• The 2010 Great CT Jazz Festival will be July 30 - August 1 at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel, located at 275 Research Parkway in Meriden, just a few miles north of Mountain Ridge, and we'll be there, with special guest trombonist Roy Rubinstein, vocalist Jane Campedelli, and Bob Price, the "banjo crackerjack". There will be two tents and three indoor venues. We are scheduled to perform at 4 pm & 6:30 pm on Friday, 1:30, 5:15 and 7:45 on Saturday, and 12:15 & 2:45 on Sunday. (The 2:45 Sunday set will be Joel Schiavone's famously fulsome sing-along.) . . . Band Schedule . . . tickets

  • Bob Giff has posted a great video from the 2009 Great CT Jazz Festival, showing Jane Campedelli singing "Sailin' Down the Chesapeake" with the GJB.

  • On Wednesday, August 4 the GJB will return to the gazebo on the town green in Fairfield for another free outdoor concert with Jane Campedelli, Bob Price, and trombonist Art Baron, formerly with Duke Ellington, Bruce Springsteen, and other greats too numerous to mention here. . . . MAP & DIRECTIONS:

  • On Saturday, August 14 the GJB will return with Bob Price to Music Mountain in Falls Village, CT for our 17th annual concert at Connecticut's answer to Tanglewood, the string quartet capital of the universe. We start at 6:30. The room is air-conditioned, and folks are welcome to bring picnic suppers to enjoy on the lawn before the performance. Our special guest for this concert will be the great George Masso, a true living legend, formerly with Jimmy Dorsey, Tony Bennett, Benny Goodman, and the World's Greatest Jazz Band. George was one of our regular guests during our early years at the Millpond Taverne, and was featured on our very first recording, an LP that we made there live back in 1971. For more info and tickets to this and other Music Mountain concerts call 860-824-7126. . . . MAP & DIRECTIONS. . .

  • On Wednesday, August 18 the GJB will perform from 7 to 8pm at Evergreen Woods in North Branford, with Bob Price on banjo. . . . Route 22 Entrance . . . Route 1 Entrance

  • On Sunday, August 22 the GJB will return to Aunt Chilada's in Hamden beside the golf driving range, a couple of miles north of Sleeping Giant, with Fred Vigorito, Noel Kaletsky, Russ Whitman, Tom Artin, Bill Sinclair, Art Hovey, Bill Logozzo, Joel Schiavone, and Cynthia Fabian.. Known since 1993 as the best Mexican restaurant in the greater New Haven area, Aunt C's is located at 3931 Whitney Avenue. 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. Click HERE for Jean Hadley's review of our Jan. 3 session, with photos!

  • On Sunday, September 12 the GJB will perform in Madison, CT at the First Congregational Church, on Meeting House Lane for a service starting at 9:45am with a picnic afterward until 1pm, with Bob Price and Noel Kaletsky.

  • The 2010 SunCoast Dixieland Jazz Classic will November 19-21, and the GJB will be there! This is without a doubt the best-run traditional jazz festival (outside of Connecticut) that we know of; don't miss it if you can!

  • Although the GJB itself does not have a lot of gigs on the calendar in the coming months, members of the band are still working a lot with various other groups. Please visit the "OTHER GIGS" section of this website for information about those activities.

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