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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: One more chance to buy some top-shelf jazz recordings and a serious history/reference book for your loved ones. Litchfield Jazz Camp Talent Search deadline is coming up fast. Jazz non-profits could always use your help.
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The Gift of Music: Wrapping It Up
Our final selection of new music from the 8495's musicians, plus a book idea, and your chance to help
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December 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: One more chance to buy some top-shelf jazz recordings and a serious history/reference book for your loved ones. Litchfield Jazz Camp Talent Search deadline is coming up fast. Jazz non-profits could always use your help.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Part 1 of the recorded bounty our regional jazz cats have brought us this year. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is money at SHU. John Pizzarelli in Great Barrington. Bill Charlap in Tarrytown. And more.
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The Gift of Music
The 8495’s jazz musicians have graced us with great recordings this year – pass them along!
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December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Part 1 of the recorded bounty our regional jazz cats have brought us this year. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is money at SHU. John Pizzarelli in Great Barrington. Bill Charlap in Tarrytown. And more.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: "Making a difference" often comes through modest and unexpected efforts. A long list of gigs from the banks of the Hudson to the Charles to get you in the holiday mood.
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The One That Got Away
‘Making a difference’ often comes through unexpected channels
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December 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: "Making a difference" often comes through modest and unexpected efforts. A long list of gigs from the banks of the Hudson to the Charles to get you in the holiday mood.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Festivals and holiday galas abound. Nicole Zuraitis and Dan Pugach go for the Grammy three-peat. And two weeks' worth of gigs for you to think about seeing.
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Getting Holiday Festive With Festivals
Multi-day jazz fests in Newtown and Manchester, Hartford Jazz Society and Real Art Ways holiday galas get us in the holiday swing
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November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Festivals and holiday galas abound. Nicole Zuraitis and Dan Pugach go for the Grammy three-peat. And two weeks' worth of gigs for you to think about seeing.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: New England Conservatory celebrates 100 years of Gunther Schuller. A cappella goes to church in Litchfield. Sean Nelson Jazz Orchestra calls up Harry James at the Side Door. Community jazz at the Falcon.
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They Do More Than Keep The Flame
NEC observes Gunther Schuller’s centennial all week
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November 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: New England Conservatory celebrates 100 years of Gunther Schuller. A cappella goes to church in Litchfield. Sean Nelson Jazz Orchestra calls up Harry James at the Side Door. Community jazz at the Falcon.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Mike LeDonne rises to the occasion time and time again. Trombone Shorty brings New Orleans to New London. And so many gigs.
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What One Man Can Do
Mike LeDonne rises to the occasion in helping all of us connect with music – and more
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November 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Mike LeDonne rises to the occasion time and time again. Trombone Shorty brings New Orleans to New London. And so many gigs.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Wednesday night presents a dilemma - Miles or Middletown? And dig the first recording of "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down" at Newport in remembrance of Jack DeJohnette.
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Torn Between Two Lovers
Miles or Middletown? – another hard choice for 8495 jazzheads
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November 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Wednesday night presents a dilemma - Miles or Middletown? And dig the first recording of "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down" at Newport in remembrance of Jack DeJohnette.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Diana Krall tour dates include Waterbury, but there's no need to wait for a visit from a "star" to take in stellar jazz.
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All Jazz Is Local
Occasional visits by ‘big names’ help us realize our place and mission
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October 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Diana Krall tour dates include Waterbury, but there's no need to wait for a visit from a "star" to take in stellar jazz.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Bidding adieu to Emmet's living room. Birthdays for the HJO and PJP. And plenty o' gigs and jams for every budget.
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This week in the 8495: Milestones!
Emmet’s grand finale (kinda), birthdays and anniversaries in Hartford and Poughkeepsie
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October 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Bidding adieu to Emmet's living room. Birthdays for the HJO and PJP. And plenty o' gigs and jams for every budget.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: HONK! brings a weekend of activist brass to Boston. Springfield's new community arts center takes off in earnest. Litchfield Jazz Camp talent search registration is open. And lots more.
