FREE - Jazz Night ft The Hall Monitors plus OPEN JAM

Name: FREE - Jazz Night ft The Hall Monitors plus OPEN JAM
Start: 2026-02-27T19:00:00-05:00
Location: New Park Brewing

Schedule

Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

New Park Brewing | Hartford, CT

FREE!
Join us for a night of live music!
Music at 7pm
All ages (anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian)
Introducing The Hall Monitors, a group of top-notch New England jazz musicians brought together through the love
of playing, composing, arranging, AND teaching.
Steven Bulmer, bass Nathan Edwards, saxes Matt Parker, sax/flute Jen Allen, Piano Ben Bilello, drums
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 group performs a variety of jazz styles
from bop, hard bop and contemporary jazz genres. They program inventive originals i along with original treatments
of not-so-standard jazz classics. The group features a classic piano-bass-drums rhythm section with two innovative
and complementary saxophonists.
The group’s genesis happened at a special night for Hall High School Jazz Combos at the legendary Hartford
nightspot, Black Eyed Sally’s. The jazz coaches were invited to close the program. Saxophonist Matt Parker penned
a particularly potent swinger titled Mr. Hall that brought the house to its feet at the conclusion. In May of 2023, the
opportunity to launch the group came from an invitation to perform at the Blue Room in CitySpace, Easthampton,
MA for Carol’s Jazz Night concert. The group presented a 90-minute set of 11 tunes, including 5 originals from 3
different band members. All that was needed now was a name. After pushing many failed pun-names around trying
to work off of the word “Hall,” the Hall Monitors‘ moniker was adopted.
The Hall Monitors have delighted audiences through engagements for The Side Door, Paul Brown Monday Night
Jazz, Black Eyed Sally’s, The Packing House, the Buttonwood Tree and CitySpace Easthampton, MA. The group is also
profiled on CreativeGround.org at https://www.creativeground.org/profile/hall-monitors-jazz-quintet