Exciting news: The Great Connecticut Traditional Jazz Festival will present a One-Day Jazz & Blues Extravaganza on July 30, 2011 at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel, located at 275 Research Parkway . With the help of a great friend in Massachusetts and a grant from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, the GCTJF will be filling the midsummer air with great American music with the Galvanized Jazz Band, the Heartbeat Dixieland Jazz Band, the Midiri Brothers, the Festival All-Stars, and Blues Bands to be announced soon. The Board of Directors decided to maintain a presence in Connecticut's summer music scene, keeping its focus on traditional jazz while bringing in the blues. Details are not yet final, so keep an eye on this website and the festival's Facebook page. The Board is continuing to work at building its sponsor base in order to come back in 2012 with a tremendous kick-off to its second 25 years! If you would like to help, or know someone who might like to help, please call 1-800-HOT-EVENT (1-800-468-3836), or email Ray Ross at rross92239@sbcglobal.net or Ken Chant at kcjazz2001@yahoo.com .

    On Saturday, May 7 the GJB will perform at the 3rd Annual Run for the Roses at the Hartford Golf Club, located at 134 Norwood Road in West Hartford. Festivities will begin at 4:30 pm with a two-hour cocktail social featuring the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby aired live from Churchill Downs, passed and stationary hors-d'oeuvres, an open-bar including mint juleps, and a silent auction.  Following the race, guests will enjoy dinner and Dixieland music performed by the Galvanized Jazz Band from 6:30pm - 9:30pm. This is a fundraiser for the Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation.  Tickets are $150 per person or $1,000 for a table of 10. To purchase tickets, please contact Wendi Fralick at 860-956-3311.

    On Friday, May 13 the GJB will perform from 7 to 9:30pm for your listening and dancing pleasure at the Unitarian Society of New Haven, located at 700 Hartford Turnpike in Hamden, CT, 06517, with guest trombonist Ben Griffin and vocalist Cynthia Fabian! Tickets are $15 each for adults, $5 for children, $40 maximum for a family, children under 5 are free. There will also be free games, movies, child care and youth activities on site. Light snacks and soft drinks are free. Beer and wine sold by the glass. There will be table seating, a large DANCE FLOOR, and chances to win prizes. For advanced tickets, send check payable to USNH at 700 Hartford Tpk, Hamden, CT 06517. Tickets may be purchased or picked up at the door after 6pm on May 13. For more info, go to www.usnh.org, or call Terry Vidal at 203-499-8422, or email Terry at tvidal.tv@gmail.com. . .  MAP & DIRECTIONS:

    Our next session at Aunt Chilada's will be Sunday, May 15, with Fred Vigorito, Noel Kaletsky, Russ Whitman, Tom Artin, Art Hovey, Bob Bequillard, Joel Schiavone, Cynthia Fabian, and Ian Frenkel on piano! Known since 1993 as the best Mexican restaurant in the greater New Haven area, Aunt C's is located at 3931 Whitney Avenue, just a couple of miles north of Sleeping Giant in Hamden, beside the golf driving range. We play from 6:30 until 9pm. Seating is somewhat limited; please call 203-230-4640 to reserve a table, or just come anyway and sit at the bar. Although we normally play there on the third Sunday of every month, the exception to the rule will be June 12.

    On Tuesday, May 17 the GJB will perform at 7:30 pm in Nelson Hall at Elim Park in Cheshire. (Originally scheduled for Feb. 1, this concert was postponed because of snow.) Our guest on trombone and vocals will be the inimitable Skip Hughes. This event is free and open to the public. . . . Map & Directions. . . For Reservations & Box Office, call 203-699-5495

    Here is Jean Hadley's Review of the 2010 SunCoast Festival with photos:

    GJB on You-Tube:


    Les Paul with the GJB (GJB 3/9/86) is a live recording of our 15th anniversary celebration at the Millpond Taverne, with Jane Campedelli, Noel Kaletsky, Joel Helleny, Craig Grant, and the Les Paul Trio. More than 79 minutes of music, stories, and laughter by the GJB, the GJB with Jane, the Trio, and the band with the trio. For details about the recording and two downloadable sample tracks, click on the image at the right. For a You-Tube photo montage of the session accompanied by another track from the recording, click HERE:

    To find out which of our many CDs has your favorite tune,
    click on our new Master Tune List.

    We have reorganized the "download" section of this website; there are more than twenty sample tracks from our various Galvanized Jazz Band CDs that you can download for free in full-length versions OR as 30-second clips. All of those sound files are in MP3 format for your convenience.

    Thanks to the famous Vigorito Voodoo we enjoyed good weather for all of our outdoor performances last summer, as in previous years.

    Sugarfoots on TV! The Sugarfoot Jazz Band appeared recently on WFSB-TV to help publicize the Great Connecticut Traditional Jazz Festival. Click HERE see a replay of that performance.

    This website was designed for us by Dave Pratt, one of our long-time fans. We hope you like it.

     

     

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