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Celebrate 60 Years of Newport Jazz Festival This Weekend

7/31/2014

Celebrate 60 Years of Newport Jazz Festival August 1 – 3
at Historic Fort Adams State Park
and International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dr. John

Cécile McLorin Salvant

NEWPORT, July 30, 2014 – No need to worry about what to do this weekend … head to the Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management to celebrate the 60th anniversary of America’s first annual jazz festival. Set in beautiful Newport, RI, August 1 – 3, the festival features three stages and more than 45 artists, including Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Bobby McFerrin, Dr. John, David Sanborn, Trombone Shorty, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Jon Batiste & Stay Human, Gregory Porter, Snarky Puppy, Ron Carter and many more.

Tickets are still available for all festival events and may be purchased on-line all weekend through Ticketmaster as well as at the entrance to each event. The box office opens at 6:00 PM on Friday night at the International Tennis Hall of Fame and at 9:00 AM each day at Fort Adams State Park. General Admission tickets are also available locally at the Newport Visitor's Center located at 23 America's Cup Ave. in Newport.

iTunes Exclusives: 6 Classic Albums released for Newport Jazz Festival!

7/30/2014

Legacy Recordings Celebrate 60th Anniversary of Newport Jazz Festival
with 6 Classic Album Exclusives

Landmark "Live at Newport" Performances from Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald and
Lionel Hampton Available for 1st Time Digitally

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Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival this summer with the first digital release of six classic "Live at Newport" albums, available exclusively on iTunes: iTunes.com/NewportJazz.

Two of the exclusive new releases -- Ellington at Newport: The Original Album and The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Newport 1958 -- have been newly remastered in 24-bit and Mastered for iTunes. This ensures that the music is delivered to listeners with increased audio fidelity that more closely replicates what the artists, recording engineers and producers intended. Originally released on Columbia Records, The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Newport 1958 is now available for the first time digitally and has also been remastered in 24 bit and Mastered for iTunes. Brubeck's concert performance is a tribute to the music of Duke Ellington.

Since its inception as the "First Annual American Jazz Festival" in 1954, the Newport Jazz Festival set the standard for large scale outdoor summer music gatherings. Subsequent music festivals -- from Newport Folk through Montreux, Monterey Pop, Woodstock, Coachella and beyond -- have Newport Jazz to thank for establishing the concept and reality of a music community coming together for a shared outdoor concert experience.

With the 60th anniversary edition of the Newport Jazz Festival, returning to its original home at the Casino and at Fort Adams State Park on August 1, 2, 3 in Newport, Rhode Island, music fans can enjoy some of the Festival's finest performances from Duke Ellington, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Ella Fitzgerald and Lionel Hampton on six new digital releases.

Jazz impresario and Newport Jazz Festival founder George Wein called Duke Ellington's 1956 concert at Newport, "the greatest performance of [Ellington's] career," adding that the music "stood for everything that jazz had been and could be." The digital edition of Ellington At Newport: The Original Album restores the record to its original sequence while adding four live performances that first appeared on Duke Ellington and The Buck Clayton All Stars At Newport (a companion album released in 1956).

Four additional Live at Newport albums are now available for the first time as digital releases:

Ella Fitzgerald - Newport Jazz Festival: Live At Carnegie Hall July 5, 1973
Lionel Hampton - Reunion At Newport 1967
Duke Ellington - Newport 1958
Duke Ellington - Live At Newport 1958

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Newport Festivals Foundation Kids Concert: Bari Koral + Oran Etkin’s Timbalooloo

7/18/2014

Newport Festivals Foundation™
Continues Tradition
of Bringing Great Music to Generations of Fans at Second Annual Family Concert
Wednesday, July 30, 6:00 pm,
at Fort Adams State Park
FREE TO THE PUBLIC

Bari Koral

NEWPORT, RI, July 18, 2014 – If you ask the Newport Jazz Festival® and Newport Folk Festival® staff what they like about the festivals, no doubt each and every one will get around to talking about the excitement of watching young people enjoy, share and eventually grow up to love music. This summer, in celebration of the music of the iconic events, Newport Festivals Foundation™ presents its second annual Family Concert on Wednesday, July 30, at 6:00 pm at Fort Adams State Park. Held during Newport’s annual BridgeFest, the free concert features Bari Koral Family Rock Band and Oran Etkin’s Timbalooloo: Wake Up, Clarinet! in a special concert for young people.

“It is a major goal of the Foundation to build upon the legacy of the Jazz and Folk festivals by encouraging families to take part in the concerts and education events we present throughout the year,” said Deborah Ross, Education Director of the Newport Festivals Foundation. “As a parent, I know how important it is to share music and the arts with kids, and I hope that families throughout the area will come out to this free concert to not just enjoy the music, but to create fond memories for years to come.”

Newport Jazz Festival Schedule Cubes

7/17/2014

For a printable schedule please click HERE.

Newport Folk Festival Schedule Cubes

7/14/2014

For a printable schedule please click HERE.

TRANSART & Cultural Services, Inc. Celebrates the 14th Annual Jazz in the Valley Festival Sunday, August 17

7/10/2014

TRANSART & Cultural Services, Inc.
Celebrates the 14th Annual
Jazz in the Valley Festival
Sunday, August 17,
at Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie
featuring
The Message: Javon Jackson, Buster Williams, Steve Turre, Gary Bartz,
Eddie Henderson, George Cables & Lewis Nash,
Plus Kenyatta Beasley, Melba Joyce,
Chocolate Armenteros, Zon Del Barrio,
Nicky Marrero and Mike Torsone

Javon Jackson

Poughkeepsie, NY, July 08, 2014 – Join TRANSART & Cultural Services on Sunday, August 17, at 11:00 am for an afternoon of sensational music at the 14th annual Jazz In the Valley festival at Waryas Park. Experience jazz music performed by world-class musicians, perfected by breathtaking views of the Hudson River Valley as a backdrop.

