Jen Allen
PIANO Jen Allen is a pianist, composer, author and educator. She frequently performs in New York, the Northeast US and in venues throughout the world including the Winnipeg Jazz Festival, Cambridge Festival of the Arts, Litchfield Jazz Festival, Greater Hartford Monday Night Jazz Series, as the leader of her own
Zaccai Curtis
PIANO Zaccai Curtis is an acclaimed pianist, recording artist, producer and author. In 2025, he was honored with the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album, Cubop Lives! He leads his own groups, the Zaccai Curtis Quintet and Sonido Solar. After five successful releases, his sixth, Sonoluminescence, is set
Nicole Zuraitis
VOCALIST Grammy-nominated New York-based Nicole Zuraitis is a songwriter, vocalist and educator. A veteran of Litchfield Jazz Camp (she began her studies here at age 12!) and a graduate of NYU with a focus on opera, she has already made her mark in the US and abroad. She is
Paul Bollenback
GUITAR Paul Bollenback’s emotionally expressive style and eclectic approach is the result of years of listening, studying and playing music by Carlos Santana, Wes Montgomery, George Benson, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Kenny Burrell, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, and Jimi Hendrix. Bollenback attended the University of Miami
Doug Munro
GUITAR Doug Munro is a multiple Grammy nominated New York-based jazz guitarist. Since 1986 he has released 20 albums as a leader and has appeared on over 100 recordings as a sideman, producer, and arranger, working with artists like Dr. John, Michael Brecker, and Dr. Lonnie Smith. He has over
Ian Carroll
Drums Ian Carroll was born in New York City in 1986 to an artist family mere blocks away from the West Village’s most prestigious jazz clubs. Perhaps this foretold what was to come, as he would end up studying the Jazz drum set at Purchase College with John Riley, Kenny
Matt Wilson
Flexible, subtle drummer Matt Wilson gained a strong reputation with his debut recording as a leader, a 1996 set for Palmetto that prominently features tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman. Wilson started playing drums in grade school; he studied at Wichita State University and spent time in the Midwest, both as a
Luques Curtis
BASS Luques Curtis was born 1983 in Hartford, CT. After having formal training on piano and percussion, he found himself wanting to play the bass. Luques studied at the Greater Hartford Academy of Performing Arts, Artist Collective, and Guakia with Dave Santoro, Volcan Orham, Nat Reeves, Paul Brown, and
Sean Pentland
BASS Sean Pentland is active in international jazz and improvisation circles, most recently in Berlin, Edinburgh and Boston, where he received his degree from the New England Conservatory. In Boston, he worked both as a sideman and a leader, playing standards and original jazz, free and structured improvisations, and new
Avery Sharpe
BASS An excellent bassist, Avery Sharpe is best known for his longtime association with the McCoy Tyner Trio. He originally played piano (starting when he was eight) and accordion, switching to electric (and eventually acoustic) bass a few years later. At the University of Massachusetts, Sharpe had the opportunity to