Roy Hargrove Tribute Concert Featuring The Don Boller Quintet

Greater Hartford Arts Council Winter Jazz Activation Hartford Jazz Society Fundraiser Event presenting a Roy Hargrove Tribute Concert Featuring The Danton Boller Quintet

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Black-Eyed Sally's Southern Kitchen & Bar

Hartford, CT

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Danton Boller - bass

Justin Robinson - alto saxophone

Haneef N. Nelson - trumpet

Jeremy Manasia - piano

Willie Jones III - drums

Danton Boller is a bassist, composer, producer, and educator in New York City. He has toured internationally and recorded with many top jazz artists as a member of the Roy Hargrove Quintet, Grammy nominated Roy Hargrove Big Band, Seamus Blake Quartet, Ari Hoenig’s “Punk Bop,” Willie Jones III Quartet, and the Grammy nominated Anthony Wilson Nonet, to name a few.

During his time with Roy Hargrove, Danton was featured on two of Hargrove’s most popular albums – Earfood (RH Quintet) and Emergence (RH Big Band). Hargrove’s “Strasbourg St. Denis” opens with Danton’s captivating bass intro, and has gone on to become one of the best known new jazz standards around the world, with over 13 million streams on Spotify alone. Danton is also highlighted on the DVD The Roy Hargrove Quintet – Live at the New Morning, which has inspired generations.

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