A11 LIVING Friday, February 10, 2017 >> MORE AT TWITTER.COM/THELTC AND TWITTER.COM/THELITCHFIELDCOUNTYTIMES » countytimes.com EXHIBIT NCCC and eight Connecticut Community Colleges are a part of CommUnity at Hartford Art School WINSTED >> The Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford will host Com- mUnity, a collaborative ini- tiative between Hartford Art School and the Connecticut Community Colleges, high- lighting selected work from one faculty member and two students from each of the nine participating CT Com- munity Colleges. The show will be held from Feb. 18 to March 7, with a reception on Thursday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m., in the Donald & Linda Slipe CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Gallery at the University of A work by Rory Dazzutti. Hartford. The nine Commu- nity Colleges that are partic- will be announced during ipating in this initiative are, the reception. These port- Housatonic CC, Manches- folio scholarships will range ter CC, Middlesex CC, Nau- from $15,000 to $23,000 per gatuck Valley CC, North- year, per student. Transfer western Connecticut CC, students are guaranteed re- Norwalk CC, Quinebaug newal of their award for 2-3 Valley CC, Three Rivers CC years if they meet the full and Tunxis CC. Northwest- time credit load each se- ern Connecticut Commu- mester, as well as maintain nity College will showcase a 3.0 cumulative grade point the work of students Linda average. The Donald & Linda Rosenbeck, Rory Dazzutti, CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Slipe Gallery is located in and Professor of Art, Susan A work by Linda Rosenbeck. Hartford Art School, Univer- Berg will be the college’s fac- sity of Hartford, 200 Bloom- ulty representative. offers, to at least one, and field Avenue, West Hart- In addition to exhibit- perhaps more, of the com- ford. For more information ing the work, Hartford Art munity college Art students, about CommUnity, call 860- CONTRIBUTED PHOTO School, University of Hart- to attend its Bachelor of Fine 768-4393 or visit hartford- ford will make scholarship Arts program. Awardees artschool.org. A work by Susan Berg. INFINITY HALL NORFOLK POLI CLUB Marcia Ball, Roomful of Blues in concert Feb. 17-18 Palace Theater Spring NORFOLK >> Alligator Re- Readers’ Poll Award for Most Tex-Mex flavored zydeco has always maintained its cords artists Marcia Ball Outstanding Musician (Key- into a one-of-a-kind musical signature sound by boast- Jazz Series opens March 3 and Roomful of Blues will board) and now holds eight gumbo, a sound she has been ing great musicianship and WATERBURY >> The Spring name from two words: perform at Infinity Hall in Living Blues Awards in all. perfecting over the course of a stellar horn section featur- Jazz Series kicks off at the samba, the national dance Norfolk on Friday, Feb. 17 She was inducted into the her four-decade career. ing tenor and alto saxophon- Palace Theater Poli Club of Brasil, and beleza, Por- and Saturday, Feb. 18, respec- Gulf Coast Hall of Fame in Roomful of Blues, the ist Rich Lataille, who first on Friday March 3 with tuguese for ‘beauty’. The tively. Texas-born, Louisiana- 2010 and into the Louisi- jumping, swinging, award- joined the band in 1970. La- Sambeleza. The series is group has performed raised pianist/vocalist/song- ana Music Hall of Fame in winning band, released their taille’s masterful playing can produced by New England widely in Connecticut at writer Marcia Ball is touring 2012. Ball has earned world- latest album, 45 Live, in 2013 evoke either the fat-toned Arts & Entertainment. festivals - including the in support of her latest Alli- wide fame for her ability to to commemorate the group’s honking sax of the glory days Showtimes are 7 and 9 International Festival of gator Records CD, The Tat- ignite a full-scale roadhouse 45th anniversary. of early rock or the cool ele- PM with the bar and doors Arts & Ideas, Middletown tooed Lady And The Alliga- rhythm and blues party ev- 45 Live is a lightning-in-a- gance of big band swing jazz. opening at 6:15 PM. Summer Sounds, Milford tor Man. ery time she strolls onto the bottle blowout, showcasing While Roomful of Blues Sambeleza performs a and Hamden Arts Coun- Marcia Ball’s groove-laden stage. Her groove-laden New the larger-than-life vocal and has always been one of the wide variety of Brazilian cils - and at universities, New Orleans R&B, heart- Orleans boogie, deeply soul- instrumental power of the tightest, most joyful blues songs — both old and new nightclubs, restaurants, wrenching ballads and driv- ful ballads and rollicking band. The group has earned ensembles in the world, they — with a jazz twist. Fea- and libraries throughout ing Gulf Coast blues have Gulf Coast blues have made five Grammy Award nomi- have never sounded fresher tured composers include the Southern Connecticut made her a one-of-a-kind her a one-of-a-kind favorite nations and a slew of other or stronger than with the Tom Jobim, Ivan Lins and region. favorite of music fans ev- with music fans all over the accolades, including seven current line-up. Along with Ary Barroso, as well as The musicians of Sam- erywhere. Her music mixes world. Blues Music Awards. Twice, Vachon and Lataille, the younger composers like beleza, Laura Volpintesta, equal parts simmering soul On her latest album, Ball the prestigious DownBeat band includes vocalist Phil Djavan, Dani and Debora Joe Carter and Jeff Fuller, fervor and rollicking Cres- draws listeners deep into International Critics Poll se- Pemberton, long-time tenor Gurgel and Arlindo Cruz. are outstanding US and cent City piano. The Tat- her music with instantly lected them as Best Blues and baritone saxophon- The group also performs Brazilian interpreters tooed Lady And The Alliga- memorable melodies and Band. With their master- ist Mark Earley, trumpeter a number of original com- of the great songs of the tor Man is her sixth release imaginative imagery. Her ful combination of jumping, Doug Woolverton, bass- positions to round out the bossa nova and samba for Alligator. Four of her pre- songs paint vibrant musi- horn-heavy blues and R&B, ist John Turner, drummer mix. Brasil (spelled with traditions, as well as out- vious five releases received cal pictures, richly detailed it’s no wonder why the great Chris Rivelli and keyboard- ‘s’ in Portuguese) is well standing jazz artists in Grammy Award nomina- with characters, flavors and Count Basie called them ist Rusty Scott. known for its rich heri- their own right. tions. Ball received the 2014 scenes straight out of Louisi- “the hottest blues band I’ve Tickets for Marcia Ball on tage — a blend of indig- They will be joined by Blues Music Award (BMA) ana and Texas. With raucous ever heard.”The band has Feb. 17 are $34-$49. Tickets enous, African and Eu- saxophonist Tim Moran for the Pinetop Perkins Piano horns punctuating Ball’s leg- been led since 1998 by gui- to Roomful of Blues on Feb. ropean cultures — from and Brazilian drummer, Player Of The Year. She has endary piano pounding and tarist Chris Vachon. Guitar 18 are also $34-$49. Both which the music has risen Adriano Santos. now won a total of 10 BMAs emotional, melodic vocals, Player says, “Vachon burns concerts begin at 8 p.m. In- with fascinating rhythms, Tickets are available at and has received a whopping the new CD mixes Ball’s New with explosive solos and a finity Music Hall is located soaring melodies and col- the Palace Theater Box Of- 44 nominations. 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