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Jazz guitarist and composer Peter Hand, who leads his own critically-acclaimed big band (which can be heard on the Savant Records CD, "The Peter Hand Big Band Featuring Houston Person: The Wizard of Jazz - A Tribute To Harold Arlen"), brings his trio with master musicians Harvie S on bass and Steve Johns on drums to the New Britain Museum of American Art on Friday, August 5. Hand has worked with and written for many leading artists and bands, including Carmen Lundy, George Coleman, Don Braden, Claudio Roditi, Lee Konitz, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Charleston Jazz Orchestra and the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra...

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Jazz guitarist and composer Peter Hand, who leads his own critically-acclaimed big band (which can be heard on the Savant Records CD, "The Peter Hand Big Band Featuring Houston Person: The Wizard of Jazz - A Tribute To Harold Arlen"), brings his trio with master musicians Harvie S on bass and Steve Johns on drums to the New Britain Museum of American Art on Friday, August 5. Hand has worked with and written for many leading artists and bands, including Carmen Lundy, George Coleman, Don Braden, Claudio Roditi, Lee Konitz, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Charleston Jazz Orchestra and the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra. The trio will perform an exciting program with music from the Arlen tribute CD, fresh twists on classics by Billy Strayhorn and Horace Silver, Latin & Brazilian jazz, and original compositions to be featured on a new CD. For more information: www.nbmaa.org, 860-229-0257.

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