Week of Events
Nicholas Payton Trio at The Side Door
New Orleans-born trumpeter, keyboardist, and singer Nicholas Payton is a maverick performer with a sound steeped in acoustic post-bop, whose music often finds him exploring genres beyond the confines of the jazz tradition. A star from a young age, Payton garnered early attention in the '90s, touring with Elvin Jones and Marcus Roberts before releasing albums like 1995's From This […]
The Hall Monitors at The Side Door
Introducing the Hall Monitors, a group of top-notch New England jazz musicians brought together through the love of playing, composing, arranging, AND teaching. The members are all honored to be jazz coaches at the prestigious Hall High School in West Hartford, CT, as well as educators at numerous colleges and universities throughout the region. The […]
Tom Guarna Quartet at The Side Door
Grammy-nominated guitarist, composer and arranger Tom Guarna began his musical studies at age fifteen, rapidly demonstrating a natural ability to play and compose. After studying classical guitar and composition at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music in 1986, he played local gigs in New York and fine-tuned his education with John Abercrombie. He earned a Bachelor […]