’t forget to check out the Jazz Haven and Hartford Jazz Society calendars on line!

Jeff Fuller

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