An Evening with Jazz Rabbi Greg Wall with Special Guest Jamie Saft

Music lovers, come back to the Fairfield Museum for a bonus jazz concert on the Museum Commons! Bring your own picnic and blankets/chairs and join us for a wonderful evening.

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 Performers

Saxophonist and 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, and Greg Wall’s Unity Orchestra, in addition to performing and recording as a sideman in countless projects. His critically acclaimed release, “From the Belly of Abraham”, with Hasidic New Wave and Senegalese master drummers Yakar Rhythms featured tonight’s special guest Jamie Saft in an impactful performance and production role. Greg moved to Westport, CT in 2013 to become the rabbi of Beit Chaverim Synagogue. Since then he has been 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 jazz artists.

Jamie Saft is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso pianist, keyboardist, producer, and composer. A mainstay of NYC’s downtown scene for years, Jamie hails from right here in Fairfield! His work has been featured with Iggy Pop, Beastie Boys, Bad Brains, The B-52’s, Roswell Rudd, John Zorn, John Adams, Laurie Anderson, Antony & the Johnsons, and more. He scored the Oscar-nominated Murderball and Sundance winner God Grew Tired Of Us.

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