Please join Wilton Library as husband-and-wife tenor-sax power-couple Lucas Pino and Roxy Coss make their debut as co-band leaders. The duo first met at a jam session in New York City in 2012, joined as spouses in 2014, became parents in 2021, and now come together for the first time publicly in 2023 to present […]
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 […]
Please join Wilton Library for a Sunday afternoon of swinging jazz with the Lenore Raphael Trio with Hilliard Greene on bass and Dwayne "Cook" Broadnax on drums. This group has performed and recorded together for years. The program will include well known jazz standards and a few Raphael original compositions. Hot & Cool Jazz is […]
Waiting List Spots Available. Join Wilton Library for a Sunday afternoon of jazz with pianist/vocalist Judy Carmichael and guitarist Chris Flory. They will swing through favorites of the American songbook, from Gershwin and Cole Porter to Frank Loesser and Harold Arlen. Nicknamed “Stride” by the great Count Basie, the Grammy-nominated pianist, vocalist, and songwriter enchants […]
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 […]
Join Wilton Library for the third 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 The year 1959 was an exceptionally […]
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 1950s — led by saxophonist Jon De Lucia and his all-star jazz octet featuring grammy-winning musicians. The Brubeck Octet, formed in the 1940s, is where […]
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 […]
