Jazz Stroll 2023 – ArtsFalmouth, Inc.

ArtsFalmouth hosted the Jazz Stroll on Saturday, October 14, 2023, from 3 to 8 PM at various locations along Main Street, Palmer Ave, and Queen’s Buyway. See below for information about, and videos from, that event.

Jazz Stroll 2024 will take place Saturday, October 5, 2024. If you are interested in performing or in volunteering to help, please email info@artsfalmouth.org

Jazz Stroll 2023 information and videos

All events are free! It’s a great way to enjoy some incredible music, meet friends old and new, and enjoy the liveliness of downtown Falmouth. Come early to shop, and stay late to enjoy a meal!

This year, we have a special Post-Stroll event with the Pat Ryan Jazz Quarter at The Vine Restaurant. It’s the perfect way to end a delightful evening!

The Jazz Stroll is rain or shine. If it’s hot, meander over to the cool jazz performances. If it’s cold, the hot jazz will warm you up!!

For a preview of the Jazz Stroll, watch an interview with musicians Pat Ryan and Olivia Yingling, and Marilyn Rowland, ArtsFalmouth president, here!

Here’s the schedule:

3 to 4:15 PM
Andrew Sue Wing
The Station Grill
59 Depot Avenue, Falmouth

Andrew Sue Wing is a Boston based singer/songwriter and guitarist specializing in R&B. Equipped with a strong baritone voice and a unique style of rhythm and lead guitar, he’s able to belt out strong choruses and deliver soulful ballads. His repertoire includes both originals and covers of classics. With influences such as Stevie Wonder, Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield, and Gary Clark Jr., his originals combine rock, funk, pop, and R&B.

See the Andrew Sue Wing performance here:

4 to 5:15 PM
Tish Adams Duo
ByWay Barber + Massage Co.
49 North Main Street, Falmouth

Tish Adams performed for the virtual Jazz Stroll in 2020.

Vocalist Tish Adams has a compelling stage presence and an extensive repertoire of time-honored standards. She offers fresh interpretations, yet sets a sentimental mood – a passionate tribute to rich Jazz tradition. Her show is seasoned with long-forgotten gems, obscure treasures and a dash of the Blues. She can burn an up-tempo swinger or melt the audience with her sensitive reading of a slow, smoky ballad. Fans compare her to the “great ladies of Jazz.” Musicians call her “a natural.”

Tish’s originals are delightfully funny or as low-down as can be. Her lyrics are playful and cleverly written. She’s turned unexpected topics into great Blues stories.

Pianist Paul McWilliams, shown above, long the partner of jazz great Rebecca Parris, performs with Tish.

See the Tish Adams Duo performance here:

4:45 to 6 PM
Bart Weisman Smooth Jazz Group
Falmouth Museums on the Green
55 Palmer Ave, Falmouth

Ron Ormsby, Bart Weisman, and Steve Hambleton

The Smooth Jazz Group plays a smooth blend of jazz, Latin, and pop music and features Steve Hambleton on guitar, Ron Ormsby on bass, and Bart Weisman on drums. The Smooth Jazz Group is one of four groups that Weisman leads. He also performs with his Jazz Group, Klezmer Swing Group, and the Cape Cod Jazz Quartet and Trio and is the founder, executive producer, and a performer at the Provincetown Jazz Festival and hosts Jazz Jam Cape Cod. He has worked with J. Geils, Molly Ringwald, Ken Peplowski, Rebecca Parris, Eddie Higgins, Lou Colombo, and many more.

See the Bart Weisman Smooth Jazz Group performance here:

5 to 6:15 PM
Fred Fried
Howlingbird Studio/Minnow Flower Studio
91 Palmer Ave/115 Palmer Ave, Falmouth

Eight-string guitarist Fred Fried is acclaimed for his pianistic style, harmonic depth and originality. He is considered to be among the best of today’s modern jazz guitarists. Fried performs American standards by Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, and others, as well as works by Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim.

In New York, Fried was featured at the World Trade Center (Windows on the World) and at the Rainbow Room. On Cape Cod his collaboration with saxophonist Bruce Abbott has become one of the more well known jazz duos in New England. In the past few years he has opened, solo guitar, for Diana Krall and Chris Botti at the Cape Cod Melody Tent and South Shore Music Circus.

Fred has made many critically acclaimed recordings and his cd When Winter Comes, recorded with trio and string orchestra, was named one of the top acoustic guitar albums of the year by Jazziz Magazine.

See the Fred Fried performance here:

5:30 to 6:45 PM
Chris Santos Quartet
The Gallery on Main
317 Main Street, Falmouth

Andy Troyanos, Chris Santos, and Rich Hill at the Gallery on Main, Jazz Stroll 2022

The Chris Santos Quartet is Rich Hill on bass guitar, Shane Fitzgerald on guitar, Steve Ahern on trumpet, and Chris Santos on drums. The band plays Latin Jazz Fusion from Charlie Parker to Chick Corea and beyond.

See the Chris Santos Quartet performance here:

6 to 7:15 PM
Olivia Yingling Quartet
Main Street Gallery
189 Main Street, Falmouth

The Olivia Yingling Quartet interprets jazz standards, bossa nova, and Latin jazz. Vocalist Olivia Yingling, who sings jazz in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French, is accompanied by the highly acclaimed musicians Joseph Acampora on six-string bass, Kareem Sanjaghi on drums and Pat Ryan on guitar. Olivia’s soulful voice and the creative stylings and improv by the instrumentalists will combine for a performance you don’t want to miss.

See the Olivia Yingling Quartet performance here:

6 to 9 PM
Nice and Easy
Shiverick’s Café & Bar
285 Main Street, Falmouth

Not an official part of the Jazz Stroll, but well worth checking out is pianist Chris LoCasio and his band, Nice and Easy from 6 to 9 PM, at Shiverick’s where you can enjoy a meal while you listen. Nice and Easy played an energetic program at Arts Alive in June.

6:45 to 8 PM
Fred Clayton Band
Falmouth Museums on the Green
55 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth

The Fred Clayton Band features Alex Pashoian on guitar, Christan McCarthy on drums; and Fred Clayton on bass and vocals. Clayton has been performing throughout the Cape for the past 15 years. Prior to that, he spent 15 years in Paris, France, working and earning a living by playing music. The band specializes in blues, jazz, Latin and pop music.

See the Fred Clayton Band performance here:

8:30 to 11:30 PM
Post-Stroll After-Party with the Pat Ryan Jazz Quartet
Venue opens at 7:30 PM for seating
The Vine Restaurant*
824 Main Street, Falmouth
*BYO Beer/Wine; No cork fee

Pat Ryan is inviting all Stroll musicians and music lovers to a Post-Stroll concert at The Vine, the new restaurant at the Falmouth Inn. Stop by just to listen or enjoy a great meal as well.

Joining guitarist Pat will be multi-instrumentalist and New England icon Mark Greel on trumpet, flute, vocals, and nylon string guitar; Zac Casher on drums; Joseph Acampora on six-string bass. The band will play classics from artists like Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Tom Jobim, Keith Jarrett, Pat Metheny, John Scofield and others; Pat Ryan’s original tunes; and jazz takes on other great music. The band will perform for about an hour and 15 minutes and then welcome other musicians to join them.