The Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival was founded in 2005 and is held in
Provincetown, which is the oldest continuous arts colony in the United States, and a portion of the proceeds are donated to JAZZ in the Schools program on Cape Cod.
Jazz musicians who have performed include
Evan Christopher (clarinet), Scott Robert Avidon (sax), Billy Stritch (piano & vocals),
Molly Ringwald (vocals),
Kate McGarry
Katherine Genevieve McGarry, known professionally as Kate McGarry, is a jazz vocalist.
Career
McGarry grew up in an Irish-American family with nine siblings in Hyannis, Massachusetts. She attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, graduat ...
(vocals),
Howard Alden
Howard Vincent Alden (born October 17, 1958) is an American jazz guitarist born in Newport Beach, California. Alden has recorded many albums for Concord Records, including four with seven-string guitar innovator George Van Eps.
Early life
How ...
(guitar),
Joe Muranyi
Joseph P. Muranyi (January 14, 1928 – April 20, 2012) was an American jazz clarinetist, producer and critic.
Muranyi studied with Lennie Tristano but was primarily interested in early jazz styles such as Dixieland and swing. After playing i ...
(clarinet),
Greg Abate
Greg Abate (born May 31, 1947)Yanow, ScottGreg Abate Biography, Allmusic, retrieved 2011-02-05 is a jazz saxophonist, flautist, composer, and arranger. He grew up in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. In the fifth grade he began to play clarinet.
Career
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(sax), Afro Bob Alliance, Shawnn Monteiro (vocals),
Suede (vocals & trumpet),
Rebecca Parris
Rebecca Parris (December 28, 1951 – June 17, 2018) was an American jazz singer. During her career she appeared with Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Wynton Marsalis, Gary Burton, and Dizzy Gillespie. She performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, North ...
(vocals), Nicki Parrott (bass & vocals), Stephanie Jordan (vocals),
Lea DeLaria (vocals),
Zoe Lewis (vocals), Lou Colombo (trumpet), Jim Robitaille (guitar),
Janette Mason
Janette Mason is a British jazz pianist, arranger, composer and record producer. Three of her albums have received four-starred reviews in ''The Guardian'' and her second album, ''Alien Left Hand'', was nominated for the Parliamentary Jazz Awards ...
(piano), Mary Ann McSweeney (bass), Bruce Abbott (sax), Matt Richard (piano), John Harrison III (piano), Dave Zinno (bass), Bart Weisman (drums), and
Billy Stritch.
References
Jazz festivals in the United States
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