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Jazz Fest Sets The Beat

August 2011

The Provincetown Jazz Festival will get things grooving on Friday, August 12 at 8 PM in Provincetown Town Hall.

Opening the festival Friday will be Adrienne Hindmarsh on organ and vocals and Josh Hindmarsh on guitar. This duo is from New Zealand and they recently relocated to New York City. This will be their Provincetown debut, and Adrienne will be the first jazz organist to appear at the festival. Bart Weisman will accompany them on drums.

Returning to the festival are vocalists Holli Ross, Sue Halloran and Jeanne O’Connor of String of Pearls with a range of material including the Andrews sisters, bebop, original arrangements with a Brazilian flavor, 1960s girl group sounds, and much more. They will be accompanied by Fred Boyle on piano, Laird Boles on bass and Weisman on drums.

Festival favorite Dane Vannatter, a Boston-based jazz vocalist, will open the Saturday, August 13, 8PM concert, accompanied by Boyle, Boles and Weisman.

Then, Stage Door Canteen, a 14-piece big band will make its jazz festival debut and they are only the second big-band to appear at the festival. The band has performed all over the East Coast as well as in Dublin, Ireland.

The Festival then moves to the Cotuit Center for the Arts on Monday, August 15 at 8PM and will feature Dane Vannatter and Holli Ross on vocals and Bruce Abbott on sax, accompanied by Boyle, Boles and Weisman.