Jeff Barnhart and Joel Schiavone announced that their annual weekend House Party will not take place this year. Since 2012, Jeff and Joel’s gem-like event had hosted some of the greatest traditional jazz musicians in the world in an intimate, friendly setting. In recent years, attendees have enjoyed hearing and meeting Paris Washboard, Vince Giordano, Banu Gibson, and Dan Levinson as well as a core group of Connecticut jazzers including Fred Vigorito, Noel Kaletsky, and others.
Those who purchased tickets will receive emails requesting postal mailing addresses. Those who paid by cash or credit card may submit their refund requests to mairi108@comcast.net or maureen.f.cunningham@gmail.com.
The first House Party was held in February 2012. According to the Jeff and Joel’s website, “As our kind of music and musicians evolved from Dixie and traditional music and began to fade in the late 1950s and early 1960s, retreating from clubs and roadhouses, jazz aficionados also retreated into their houses. By bringing together 10-15 of the best musicians these music buffs held a jazz house party: good food, lots of hydration and wonderful music in a small intimate setting. Musicians and audience were face to face for hours as the sweet hot sounds rolled on and on.
“When older musicians began to disappear, festivals rose up to take their place. Sadly, festivals and traditional music are a
