Three days.
Three venues. One festival.

A protégé of Dizzy Gillespie, Sandoval has evolved into one of the world's most acknowledged guardians of jazz trumpet and flugelhorn — also a renowned classical artist, pianist, and composer. Seen by millions at the Oscars, Grammys, and Billboard Awards.

Revolutionizing the harp's role in modern music. In 2022, the first Black woman nominated for a Grammy® for Best Instrumental Composition. Has worked with Common, Lauryn Hill, John Legend, Pharoah Sanders, and Christian McBride.

When the iconic Ms. Lisa Fischer sings, she brings a joyous sense of discovery to every setting. The Grammy and Oscar winning powerhouse vocalist is at the peak of her powers, blazing her own path, reveling in the chance to dive into every vocal possibility. While she carries traces of the legendary stars with whom she's collaborated over four decades, Ms. Lisa Fischer is a constellation in her own right, singing songs with "amazing power, energy, and projection" enthuses Keith Richards, after 26 years of musicmaking with Ms. Lisa Fischer in the Rolling Stones.

"There are some artists that bring a certain magic to their live performances that engage you in a way that is far beyond just listening to a record. Lisa Fischer is definitely one of these artists. Her voice alone demands your full and undivided attention. You can see it in the faces of the packed-out audiences, as every eye in the venue is transfixed by her incredible, yet effortless-looking performance. The range of her voice is quite frankly unbelievable. Add to that the control, the power, the delicateness, and the crystalline clarity, and you truly have a one-in-a-million performer on your hands. Whilst you might come across a singer with some of these attributes, to find one who has all of them in abundance is something unique and special." — Kirstine Walton / Loud Hailer Magazine

One of the world's preeminent jazz innovators. Trombonist and seashellist, member of the Saturday Night Live Band since 1984. Has consistently won both the Readers' and Critics' polls in JazzTimes, Downbeat, and Jazziz.

An aggressive mid-'60s spirit channeled through a potent collection of expansive post-bop originals — marked by killer instincts and pyrotechnic playing from some of the heaviest hitters on the scene today.

Lead vocalist for Heth, Bradley & Houston, the Wanda Houston Band, and Big & Bigger. Also lends her talent to the Convergence Project, Mothership Trio, the VT Jazz Center Big Band, and the NOLA-inspired Rejuvenators.

A band built by and for spacious symbiosis, unforced chemistry, and good humor. Each member is a world-renowned performer and bandleader in his own right, with deep roots in Hartford, Connecticut's fertile scene.

The inaugural Williamstown Jazz Festival, September 11–13, offers three days of world-class music, including a performance at the Clark on Sunday, September 13 by three exceptional bands with regional ties: Berkshire County Youth Jazz Ensembles, the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Jazz Band, and Richard Stanmeyer, a Boston-based trumpet player and composer.

Lenox native and Professor of English at the University of Vermont. Discussing his latest, The Jazz Barn: Music Inn, the Berkshires, and the Place of Jazz in American Life (2025). Author of the award-winning Blowin' Hot and Cool: Jazz and Its Critics.