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The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hired George Wein to organize the first festival and bring jazz to Rhode Island. [1] [2]
When is the 2024 Newport Jazz Festival The 2024 festival takes place Aug. 2-4 in Fort Adams State Park in Newport . Louis Cato performs at the 2023 Newport Jazz Festival on Saturday, Aug. 5.
The Aug. 2-4 event at Rhode Island’s Fort Adams State Park will feature André 3000, Elvis Costello, Brittany Howard, Sun Ra Arkestra and Nile Rodgers & CHIC, along with a host of jazz ...
My Favorite Things: Coltrane at Newport is a compilation album by jazz musician John Coltrane released by Impulse! in 2007. It brings together tracks from performances by Coltrane's quartet at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island on July 7, 1963, and July 2, 1965.
Dizzy Gillespie at Newport is a 1957 live album by Dizzy Gillespie, featuring his big band, recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Reception
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — A capacity crowd of about 10,000 people braved heat and humidity to witness the 70th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, one of the largest music festivals in New England.
Ellington at Newport is a 1956 live jazz album by Duke Ellington and his band of their 1956 concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, a concert which revitalized Ellington's flagging career. Jazz promoter George Wein describes the 1956 concert as "the greatest performance of [Ellington's] career...
Newport Jazz Festival, Aug. 2-4, Fort Adams, Newport (newportjazz.org). Celebrate the event’s 70th anniversary with single- or multi-day tickets. Celebrate the event’s 70th anniversary with ...