THE LINEUP:

Saturday - All Jazz All Day

This second festival day features three top-flight groups. We open at 3 PM with the Matt Dwonszyk Sextet. Matt is one of the fastest-rising, in-demand bassists working today, and, like Emmet, he too was a Litchfield Camper! Matt is joined by Kris Allen on saxophone, Andrew Renfroe on guitar, Taber Gable on piano, Jonathan Barber on drums, and Shenel Johns, a regular at JALC, on vocals.

Next up we present the distinguished guitar duo, Pasquale Grasso and Frank Vignola. The young Grasso came into Litchfield’s sphere when he performed in 2022 with Samara Joy at LJF. The great Pat Metheny said of him: “The best guitar player I’ve heard in maybe my entire life is floating around now, Pasquale Grasso.” Grasso has a regular Monday night residency at Mezzrow in NYC. Frank Vignola, too, can be heard regularly in New York at Birdland Theater. A master of his instrument, his extensive touring has taken him to 21 countries on 3 continents and counting. This is his first Litchfield appearance.

Closing Saturday, we are thrilled to present the brilliant clarinetist/saxophonist Anat Cohen and her newest ensemble, Anat Cohen Quartetinho. This international group of multi-instrumentalist-virtuosos includes bassist Tal Mashiach, pianist/accordionist Vitor Goncalves, and vibraphonist/percussionist James Shipp. Anat Cohen Quartetinho will offer originals by Cohen, Mashiach and Shipp along with material by the great masters Antonio Carlos Jobim, Egberto Gismonti and others. The result is melodic, lyrical and delightful.

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