Cape Cod Jazz: From Colombo to The Columns

"John has put together a beautiful narrative and birds eye view of Jazz on Cape" according to Tytrumpet. John has put together a beautiful narrative and birds eye view of Jazz on Cape Cod from the 1920's to today with interviews of many of the players who live on Cape Cod today (such as myself) but also delves deep into the past to link forward to now. Marvelous reading and highly recommended for Ca

The first notes of jazz hit Cape Cod in the very early days of the genre. At the very tip of the Cape, the Atlantic House in Provincetown showcased performances from some of the biggest names like Gerry Mulligan, Billie Holiday and Stan Getz. Bournehurst-on-the-Canal hosted top bands, and emerging swing era dancers packed the hall. Author John Basile details the fascinating history and amazing musicians that made Cape Cod a music destination.. Cape Cod's "First Lady of Jazz," Marie Marcus, was a child prodigy in Boston and found some of her most important instruction in the art of stride piano during lessons with great pianist Fats Waller in New York

Before turning to the newspaper field, he was--for more than a decade--a radio newscaster, first on WOCB and later on WQRC on Cape Cod, where he worked alongside Dick Golden, host of the popular Nightlights program. First as a member of the Cape Cod Jazz Society and later as its president (succeeding the legendary

The places you could go to hear this music back in the day all get their moment in the sun in Basile’s book. Bournehurst-on-the-Canal, The Columns in Dennis, the Atlantic House in Provincetown, the Snuggery in Hyannis, and of course Storyville Cape Cod in the woods of Harwich, where even Duke Ellington played, are remembered in delicious detail, along with many others." Barnstable Patriot . "In the pages of “Cape Cod Jazz,” readers will find stories about beloved and much-missed Cape-based artists such as Dave McKenna, Marie Marcus and Lou Colombo, to mention only a few. In addition, Basile writes about people li