Arts Center Presents Hartford Jazz Orchestra

Vocalist Nicole Pasternak performs today with the Hartford Jazz Orchestra led by Donn Trenner (l) in a Westport Arts Center concert at the Pequot Library in Southport. The 15-member group, founded In 1965, has been led by Trenner since 2000. Most of his career has been as a jazz pianist. He has worked as pianist-conductor for such artists as Lena Horne, Nancy Wilson, Vicki Carr, Dick Haymes, Jose Feliciano and Jack Jones. Hartford native Pasternak is featured with a number of jazz orchestras and combos in the area and also is a songwriter and lyricist. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com