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Right Now In The 8495: HONK!, Hope and More
Somerville’s activist brass festival, Springfield’s new venue highlight the latest
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October 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: HONK! brings a weekend of activist brass to Boston. Springfield's new community arts center takes off in earnest. Litchfield Jazz Camp talent search registration is open. And lots more.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Lots of new records from folks who live and play here. Killer great jazz day in Northampton, MA, Saturday. Your chance to become a club owner. And, as usual, lots more.
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Fall In The 8495, Part 2: So Much News!
New records, a beloved musician dies, venerable club for sale
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September 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Lots of new records from folks who live and play here. Killer great jazz day in Northampton, MA, Saturday. Your chance to become a club owner. And, as usual, lots more.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Fall brings back some of New England's venerable small-venue series. Sean Nelson's Jazz Orchestra begins its new residency at The Side Door. A new semester brings us lots of college campus jazz events. Plus lotsa gigs and jams.
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Fall In The 8495: So Much Music (And Cider And Donuts!)
New England’s most colorful time of year beckons music fans to get out there!
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September 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Fall brings back some of New England's venerable small-venue series. Sean Nelson's Jazz Orchestra begins its new residency at The Side Door. A new semester brings us lots of college campus jazz events. Plus lotsa gigs and jams.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Tuba Skinny turns an upstate NY hamlet into Royal Street North once a year. JazzFest White Plains entertains Wednesday-Sunday. And so much more.
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Zinnia’s Dinette: Brig-a-jazz? Jazz-a-doon?
Chef Amy Lawton hosts Tuba Skinny in an upstate New York field once a year
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September 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Tuba Skinny turns an upstate NY hamlet into Royal Street North once a year. JazzFest White Plains entertains Wednesday-Sunday. And so much more.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Your favorite regional jazz news site hits a big milestone. New England Conservatory kicks off a new year with some special free programming. Music Mountain brings us live music with a silent film classic.
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A Great Day in the 8495
8495Jazz celebrates its first year – thank you!
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August 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Your favorite regional jazz news site hits a big milestone. New England Conservatory kicks off a new year with some special free programming. Music Mountain brings us live music with a silent film classic.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Eight To The Bar celebrates 50 years of bringing the swing and boogie to delighted fans. Poughkeepsie PorchFest TODAY! Bridgeport Jazz Festival Saturday. And plenty o' gigs for youse to peruse.
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From Toad’s To Tbilisi, Eight To The Bar Brought – And Still Brings – The Swing
Cynthia Lyon and bandmates celebrate 50 years making music
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August 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Eight To The Bar celebrates 50 years of bringing the swing and boogie to delighted fans. Poughkeepsie PorchFest TODAY! Bridgeport Jazz Festival Saturday. And plenty o' gigs for youse to peruse.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Groton Hill Music Center has it all for jazz fans and students. Django-derived swing in Bethel, CT. And other gigs galore.
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Groton Hill Is A ‘Hub’ For Jazz Lovers
Central Massachusetts center offers listening, jamming, ensemble and lesson opportunities
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August 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Groton Hill Music Center has it all for jazz fans and students. Django-derived swing in Bethel, CT. And other gigs galore.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: US Grant, HD Thoreau, and Emily Dickinson help us grapple with what makes jazz "good." Litchfield Jazz board of directors honors its founder. A festival on the banks of the Hudson. And lotsa lotsa gigs.
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The Ear Wants What It Wants
US Grant, HD Thoreau, and Emily Dickinson help us navigate the wiggle room in the eternal ‘What is good jazz?’ question
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August 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: US Grant, HD Thoreau, and Emily Dickinson help us grapple with what makes jazz "good." Litchfield Jazz board of directors honors its founder. A festival on the banks of the Hudson. And lotsa lotsa gigs.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Charlie Halloran and the Tropicales bring the Caribbean sounds north from New Orleans - hey, did you know a big industrial company ran cruise ships down there? A Rhode Island jazz fest that is NOT Newport.
