Hartford Jazz Society Fundraiser Concert - June 4, 2011

The Hartford Jazz Society, America’s oldest ongoing jazz society, needs your help. They will be hosting a fundraiser to help in their rebuilding efforts [See my last blog posting for an explanation]. Please join them for a fundraising concert on Saturday, June 4, 2011, from 6 -10 p.m. at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church, 814 Asylum Ave, Hartford.

Featuring:

• The Umoja Sextet
• Ed Fast and Conga Bop
• Pianists James Weidman and Warren Byrd
• Trumpeters Stephen Haynes and Saskia Laroo
• The Norman Gage/Kenny Reed Quintet
• Earl MacDonald and the Hartford Jazz Society’s New Directions Ensemble

Suggested donation $25 - but no one will be turned away!
For info, please contact the Hartford Jazz Society, (860) 242-6688.