The GJB will be back at Aunt Chilada's to celebrate Fathers Day on Sunday, June 15, 2025 from 6 to 8 PM with Fred & Mark Vigorito on cornet & trumpet, Russ Whitman on clarinet & sax, Jim Fryer on trombone, Charlie Freeman on piano, Art Hovey on tuba & bass, Tom Palinko on drums, and vocalist Cynthia Fabian.The GJB has performed monthly at Aunt Chilada's (usually on the third Sunday of the month) since July of 2009 with the exception of the Covid year and the bad-weather closings in January and February of 2025. Known since 1993 as the best Mexican restaurant in the greater New Haven area, Aunt Chilada's is located at 3931 Whitney Avenue, just a couple of miles north of Sleeping Giant in Hamden, beside the golf course. Seating is somewhat limited; please call 203-230-4640 to reserve a table or a seat at the bar. There is no cover charge, and no minimum. We expect to be back again on July 20.

Butch Butterworth's 33rd annual Big Feathers Polo Tournament/Jazz Concert will be Sunday, July 13 (2025) at the Giant Valley Farm, 640 Tuttle Avenue in Hamden. We'll play from 6 to 7:30 pm with Jim Fryer, Dan Levinson, Fred & Mark Vigorito, Charlie Freeman, Art Hovey, Tom Palinko, and Cynthia Fabian. Giant Valley Polo Club Website:

On August 23 (2025) the GJB will return to Music Mountain in Falls Village, CT for our 33rd concert at the string quartet capital of the universe, Connecticut's answer to Tanglewood. The concert will begin at 7 pm with Fred & Mark Vigorito on cornet & trumpet, John Clark & Russ Whitman on clarinet & sax, Jim Fryer on trombone, Charlie Freeman, Art Hovey, Tom Palinko, and Cynthia Fabian. If the weather permits you can picnic on the lawn before or during these concerts while seeing the show on outside TV screens.

On Sunday, September 8 we'll be back at the First Congregational Church in Madison for our 17th annual Jazz service from 9:45 to 11 AM, followed by a free picnic until noon on the lawn. The church is located at 26 Meeting House Lane. This annual event (since 2007) is free and open to the public.

"Jazz musicians communicate with each other and listen to each other in an effort to create a good final product. That is exactly the process that all of us should employ in legislative bodies and in gatherings to resolve important public issues. It is jazz that points the way." (Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor)

For information about our many CDs please visit the Recordings section of this website.

In addition to the events listed above, members of the GJB are still working with various other groups. Please visit the "OTHER GIGS" section of this website for information about those activities.

An Early History of the Galvanized Jazz Band appeared in the July 2021 issue of the Syncopated Times. The second installment, The Millpond Years is in the August issue. The third part, After The Millpond Years, is in the October 2021 issue. Non-subscribers can see each of them by clicking on the blue lettering.

Over in Holland Gerard Bielderman has published a very complete Galvanized Jazz Band Discography describing our recordings on LP, cassette, and CD, including some that even we didn't know about. Gerard has already published discographies of many other well-known bands and performers; we are honored to be included among them. (Ours is listed in the "Swinging American" section of his website.)

Eric Devine has posted many videos from the last few Hot Steamed Jazz Festivals. Here are a few of the GJB:

Marce Enright's New England Traditional Jazz website has undergone extensive revisions and improvements. Videos of many recent events are being added; be sure to check it out!

To contact us, send an email to Fred: vigorjazz@aol.com
or give him a call: (203)453-5916