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Newport Jazz Festival (August 2-4, 2019) Announces First Wave of Artists

2/12/2019

First Wave of Artists Announced for the 65th Edition of the Newport Jazz Festival®
featuring
Herbie Hancock, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Bad Plus, Buika,
Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective, Sons of Kemet, Makaya McCraven,
Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ravi Coltrane/David Virelles and Many More!

Tickets Go On Sale Today, 10:00 (EST)

NEWPORT, RI, February 12, 2019 – Powerful pianists, singing storytellers, swinging big bands, a beat scientist and some of the baddest ensembles on the jazz scene make up the First Wave of artists announced today for the 65th edition of the Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Investment Managers. Curated by Artistic Director Christian McBride, the Festival takes place August 2-4 at Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino.

All tickets for Fort Adams concerts go on sale today at 10:00 am (EST) at www.newportjazz.org.

The First Wave of artists includes Herbie Hancock, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Bad Plus, Buika, Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective, Sons of Kemet, Makaya McCraven, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ravi Coltrane/David Virelles, ELEW, Marcus Strickland Twi-Life featuring Smithsoneon, Christian Sands – 3 Piano Erroll Garner Tribute! featuring Helen Sung and Tadataka Unno, Dafnis Prieto Big Band, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Sun Ra Arkestra, Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller’s Parlour Game, Joel Ross ‘Good Vibes,’ Tia Fuller’s “Diamond Cut,” Sammy Miller & The Congregation and Laurin Talese.

Take a Sonic Census of Music at the Newport Jazz Festival August 3 – 5

6/15/2018

Take a Sonic Census of Music at the Newport Jazz Festival August 3 – 5 with Jon Batiste, Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles, Sonnymoon, Nate Smith + KINFOLK, Living Colour, GoGo Penguin,
BADBADNOTGOOD and R+R=NOW

NEWPORT, RI, June 15, 2018 – Just as many musical genres went into the creation of jazz, jazz has also influenced those genres in reverse. That dialogue and musical exchange has been going on from the beginning, and well past the change of the 21st century, it shows no signs of slowing down, as evidenced by the stellar musicians gracing the Fort Adams stages at the Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Investment Managers August 3-5.

Several Newport Jazz Festival Artists Provide Aural Passports to Jazz at 2018 Newport Jazz Festival

5/17/2018

Tony Allen, Rudresh Mahanthappa Indo-Pak Coalition, Michel Camilo, Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves, Harold Lopez-Nussa, Jane Bunnett & Maqueque and Sangam Provide Aural Passports to Jazz at 2018 Newport Jazz Festival®

Newport, RI, May 16, 2018 – For six decades, the Newport Jazz Festival® has brought the infinite variety of jazz’s far-flung musical branches from around the world to its stages, and this year is no exception as it provides listeners with an aural passport to an art form beyond borders.

Newport Jazz Festival Announces Second Wave of Artists

2/20/2018

Newport Jazz Festival® Second Wave of Artists Features
PAT METHENY with Antonio Sanchez, Linda May Han Oh & Gwilym Simcock; BADBADNOTGOOD; Lean On Me: José James Celebrates Bill Withers;
The DIVA Jazz Orchestra; Trio 3 (Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille);
Tony Allen; Ambrose Akinmusire’s Origami Harvest; Grace Kelly;
Black Art Jazz Collective; Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves; Jane Bunnett & Maqueque; and Nate Smith + KINFOLK

Tickets Available at www.newportjazz.org

NEWPORT, RI, February 20, 2018 – The excitement continues as the Second Wave of artists are announced for the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Investment Managers, which takes place at Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino August 3 – 5.

Tickets are on sale now at www.newportjazz.org.

“This Second Wave of artists is so indicative of the exciting direction we're building towards with this year's Newport Jazz lineup – artists like BADBADNOTGOOD and Grace Kelly represent the innovative spirit that is alive and well in jazz, while Tony Allen and The DIVA Jazz Orchestra prove Newport is THE place for the top jazz talent,” said Jay Sweet, Executive Producer of Newport Festivals Foundation. “Add to that, the double dose of Pat Metheny and José James, who both will perform Friday night at the Casino and Saturday at the Fort, this is shaping up to be a lineup for the ages.”

2017 Newport Jazz Festival Schedule Cubes

7/26/2017

To enlarge, download and print schedule, please click HERE.

