The Trustees of Wilton Library invite you to join us online for a very special concert broadcast featuring the Brubeck Brothers Quartet. This concert is being offered completely for free as the Wilton Library's gift of thanks to the town for the holidays. The concert was recorded earlier this summer in the library's Brubeck Room […]
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 […]
Jazz enthusiasts of all ages, mark your calendars. The 45th annual John Rhodes Jazz Symposium is scheduled for Friday, April 8 (4-9:30 p.m.) in the Wilton High School Little Theater. Come enjoy performances by the enormously talented young jazz musicians of Fairfield County, featuring jazz bands from Wilton High School, Middlebrook School and three other […]
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 in the Brubeck Room for the Jerry Bergonzi Quartet featuring Jerry Bergonzi on tenor sax, Harvie S on acoustic bass, Bruce Barth on piano, and Jason Tiemann on drums. Hot & Cool Jazz is brought to you by the generosity of the Estate of James (Tom) and Alice Brown. Advance registration […]
Join Wilton Library for the Mark Zaleski Band featuring Mark Zaleski on alto and soprano sax and his brother Glenn Zaleski on piano in a sextet that will re-imagine the music of Dave Brubeck. Zaleski's recent album, Our Time: Reimagining Dave Brubeck (2021), celebrates Brubeck’s legacy and classic compositions with decidedly modern arrangements that reflect Zaleski’s […]
The Tamir Hendelman Trio returns to Wilton Library for a special musical homecoming, as Hendelman explores music from his childhood in Israel, originals, and Great American Songbook gems. Please join Wilton Library on Saturday, March 4 from 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. for this Hot & Cool Jazz concert featuring the Tamir Hendelman Trio including Marco […]
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 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 […]
