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Ava Preston is a jazz vocalist and indie singer/songwriter based in Cleveland and New York. When performing her wide array of jazz and blues standards, audience members often describe her as an “Old Soul.” Ava was voted Best Female Vocalist at the 2024 Cleveland Music Awards. She is a 2023 YoungArts Finalist and Silver Award Winner for Jazz/Voice and also a 12x Downbeat Student Music Award Winner: 6x for Vocal Jazz Soloist 2018-2023 and 6x for Blues/Pop/Rock Soloist 2018, 2020-2024.

An active singer in Northeast Ohio, she began her career singing at a jazz club when she was 10-years old. A few years later she was featured at a number of local venues including The Bop Stop, BluJazz+, Nighttown, Beachland Ballroom, Brothers Lounge, The Standard, Tri-C JazzFest, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to name a few. She has also performed with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Dominick Farinacci, Swingbone, Moises Borges, The Joey Skoch Trio, and was the lead singer for two 17-piece big bands: Swing Time Big Band and Swing Era Big Band..

Article: Interview

Ava Preston And Moises Borges Play And Sing Across Borders

by John Chacona
July 15, 2026

On paper, Moises Borges and Ava Preston are an odd match. He's a guitarist from Bahia, the cradle of Afro-Brazilian culture, who has been a welcome fixture on northeast Ohio's musical scene for decades. She's a vocalist just a couple of years out of high school whose international career is just beginning. On the bandstand, though, ...

News: Festival

Jazz Arts Project Celebrates 20th Anniversary With 'A Summer Of Jazz' In Red Bank, NJ

July 6, 2026

Jazz Arts Project is gearing up for another busy summer of live music concerts, café nights, jam sessions, music camps for kids, and many surprises along the way. This year, there will be a nearly non-stop lineup of world-class jazz artists performing at events across Red Bank, including park concerts, café nights, masterclasses, and community jam ...

Article: Rising Stars

Introducing Vocalist Ava Preston

by Sanford Josephson
June 2, 2026

On Saturday, October 18, 2025, there was live jazz on 12 corners in Manhattan--from Harlem to the financial district. The musicians were jazz studies majors from several colleges and universities including Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music, William Paterson, Oberlin, SUNY Purchase, and The New School. The event was called Sidewalk Swing, and it was created by ...