More Than 24,600 Jazz Fans Turned Out for 2016 Newport Jazz Festival

8/22/2016

More Than 24,000 Jazz Lovers Turned Out for the 2016 Newport Jazz Festival®

Festival Set for August 4 – 6 in 2017

Monty Alexander (Photo by: Ayano Hisa)

Norah Jones (Photo by: Ayano Hisa)

NEWPORT, RI, August 22, 2016 – More than 24,600 Jazz lovers – including a sold out audience on Saturday – turned out at Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino July 29 – 31 for the 2016 Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management. Among the audience were more than 3,400 students who took advantage of specially-discounted $20 tickets, which the Festival has sold over the past three years to help build younger audiences.

The Continuum Continues at Newport Jazz Festival

7/28/2016

The Continuum Continues at
Newport Jazz Festival July 29-31

NEWPORT, RI, July, 2016 – For six decades, the Newport Jazz Festival has been a showcase of jazz music’s brightest stars. It’s also been a nexus point where the full extent of the music’s continuum; the inventions, dimensions, styles, syncopations, and sonorities, have crossed stylistic musical barriers. Stefon Harris, Robert Glasper and Kamasi Washington exemplify the very essence of that continuum. In the words of Duke Ellington, they are “Beyond Category.”

Made in the 20th Century, the vibraphone grew up at the same time jazz took shape and its lineage is a select one: from Lionel Hampton, Milt Jackson, Bobby Hutcherson and Roy Ayers. Vibraphonist/marimba virtuoso Stefon Harris is the next step in that legacy, as evidenced by his sideman dates with everybody from Joe Henderson, Kenny Barron (performs at Newport Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 31) and Steve Turre, to his eclectic, jazz tradition-in-transition recordings he released from 1998: In a Cloud of Red Dust, Black Action Figure, Kindred, The Grand Unification Theory, Evolution, African Tarantella: Dances With Duke, and his latest, Urbanbus. On those recordings, Harris laid down some good vibes on 4/4 swing, go-go, Afro-Latin, R&B, hip-hop grooves. And he’ll no doubt do the same when he takes the Fort Adams State Park stage on Saturday, July 30, with his new ensemble, Sonic Creed, consisting of pianist James Francies, vocalist/flutist Elena Pinderhughes, guitarist Mike Moreno, bassist Joshua Crumbly and drummer Jonathan Pinson. He credits the jazz aesthetic in the Black church for his wide-open approach to the music.

Newport Jazz Festival Among Winners of DDCF Leadership Grants

5/18/2016

FIVE JAZZ FESTIVALS AWARDED $1 M IN TOTAL TO SUPPORT THEIR CONTINUING SUCCESS

New Leadership Grants Program Recognizes Five Jazz Organizations Nationwide
In Effort to Strengthen the Future of the Jazz Field

Newport Jazz Festival (Photo credit: Douglas Mason)

NEW YORK, NY, May 18, 2016 -- The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) today announced the five jazz organizations and related festivals receiving grants totaling $1 million through the Leadership Grants Program for Jazz. This new initiative offers flexible funding over two years to support the self-defined, long-term goals of organizations that have demonstrated excellence in and sustained commitment to the field of jazz. The overall objective of these grants is to support the foundation’s long-standing goal to buoy the vibrancy of the jazz field by bolstering the long-term viability of its most critical organizations.

George Wein Announces Lineup for 2016 Newport Jazz Festival

1/19/2016

George Wein Announces Lineup for 2016 Newport Jazz Festival® Set for July 29 - 31, Including Three Full Days of Performances by Some of the World’s Greatest Established and Emerging Artists

Performers Include Chick Corea, Gregory Porter, Angélique Kidjo, Robert Glasper, Charles Lloyd, Kamasi Washington, Django Festival All Stars, Galactic, John Scofield/Joe Lovano, José James, Steve Coleman, Darcy James Argue, Mary Halvorson, Monty Alexander, Kneebody, Kenny Barron, The Bad Plus, Christian Scott
and Many More

Tickets Go On Sale Thursday,
January 21, 10:00 am

Angélique Kidjo

NEWPORT, RI, January 19, 2016 – With last year’s highly-celebrated festival behind him, George Wein, Festival producer and chairman of the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™, today announced the lineup for the 2016 Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management, which will again take place in Newport, RI, July 29 – 31 at historic Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino.

