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Newport Jazz Festival Flex Tickets No Longer Available After March 1

2/25/2015

 

Going, Going, Almost Gone …
Newport Jazz Festival® Flexible Discount Tickets
To Be Discontinued on March 1


Tickets Available at Newport Visitor Information Center and www.newportjazzfest.org

PictureCassandra Wilson (photo credit: Mark Seliger)
NEWPORT, RI, February 24, 2015 – The countdown is on for purchasing flexible discount tickets for the Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management. Priced at just $55, Flex Tickets can be used for adult general admission for concerts at Fort Adams State Park July 31 – August 2, 2015.*  But, hurry, beginning on Monday, March 2, tickets will be available for the regular price of $74.00.

With a Flex ticket, there is no need for fans to decide now which day to attend. The offer is not valid on reserved seats, or for the Friday evening concert at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino. 



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Cephas Bowles, 62, Long-time Public Radio Advocate and Innovator, Dies

2/25/2015

 

Cephas Bowles, 62, Public Radio Advocate
and Innovator, Dies

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Dover, NJ, February 24, 2015 – Cephas Bowles, a staunch advocate for public radio and jazz for more than four decades and recently-retired CEO/President of WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM, died on Saturday, February 21, in  Hackensack.

His death, at Hackensack University Medical Center Hospital, followed complications from a stem cell transplant, said his wife, Linda. He was 62.

A native of Newark and a resident of Dover, NJ, Bowles served as senior executive of WBGO-FM from 1993 to 2014, when he retired following a medical leave. During his tenure, the station celebrated increased financial support as well as heightened listener engagement through innovative programming, special events, live broadcasts and social media. In 1998, WBGO became the first jazz station to use the Internet to stream music around the world. Under Bowles' leadership, Jazz 88.3 also increased the number of professional staff and totally renovated its two-story office building.  In 2012, he spearheaded a capital campaign that funded, built and began transmitting from a tower in midtown Manhattan, which significantly strengthened the station's metro-area reach.  



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Grammy Celebration Continues for George Wein & Festival Artists

2/9/2015

 

Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ 
Celebrates GRAMMY Awards
for Festival Impresario George Wein
and Several Newport Jazz Festival® Artists


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(L-R) Honoree George Wein, honoree Wayne Shorter, and President/CEO of The Recording Academy and GRAMMY Foundation President/CEO Neil Portnow attend The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Special Merit Awards Ceremony on February 7, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/WireImage)
NEWPORT, RI / NEW YORK, NY, February 9, 2015 – The Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ continues the celebration of its Chairman, George Wein, who received the Trustees Award at the 57th Annual  GRAMMY® ceremonies in Los Angeles on February 7 and 8.  The Special Merit Award recognizes Wein’s outstanding contributions in areas other than performance, including the founding and production of the Newport Jazz Festival®, Newport Folk Festival® and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival®. 

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