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2017 Newport Jazz Festival Schedule Cubes

7/26/2017

 
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Newport Festivals Foundation Announces 2017 Bridgefest Schedule

7/21/2017

 

Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.
Announces 2017 Bridgefest® Schedule
featuring Events Throughout Newport County
July 31-August 3

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NEWPORT, RI, July 21, 2017 – After 30,000 music lovers say goodbye to the Newport Folk Festival® and before the jazzy set pours into the city for the Newport Jazz Festival®, the party continues July 31-August 3 at Bridgefest®, the annual celebration of Jazz, Folk and Newport's rich musical community.
 
Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. welcomes a dozen local artists, clubs, restaurants, theaters, museums and other organizations to Bridgefest® 2017. Bridging the gap between the iconic Newport Folk Festival® (July 28-30) and Newport Jazz Festival® (August 4-6), the series of events – including concerts, films, educational programs and music-related activities presented by area venues and promoters – will take place across Newport County.
 
The 2017 Bridgefest schedule* includes:


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17th Annual Jazz in the Valley Takes Over Poughkeepsie Sunday, August 20, Noon-6:00 pm

7/18/2017

 

Jazz in the Valley Takes Over Poughkeepsie’s Waryas Park
Sunday, August 20, Noon - 6:00 pm
featuring
Swing Unlimited featuring Delfeayo Marsalis, Cyrus Chestnut, Javon Jackson, Jimmy Cobb & David Williams; Christopher Dean Sullivan Ensemble featuring Mala Waldron; Elio Villafranca & the Jass Syncopators; Neil Clarke’s Mongo Santamaria Centennial Project;
​and Jeff Siegel Sextet

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POUGHKEEPSIE, NY, July 14, 2017 – JAZZ IN THE VALLEY takes over Poughkeepsie with two stages of non-stop music at Waryas Park on Sunday, August 20, from noon to 6:00 pm (gates open at 11:00 am). Celebrate 17 years of world-class jazz presented on the beautiful banks of the Hudson River with TRANSART & Cultural Services and world-class artists including Swing Unlimited with Delfeayo Marsalis, Cyrus Chestnut, Javon Jackson, Jimmy Cobb & David Williams; Christopher Dean Sullivan Ensemble featuring Mala Waldron; Elio Villafranca & the Jass Syncopators; Neil Clarke’s Mongo Santamaria Centennial Project; and the Jeff Siegel Sextet.
 
“TRANSART is pleased and proud to continue this annual summer tradition of bringing artists and jazz fans together to celebrate music, culture and the beauty of the Hudson Valley,” said Greer Smith, president of TRANSART and festival producer. “Music festivals have found homes in some of the world’s most beautiful destinations, including Newport, Monterey, Montreal, Los Angeles as well as in Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and beyond. When you walk through the Waryas Park and see the rolling river that surrounds the festival grounds, there’s no question that Poughkeepsie is a perfect place to enjoy the music with family and friends.”

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Newport Jazz Festival to Present Flying Towards the Sound: For Geri, With Love Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding  with Vijay Iyer, Jason Moran & Christian Sands

7/14/2017

 

Newport Jazz Festival to Present Flying Towards the Sound: For Geri, With Love
Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding 
with Vijay Iyer, Jason Moran & Christian Sands

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NEWPORT, RI, July 13, 2017 – Due to the death of pianist Geri Allen on June 27, 2017, the all-star trio – which was to feature Ms. Allen with bassist Esperanza Spalding and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington – will honor its set at the Newport Jazz Festival® with Flying Towards the Sound: For Geri, With Love – Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding with Vijay Iyer, Jason Moran & Christian Sands.
 
"Geri was a beautiful person whose impact on the music she loved will last forever. She was a unique artist, dedicated to the rights of men and women. She cannot be replaced. I’m glad to have known her for so many years," said George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival founder and CEO of Newport Festivals Foundation.
 
“These three pianists, along with Terri Lyne and Esperanza, were deeply connected to Geri as protégés, collaborators and friends. They will honor and celebrate Geri’s life and music in a poignant and personal way,” added Danny Melnick, festival producer.


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Maceo, Blow! Iconic Saxophonist Brings the Funk to the Newport Jazz Festival on Friday, August 4

7/13/2017

 

Saxophonist Maceo Parker Promises to Make It Funky at the Newport Jazz Festival on
​Friday, August 4
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NEWPORT, RI, July 13, 2017 ­– What does it mean when the master of funk, the legendary saxophonist Maceo Parker and his impeccably tight band take over the Fort Stage at the Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management on Friday August 4? It means Newport will definitely get funked up.
 
Festival goers, Fort Adams and perhaps all of Newport Harbor will erupt with the rhythms that Parker is known to lay down during his electric-fueled concerts. After all, Maceo is the man both the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, and pop idol Prince famously instructed to “BLOW.” 


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Trombone Shorty and Rhiannon Giddens Let the Good Times Roll at Newport Jazz Festival on Friday Night

7/11/2017

 

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and Rhiannon Giddens Let the Good Times Roll at the Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Jazz Festival®
​Friday Night Concert

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NEWPORT, RI, July 11, 2017 ­– Immensely talented musicians with roots in New Orleans jazz are the gift the state of Louisiana keeps giving the world. The Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management is pleased to welcome the Rhode Island return of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue at the Friday night concert at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino, 194 Bellevue Avenue, on August 4. The evening kicks off with the annual cocktail party at 6:30 pm, followed by the concert at 8:00 pm.  
 
Sharing the evening will be singer and TV’s Nashville star Rhiannon Giddens. Just one week after appearing at the sold-out Newport Folk Festival®, she will return to perform on the Fort Stage on Saturday.


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Newport Festivals Foundation Donates Guitars to Pell Elementary School

7/6/2017

 

Newport Festivals Foundation
Brought Sweet Music to 
Claiborne Pell Elementary
After-School Guitar Club

with Donation of 10 Yamaha Guitars
  
Guitar Donation Presented in Honor of
Newport Festivals Foundation’s Producer Emeritus, Bob Jones

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Photo credit: Brian Lima Photography
NEWPORT, RI – The Claiborne Pell Elementary School After-School Guitar Club has something special to look forward to when the new school year begins in the Fall. In honor of Producer Emeritus Bob Jones and his nearly six decades with the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals, Newport Festivals Foundation donated 10 Yamaha JR1 3/4 Scale Guitars with Gig bags to the Newport school on June 26.
 
The guitars will be used to teach mostly fourth grade students about parts of the instrument, simple theory, tablature, chords and songs. Providing instruments also will allow students to take the instruments home to practice and present periodic performances for parents and the after-school community at Pell.  The after-school program services 8-10 students per session.
 
“Bringing guitars into Newport's elementary school speaks to the Foundation’s mission of making music accessible to children,” said Krista Sturtevant, Newport Festivals Foundation Development Director. “The students were all very willing to share their tunes with us, including ‘Frere Jacques’ as well as some impromptu chords. Many of them have taken lessons for months while others just recently started, but they all are eager to begin their next music adventures using the new guitars.”


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