Mt. Greylock Regional School District

Jazz bassist Mary Ann McSweeney will be performing a free concert at Mt. Greylock Regional High School on Thursday, February 2 at 7 PM in the Auditorium. She will be performing with a quartet which includes local trumpet player Tom Bergeron. Their program will feature a sampling of some of the works of the 20th Century's greatest Jazz composers, including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Thelonius Monk.

McSweeney has had a rich career of Jazz and Broadway performances with some of the world's finest musicians since being chosen to perform at the Monterey Jazz Festival at age 16 with the All Star Big Band fronted by Thad Jones and Mel Lewis.

She has performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Konitz, Joanne Brackeen, Dave Liebman, Lewis Nash, Holly Hoffman, Larry Goldings, Gil Goldstein, Rick Margitza, Mike Wofford, Frank Wess, Dennis Makrel, Renee Rosnes, Bucky Pizzarelli, Vic Juris, Mike Le Donne, Bucky Pizzerelli, Victor Lewis, Howard Alden, Ken Peplowski, Stacy Rowles, Diva and Maiden Voyage. She also has worked with famous conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, John Williams and Lalo Schifrin.

McSweeeny enjoyed a multi-year tenure in the pit orchestra for the Broadway musical Avenue Q and she has played at the Williamstown Theater Festival.

She recently traveled to Europe to perform at the Sexial Jazz Festival in Portugal with her Quintet and she just completed a 10 day tour with Lee Konitz in Spain. McSweeney has also traveled throughout Europe with David Krakouer's "Klezmer Madness."