The 2012 New Haven Jazz Festival is scheduled for Saturday, August 11. The event will feature two musicians who have achieved national and international recognition and have Connecticut and New Haven associations – namely, T.S. Monk and Godwin Louis. Among the others, we will also present the extraordinary Annette A. Aguilar and her Latin jazz group. The evening will kick off with the area’s emerging jazz musicians from High School in the Community and Co-Op High School.

The line up is as follows:

5 p.m.      High School in the Community & Co-Op High School

6 p.m.      Godwin Lewis

7 p.m.      Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans

8 p.m.      T.S. Monk Sextet