To continue the celebration of the recent ribbon-cutting for The Brubeck Collection at Wilton Library - and celebrate Dave Brubeck's birthday! - please join the library online for an engaging conversation between author and music historian Stephen Crist and musicologist Gil Harel. On Thursday, Dec. 6 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm they will discuss […]
Please join Wilton Library for an in-person presentation by Philip Clark, author of the acclaimed biography, Dave Brubeck: A Life in Time. First published in 2020, the centennial of Brubeck's birth, a new expanded edition has just come out in the U.K. with a U.S. release to follow. Clark will discuss the backstory about how […]
This event has been postponed until Sunday, May 7, 2023. Please join Wilton Library on Thursday night, Sept. 1 for the first Hot & Cool Jazz concert since January 2020, featuring Triple Play, a trio of three outstanding and versatile musicians: Peter Madcat Ruth (on harmonica, guitar, jaw harp, percussion & vocals), Joel Brown (folk […]
Please join Wilton Library on Sunday, May 7 at 4:00 p.m. for the next Hot & Cool Jazz concert featuring Triple Play, a trio of three outstanding and versatile musicians: Peter Madcat Ruth (on harmonica, guitar, jaw harp, percussion & vocals), Joel Brown (folk and classical acoustic guitar and vocals), and Chris Brubeck (electric bass, […]
Please join Wilton Library for a special book launch event - Playing the Changes: Jazz at an African University and on the Road (a memoir by Darius and Cathy Brubeck). As a bonus, there will be a screening of a companion documentary film directed by Dutch filmmaker Michiel ten Kleij. After a brief introduction, the […]
Join Wilton Library for the first program of a new four-part series with Dr. Gil Harel on the seminal jazz albums of 1959. The series will run as follows: 3/20/24: Miles Davis' Kind of Blue 4/10/24: Dave Brubeck's Time Out 5/22/24: John Coltrane's Giant Steps 6/19/24: Jazz Post-1959 Diverging Paths The year 1959 might be […]
Join Wilton Library for the second program of their new four-part series with Dr. Gil Harel on 1959's seminal jazz albums. The series runs as follows: • March 20: Miles Davis' Kind of Blue • April 10: Dave Brubeck's Time Out • May 22: John Coltrane's Giant Steps • June 19: Post-1959 Impact and Aftermath […]
Join Stay at Home In Wilton as curator Michael Bellacosa gives a guided tour of Wilton Library's Brubeck Collection to learn more about Wilton's hometown legend Dave Brubeck. The Brubeck Collection is one of the preeminent jazz archives in the world and assures the preservation of Brubeck's legacy. There is a limited capacity. RSVP 203.762.2600 […]
An homage to The David Brubeck Octet, the Wilton Library hosts a historic jazz concert bringing Dave Brubeck’s most famous arrangements back to life for the first time since the […]
Join Wilton Library for the final program of their new four-part series with Dr. Gil Harel on the seminal jazz albums of 1959. The series will run as follows: 3/20/24: Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue 4/10/24: Dave Brubeck’s Time Out 5/22/24: John Coltrane’s Giant Steps 6/18/24: Jazz Post-1959 Diverging Paths Jazz historians and scholars often point to 1959 as a […]
