June 8 - Wayne Shorter Quartet, 7:30 p.m.
Call for tickets. Belding Theater, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford. Information: 860-987-5900; www.bushnell.org.
GREAT CONNECTICUT JAZZFEST 2002
July 25 - Special event: John Pizzarelli Trio with Bucky Pizzarelli, 7 p.m. Event benefits JazzFest's "Horn For Kids," school-based music outreach programs.
July 26 - 28 - Bands include: Fenix
Festivities start 6 p.m. on Friday and culminates in grand finale jam session 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Festival passes: $21-$66 in advance until July 15; $25-$85 at gate. Held at Guilford Fairgrounds. Information, 800-HOT-EVENT; or www.ctjazz.org.
GREATER HARTFORD FESTIVAL OF JAZZ
July 19 - 21 - 25 hours of free music. On Fri, festival's main stage (Thomas D. Harris IV Pavilion) features Latin rhythms. Scheduled to perform: Sabor Brasil, Nestor Torres and, at 8 p.m., Gato Barbieri. Sat night features contemporary jazz: Khani Cole, Marion Meadows, Special EFX featuring Chieli Minucci and, at 8 p.m., Bobby Caldwell. Sun features classic jazz: Afro-Semetic Experience, Patricia Barber, Phil Woods and, at 8 p.m., headliner Joe Sample.
The jazz festival begins at 5:30 p.m. on Friday; music continues Sat and Sun on Main Stage at 4 p.m.; music on Arch Stage is scheduled noon-4 p.m. Free.
HOT STEAMED JAZZ FESTIVAL
June 21 - 23 - Bands include: New Black Eagles, Yankee Rhythm Kings, Independence Hall Jazz Band, Roof Garden Jass Band, Steve Yocum & the Essex Dogs, Back Bay Ramblers, Ruth Brisbane, Elite Syncopation, Harlem
Lineup subject to change. Call for admission and times.
LITCHFIELD JAZZ FESTIVAL
Aug. 2 - 4 - Friday night: Diane Schuur and
Call for times. Tickets: $30-$130. Goshen Fairgrounds, Route 63. Information: 860-567-4162; www.litchfieldjazzfest.com.
MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ SERIES AT BUSHNELL PARK
July 8 - Lisle Atkinson and the Neo-Bass Choir opens for an act to be announced.
July 15 -
July 22 - Kelly Sheppard Quintet opening for Wit Williams Big Band.
July 29 - Donna Carter Quintet opening for George Johnson Quintet.
Opening acts start at 6 p.m.; main act is at 7:30 p.m. Lineup subject to change. Free. Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford.
MUSIC MOUNTAIN
June 22 - Galvanized Jazz Band. Traditional New Orleans jazz, blues, spirituals and classic popular music.
June 29 - Mark Templeton Trio. Program of mainstream jazz from Porter to Gershwin to Ellington.
July 13 - Jive by Five. Jump band style of 1940s.
July 20 - Ali
July 27 - Ted Rosenthal Trio. Tribute to music of Richard Rogers.
Aug. 10 - Elite Syncopation Quintet. Performing ragtime and early jazz standards.
Aug. 17 - New Black Eagle Jazz Band. Traditional jazz from 1920s to Preservation Hall standards featured.
Aug. 24 - Cynthia Sayer's Hot Jazz Trio. Hot jazz from '20s and '30s.
Concerts at 8 p.m. Tickets: $20 at door, $17.50 advance, $10 students (under 24). Music Mountain, Music Mountain Road, Falls Village. Information: 860-824-7126; www.musicmountain.org.
NEWPORT JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL
Aug. 9 -
Aug. 10 - On two stages: Tony Bennett, Cos of Good Music conducted by
Aug. 11 - On two stages:
Unless noted, concerts held 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. General admission tickets: $53, $48 advance; children under 12 are $5 at all times; children under age 2 are free. On-site festival parking is $6. Reserved seating, JVC Jazz Stage: $75, $65. Unless noted, concerts held at Fort Adams State Park, Newport, R.I. Information: 401-847-3700 or 866-468-7619; www.festivalproductions.net.
TANGLEWOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL 2002
Aug. 30 - Arturo Sandoval and his Orchestra, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall. Tickets: $19-$55.
Aug. 31 - Organ Summit, 1:30 p.m.: Jimmy McGriff Quartet and Joey DeFrancesco Trio. With special guest David "Fathead" Newman. Tanglewood Theater. Tickets: $35 (lawn combo ticket). Ticket offers first-come, first-served seats to Organ Summit in Tanglewood Theater and lawn seating to all Sat events.
Aug. 31 - Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Sir Roland Hanna, 3 p.m. Ozawa Hall. Tickets: $14-$40.
Aug. 31 -
Sept. 1 - Roy Hargrove Quintet, Roberta Gamborini, 2 p.m. Ozawa Hall. Tickets: $14-$40.
Sept. 1 - Dave Brubek Quartet, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall. Tickets: $19-$55.
Programs and artists subject to change. Tanglewood, Route 183, West Street, Lenox, Mass. Information: 888-266-1200; www.bso.org.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
June 27 - Sunset Series: Luluk Purwanto and the Helsdingen Trio, 7 p.m. Free. CFA Courtyard. Rain site: Crowell Concert Hall.
July 12 - Sunset Series: Claudio Roditi Jazz Quartet, 8 p.m. Tickets: $17 general, $15 Wesleyan faculty/staff and senior citizens, $10 students. Crowell Concert Hall.