Sonido Solar headlines the Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz Festival.

The 55th Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz Series in Bushnell Park (the “Series”) will be held on six consecutive Monday evenings beginning on Monday, July 11 and concluding on Monday, August 15, 2022. The Series has been recognized as a New England Legacy and is referenced in the Library of Congress as the oldest free continuously run jazz festival in the United States. Each year the Hartford Jazz Society seeks to present a diverse program featuring musicians exhibiting the highest artistic excellence, many of which are often new to the Greater Hartford audience. Each in-person concert will consist of an opening act featuring a local musician or ensemble followed by a headliner of regional, national or international prominence. Several nights will feature themes that have evolved in the twelve years the Hartford Jazz Society has presented the Series; including latin jazz, women in jazz, and a special feature for an overlooked elder statesmen of the music. The Series will be highlighted by the finale, which will feature a presentation of Ragmala by the Go: Organic Orchestra and Brooklyn Raga Massive. Featuring over twenty musicians, Ragmala bridges musical and cultural distinctions between Indian Classical, jazz and West African Music.