Jazz Concert | Jazz Rabbi Greg Wall

Bring your own picnic and blankets/chairs and join us for a wonderful evening on Sunday, August 24.

Please do not set up chairs/blankets before 4 pm.

In the case of inclement weather, concerts will be cancelled and the Fairfield Museum will make every effort to reschedule the performance. Please check the Fairfield Museum website (www.fairfieldhistory.org) for weather-related updates.

Free

About the Performer

Saxophonist “Jazz Rabbi” Greg Wall has performed and recorded with Hasidic New Wave, Greg Wall’s Later Prophets , Zion80, The Wall/London Band, Neshama Carlebach, the Hi-Tops, Greg Wall’s Unity Orchestra, and has made many session appearances for record dates and film scores. He was the musical voice of James Earl Jones in the feature film “On the QT”. Writing in Jazz Forum magazine Robert Buczek said, “Wall plays incredibly; his improvisations are well constructed and convincing.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer adds, “He plays with a consistent power and imagination.” His compositions for dance, jazz orchestra, and electronica have been widely performed and recorded. His critically acclaimed release, “From the Belly of Abraham”, with Hasidic New Wave and Senegalese master drummers Yakar Rhythms was named one of the ten best CD’s of 2002 by Jazz Times magazine.

Greg moved to Westport, CT in 2013 to become the rabbi of Beit Chaverim Synagogue, where he now serves as Rabbi Emeritus. Greg is a founding board member of the Jazz Society of Fairfield County (JazzFC) where he serves as President and Artistic Director. Greg has curated a weekly Westport based Jazz series since 2015, performing weekly with a rotating lineup of internationally acclaimed NYC based and touring Jazz artists at Westport’s Jazz at the Post. His latest release, “Sound Advice”, with Andy LaVerne , was recently released. All proceeds go to JazzFC’s Micky Golomb Scholarship Fund.

Jazz at the Fairfield Museum is made possible by the generous support of Alan and Sylvia Neigher, Bank of America, and the CT Arts Endowment Program.