Tickets go on sale Thursday, January 21, at 10:00 am at www.newportjazzfest.org.

Gregory Porter & Chick Corea at Newport Jazz Concert @ Casino; Tix on Sale 1/14

1/12/2016

GREGORY PORTER and CHICK COREA TRILOGY
to Perform at Newport Jazz Festival® Opening Night Concert Friday, July 29,
at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport Casino

Tickets for Concert and Pre-Concert Cocktail Party
Go On Sale Thursday, January 14, 10:00 am

Gregory Porter

Chick Corea Trilogy

NEWPORT, RI, January 12, 2016 – Gregory Porter and Chick Corea Trilogy with Brian Blade and Christian McBride take the stage for the Opening Night concert of the Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management. One of the city’s most popular summer social events, the concert takes place Friday, July 29, on the Alex and Ani Stage at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino. The cocktail party begins at 6:30 pm, followed by the concert at 8:00 pm.

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Newport Jazz Festival Announces Second Wave of Artists

2017 Newport Jazz Festival Schedule Cubes

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The Continuum Continues at Newport Jazz Festival

The Continuum Continues at
Newport Jazz Festival July 29-31

Newport Jazz Festival Among Winners of DDCF Leadership Grants

FIVE JAZZ FESTIVALS AWARDED $1 M IN TOTAL TO SUPPORT THEIR CONTINUING SUCCESS

New Leadership Grants Program Recognizes Five Jazz Organizations Nationwide
In Effort to Strengthen the Future of the Jazz Field

George Wein Announces Lineup for 2016 Newport Jazz Festival

Gregory Porter & Chick Corea at Newport Jazz Concert @ Casino; Tix on Sale 1/14

GREGORY PORTER and CHICK COREA TRILOGY
to Perform at Newport Jazz Festival® Opening Night Concert Friday, July 29,
at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport Casino

Tickets for Concert and Pre-Concert Cocktail Party
Go On Sale Thursday, January 14, 10:00 am

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Take a Sonic Census of Music at the Newport Jazz Festival August 3 – 5 with Jon Batiste, Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles, Sonnymoon, Nate Smith + KINFOLK, Living Colour, GoGo Penguin,BADBADNOTGOOD and R+R=NOW​

Tony Allen, Rudresh Mahanthappa Indo-Pak Coalition, Michel Camilo, Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves, Harold Lopez-Nussa, Jane Bunnett & Maqueque and Sangam Provide Aural Passports to Jazz at 2018 Newport Jazz Festival®

More Than 24,000 Jazz Lovers Turned Out for the 2016 Newport Jazz Festival® Festival Set for August 4 – 6 in 2017

The Continuum Continues at ​Newport Jazz Festival July 29-31

FIVE JAZZ FESTIVALS AWARDED $1 M IN TOTAL TO SUPPORT THEIR CONTINUING SUCCESS New Leadership Grants Program Recognizes Five Jazz Organizations NationwideIn Effort to Strengthen the Future of the Jazz Field

GREGORY PORTER and CHICK COREA TRILOGY to Perform at Newport Jazz Festival® Opening Night Concert Friday, July 29, at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport Casino Tickets for Concert and Pre-Concert Cocktail Party Go On Sale Thursday, January 14, 10:00 am

Archives

Categories

Take a Sonic Census of Music at the Newport Jazz Festival August 3 – 5 with Jon Batiste, Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles, Sonnymoon, Nate Smith + KINFOLK, Living Colour, GoGo Penguin,
BADBADNOTGOOD and R+R=NOW

More Than 24,000 Jazz Lovers Turned Out for the 2016 Newport Jazz Festival®

Festival Set for August 4 – 6 in 2017

The Continuum Continues at
Newport Jazz Festival July 29-31

FIVE JAZZ FESTIVALS AWARDED $1 M IN TOTAL TO SUPPORT THEIR CONTINUING SUCCESS

New Leadership Grants Program Recognizes Five Jazz Organizations Nationwide
In Effort to Strengthen the Future of the Jazz Field

GREGORY PORTER and CHICK COREA TRILOGY
to Perform at Newport Jazz Festival® Opening Night Concert Friday, July 29,
at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport Casino

Tickets for Concert and Pre-Concert Cocktail Party
Go On Sale Thursday, January 14, 10:00 am