For Haneef Nelson, Jazz Mondays at Black Eyed Sally's in downtown Hartford are about much more than money.
“Everyone wants to get back to performing,” said Nelson, who plays the trumpet and flugelhorn in a jazz quartet. “For us, the musicians, this isn’t just how we make money, this is our life. A large part of our life has been missing.”
Nelson was among a group of Hartford arts leaders who gathered Wednesday to celebrate the city’s cultural scene and plan for a windfall of federal pandemic aid designed to boost the arts.