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The Caribbean Comes to the Quinnipiac (And Elsewhere) via NOLA
Charlie Halloran and The Tropicales bring the funky fun to the 8495
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August 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Charlie Halloran and the Tropicales bring the Caribbean sounds north from New Orleans - hey, did you know a big industrial company ran cruise ships down there? A Rhode Island jazz fest that is NOT Newport.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Pics from the 8495Jazz staff trips to Rhode Island, Old Lyme, and Litchfield. Jimmy Greene and Alexa Tarantino albums drop the same day. And gigs indoors, outdoors, daytime, nighttime, for every budget.
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Pics Or It Didn't Happen
8495Jazz is on the beat throughout SNE
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July 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Pics from the 8495Jazz staff trips to Rhode Island, Old Lyme, and Litchfield. Jimmy Greene and Alexa Tarantino albums drop the same day. And gigs indoors, outdoors, daytime, nighttime, for every budget.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Emmet Cohen comes "home" to the Litchfield Jazz Festival Friday night. Arturo O'Farrill headlines Caramoor's festival Saturday. And as always, gigs from the Hudson to the Charles.
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Emmet Brings It All Back ‘Home’
Piano icon returns to Litchfield, where his jazz journey really began
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July 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Emmet Cohen comes "home" to the Litchfield Jazz Festival Friday night. Arturo O'Farrill headlines Caramoor's festival Saturday. And as always, gigs from the Hudson to the Charles.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Jen Allen's new album drops. Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz is on tap Friday through Sunday. And gigs, gigs, gigs...
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Almost Anything’s Possible For Jen Allen
Her new album, her third, is 'a lot more hopeful'
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July 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Jen Allen's new album drops. Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz is on tap Friday through Sunday. And gigs, gigs, gigs...
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The 8495Jazz newsletter is back with the summertime institutions in Tarrytown, Litchfield, and Boston...indoors, outdoors, you name it. We're in the heart of the summer concert season - and a lot of the shows are free! Reap the bounty!
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July Is Jazzin’ Out All Over
Festivals, muni concerts and more offer lots of music; JazzFC awards scholarships
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July 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The 8495Jazz newsletter is back with the summertime institutions in Tarrytown, Litchfield, and Boston...indoors, outdoors, you name it. We're in the heart of the summer concert season - and a lot of the shows are free! Reap the bounty!
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Bassist Nat Reeves says turning 70 creates a "first chapter" for him. Juneteenth jazz in Old Lyme. All kindsa shows from the Hudson to the Charles.
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At 70, Nat Reeves Is Ready For His ‘First Chapter’
Hartford bassist bridges eras from Miles to ‘the Matts’
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June 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Bassist Nat Reeves says turning 70 creates a "first chapter" for him. Juneteenth jazz in Old Lyme. All kindsa shows from the Hudson to the Charles.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Improv writ large is key to the way trumpeter Frank London battles myelofibrosis. New London Big Band plays Mystic Seaport. Free festivals and Juneteenth celebrations.
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An Improviser Deals With Mortality’s Warning By Living and Playing
Frank London has myelofibrosis – and a lot of music to still play
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June 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Improv writ large is key to the way trumpeter Frank London battles myelofibrosis. New London Big Band plays Mystic Seaport. Free festivals and Juneteenth celebrations.
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In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Jimmy Greene and Ben Basile gigs support their new albums. JLCO's Alexa Tarantino's first single from her upcoming record drops. Make Music Day festivities are shaping up. And gigs spanning the entire 8495.
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New Music, Make Music, And More
Jimmy Greene, Ben Basile gigs support their latest releases; Alexa Tarantino drops a single
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June 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In this week's 8495Jazz newsletter: Jimmy Greene and Ben Basile gigs support their new albums. JLCO's Alexa Tarantino's first single from her upcoming record drops. Make Music Day festivities are shaping up. And gigs spanning the entire 8495.
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