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2021 Performers Line-Up
Our Performers List / Line-Up for 2021.
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2021 Watertown Jazzfest
July 17th, 2021
01:00PM to 02:00PM
Music City Swing
Music City Swing is a 21-piece band with a mission: preserving America's great WWII music exactly as it was played back then.
02:00PM to 03:00PM
Nightingale Big Band
The Nightingale Big Band is a group of musicians consisting primarily of college graduates representing MTSU and Cumberland University.
03:00PM to 04:00PM
The Cumberland University Alumni Jazz Band
The Cumberland University Alumni Jazz Band consists of both former and current students of Cumberland University.
04:00PM to 05:00PM
The Boro Red Hot Jazz Majors
The Boro Red Hot Jazz Majors represent a core of talented students from MTSU led by trumpeter and Director of Jazz Studies, Jamey Simmons.
05:00PM to 06:00PM
The Jazz Alliance
The Jazz Alliance is a 19-member big band jazz ensemble based out of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.
06:00PM to 07:00PM
Daryl Glenn Nettles
Darryl Glenn Nettles, a native of New York, was granted a Doctorate of Vocal Performance and Literature from the University of Illinois in Urban-Champaign.
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Jerry Kran Fat Tuesday Dixieland Jazz Band
Guitarist/Banjoist Jerry Krahn is no stranger to traditional New Orleans jazz and Dixieland music.
08:00PM to 09:00PM
The Vantrease Jazz Band
A truly homegrown act, the Vantrease Jazz band, headed by brothers Earl and Ernest Vantrease, will hit the stage at 8PM.
09:00PM to 10:00PM
Bob McChesney and Cabria Foti with the Nashville Jazz Orchestra
The Nashville Jazz Orchestra will be accompanying Watertown Jazz Festival Headliners, Bob McChesney and Calabria Foti.