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NPR Music and WBGO/Jazz 88.3FM Ring in 2014 with New Year's Eve Celebration on Toast Of The Nation

12/27/2013

 
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ALL NIGHT NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION
on TOAST OF THE NATION

NPR MUSIC and WBGO/JAZZ 88.3FM RING in 2014
with PERFORMANCES COAST-TO-COAST
BROADCAST and STREAMED on MORE THAN 200 STATIONS 
DECEMBER 31, 9:00 PM – 5:00 AM

EIGHT-HOUR CROSS-COUNTRY SPECIAL FEATURES 
DONALD HARRISON QUINTET
CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT with AARON DIEHL TRIO
WYNTON MARSALIS SEPTET
PAQUITO D’RIVERA with THE KAIA STRING QUARTET
CONVERGENCE with Special Guest LARRY GOLDINGS
BOBBY McFERRIN and the spirityouall band


NEWARK, NJ, December 23, 2013 – WBGO, the jazz source in Newark, NJ, and NPR Music invite you to an all-night New Year’s Eve musical feast of jazz, Latin, classical and spirituals.  Swing out the old year and ring in the new with listeners from coast to coast and around the world. Beginning December 31 at 9:00 pm and continuing until 5:00 am New Year’s morning, the music will feature the Donald Harrison Quintet, Cécile McLorin Salvant with the Aaron Diehl Trio, the Wynton Marsalis Septet, Paquito D’Rivera and the Kaia String Quartet, Convergence with special guest Larry Goldings and Bobby McFerrin and the spirityouallband.

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"Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60" Tour Celebrates Iconic Newport Jazz Festival®

12/11/2013

 

“Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60” Tour
Celebrates Iconic Newport Jazz Festival® 

across the Nation

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(l-r) Karrin Allyson, Clarence Penn, Larry Grenadier, Anat Cohen, Mark Whitfield, Randy Brecker and Peter Martin (Photo credit: Jimmy Katz)
NEWPORT, RI, December 10, 2013 – In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the world-renowned Newport Jazz Festival® (August 1-3, 2014), clarinetist/saxophonist Anat Cohen, vocalist/pianist Karrin Allyson, bassists Larry Grenadier and Ben Allison, pianist Peter Martin, guitarist Mark Whitfield, trumpeter Randy Brecker, and drummer Clarence Penn embark on the 17-city “Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60” Tour, February 8 – March 30, 2014, with more dates during June, July and August in North America and Europe.

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Newport Festivals Foundation to Expand 2014 Jazz Fest to 3 Days

12/4/2013

 
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Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ Announces Plans to Expand 2014 Newport Jazz Festival® to Three Days

Grants from Rhode Island Foundation will help underwrite additional day to showcase for “emerging” performers


NEWPORT, RI, December 4, 2013 – The Newport Festivals Foundation Inc.™ (NFF) announced today that it will add a third day of music featuring new and emerging artists at the 60th anniversary of the historic Newport Jazz Festival®. The additional concert, funded in part by a $40,000 grant from the Rhode Island Foundation, is set for Friday, August 1, from 11:30 am – 6:00 pm at Fort Adams State Park.  

Tickets for the inaugural Friday event go on sale Thursday, December 5, at 10:00 am through Ticketmaster at www.newportjazzfest.org and at the Newport Visitors Center (NVC), 23 America’s Cup Avenue in Newport.  For NVC hours, go to www.discovernewport.org. 


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