This year’s event will focus on the message of jazz and its ability to bring music lovers and musicians around the world together. TRANSART will join a stellar group of “Messengers” to share and celebrate the accomplishments of jazz and the inspiration it has had on numerous lives.

Get on the Bus with WBGO to Spend a Day at Newport Jazz Festival

7/9/2014

Get on the Bus with WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM
to Spend A Day at the Newport Jazz Festival® August 1, 2 or 3

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Newport, RI, July 8, 2014 – You could take a train, a plane, a car or a boat, but if you’re in Newark, New York City, Brooklyn or Boston, take one of the WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM luxury buses to the 60th anniversary celebration of the Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management August 1 - 3. For the second year, the station is bringing jazz fans to America’s first annual jazz festival. All you have to do is get on the bus at the location nearest you and WBGO Travel & Events will take you straight to the festival gates, drop you off so you can get down to your favorite music, pick you up when the festival is over and take you back to where your swinging journey began.

6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 -- Newport Jazz Discount Ends July 6; Local Office Now Open

7/1/2014

REMINDER!

The Countdown Is On …
$55 Newport Jazz Festival®
Discount Tickets End July 6

Newport Festivals Foundation
Middletown Office Is Now Open

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (Photo credit: Frank Stewart)

NEWPORT, RI, July 1, 2014 – Just six more days to get the great local discount for Newport Jazz Festival® tickets. Head to the Newport Visitors Information Center, 23 America’s Cup Avenue, or the Newport Festivals Foundation™ office at 770 Aquidneck Avenue in Middletown by July 6 to take advantage of $55 General Admission tickets for concerts at Fort Adams State Park on Saturday, August 2, and Sunday, August 3. Beginning Monday, July 7, single-day tickets for Saturday and Sunday will be $74 in advance and then $84 on festival days. This special discount for local residents and visitors to Newport is not available on-line.

Palo! Fever Is Spreading Across the Nation as New CD, PALO! Live, Gains Airplay

6/24/2014

Palo! Fever Is Spreading Across the Nation
**as New CD, PALO! Live, Gains Airplay**

MIAMI, FL – PALO! Live, the sophomore CD by Miami’s award-winning Afro-Cuban Funk band, PALO!, debuted at #20 on the CMJ World Music Chart. Recorded live in front of a standing room only crowd last August in Miami, the CD is now reaping airplay in the band’s hometown as well as across the country.

Among the cities catching Palo! Fever are Burlington, VT (WRUV); Boulder, CO (KVCU); Traverse City, MI (WNMC); Lexington, KY (WRFL); Poughkeepsie, NY (WVKR), Grand Junction, CO (KAFM); Grand Rapids, MN (KAXE & WYCE), River Grove/Chicago, IL (WRRG); New Brunswick, NJ (WRSU); Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL (WMNF); St. Louis, MO (KDHX); Carbondale/Denver, CO (KDNK); Durham/Raleigh, NC (WXDU); Spindale/Greenville/Asheville, NC (WNCW); Richmond, VA (WRIR); Honolulu, HI (KTUH); Waterville/Portland/Poland Spring, ME (WMHB); Lewiston/Portland/Poland Spring, ME (WRBC); Champaign/Springfield/Decatur, IL (WEFT); and others.

"Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60” Tour Band Celebrates Iconic RI Festival

6/20/2014

“Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60” Tour
Celebrates Iconic Rhode Island Festival in
Montreal, Ottawa, Rochester,
Saratoga and Newport
in June and August

Photo credit: Jimmy Katz

NEWPORT, RI, June 20, 2014 – In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the world-renowned Newport Jazz Festival® (August 1-3, 2014), the “Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60” Tour sets out on the second leg of its journey with stops in Montreal and Ottawa in Canada as well as Rochester and Saratoga in New York and Newport, RI. Featuring clarinetist/saxophonist Anat Cohen, vocalist/pianist Karrin Allyson, bassist Larry Grenadier, pianist Peter Martin, guitarist Mark Whitfield, trumpeter Randy Brecker and drummer Clarence Penn, the band has been receiving rave reviews since it kicked off a 17-city tour on February 8 in Atlanta and wound down in St. Louis on March 30.

Tour dates include:

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Celebrate 60 Years of Newport Jazz Festival August 1 – 3 at Historic Fort Adams State Park and International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino

Legacy Recordings Celebrate 60th Anniversary of Newport Jazz Festival with 6 Classic Album Exclusives Landmark "Live at Newport" Performances from Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald and Lionel Hampton Available for 1st Time Digitally * * * * *

Newport Festivals Foundation™ Continues Tradition of Bringing Great Music to Generations of Fans at Second Annual Family Concert Wednesday, July 30, 6:00 pm, at Fort Adams State Park FREE TO THE PUBLIC

Get on the Bus with WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM to Spend A Day at the Newport Jazz Festival® August 1, 2 or 3

The Countdown Is On … $55 Newport Jazz Festival® Discount Tickets End July 6 Newport Festivals Foundation Middletown Office Is Now Open