BackCountry Jazz presents the Greenwich Jazz Festival 2022 featuring Jazz artists, from celebrated greats to young rising stars. Nine concerts in casual, open air settings throughout September. The next concert is Monday, August 29, 6-8:00pm, at Foundation House
124 Old Mill Road, Greenwich.
Reservations required and are limited. To reserve tickets call: 203.561.3111 or email: jeanette@backcountryjazz.org
The concert is free and all are welcome. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, picnic baskets, wine.
Special Guest – Bill Frisell guitar
“the favorite guitarist of many people who agree on little else…the most innovative and influential jazz guitarist of the past 25 years.”- Wall Street Journal
Bennie Wallace tenor saxophone
“gorgeous, big-toned sound, exciting, inventive, and full of the blues…tenor titan Wallace is one of the finest saxophonists alive.”- DownBeat
Mark Helias bass
an exquisite bassist…melodic, harmonized and swinging…his phrasing, finesse and beautiful intonation reveal themselves in performance.”- New York Times
Nasheet Waits drums
“the torchbearer of today’s most energetic, sophisticated jazz rhythms…sought after for
his fluid, souful playing, his discography is a veritable who’s who in Jazz.”- JazzTimes
Concert is free. All are welcome!
Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, picnic baskets, wine.
