Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz holds city’s social fabric together

Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz holds city’s social fabric together

Editor’s note: This story is a part of the Raising Voices Lab, a CT Mirror initiative focused on local reporting and service journalism in Bridgeport and Hartford that aims to understand and meet the information needs of historically underserved communities. On the final day of this year’s Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz, just before the rain swept Bushnell Park, thousands of families lounged on the grass facing the main stage — the air thick …