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Newport Jazz Festival Schedule Cubes and App Are Here!

7/26/2019

Plan Your Newport Jazz Festival Experience
with Daily Schedules

GET THE APP AND SEE THE SCHEDULE: Start mapping out this year’s musical adventure! Big thanks to our friends at Cantina for building our apps again this year and to Natixis Investment Managers for their support.

iOS: http://bit.ly/NJFiOSApp
ANDROID: http://bit.ly/NJFGoogleApp

Herbie Hancock Celebrates 80 with Residency at 2019 Newport Jazz Festival

7/26/2019

Piano Magic at the 2019 Newport Jazz Festival
Conjures up the Past, Present and Future of Jazz

NEWPORT, RI, July 24, 2019 –From Duke Ellington’s rocking rhythms, Thelonious Monk’s melodious thunks to Mary Lou Williams’ spiritual swing and Michel Camilo’s island improvisations, the Newport Jazz Festival has been the premier showcase for pianists for decades. This year’s edition features a wide variety of keyboardists, shaping the state of jazz to come.

Diverse Group of Vocalists Come to Newport Jazz Festival

7/25/2019

Newport Jazz Festival Continues 65-year Tradition of Presenting Leading Vocalists

NEWPORT, RI, July 22, 2019 –From Ella Fitzgerald’s rapid fire scats, Sarah Vaughan’s divine voice, Billie Holiday’s fine and mellow artistry and Betty Carter’s bebop, the Newport Jazz Festival has been Ground Zero for jazz vocalists for six decades. And, this year’s 65thedition is no exception.

Newport Festivals Foundation Provides Financial Support to Music Departments at Newport Schools

7/10/2019

Newport Festivals Foundation Announces
Long-Term Commitment to Support
Music Programs at Newport Public Schools

NEWPORT, RI, July 10, 2019— Newport Festivals Foundation (NFF), which produces the Newport Folk Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival, has announced their commitment to support the music programs at all three public schools in the Newport School District. NFF will provide financial support to each school with the hope of ensuring every student in the district has access to quality music education.

Jazzmobile's SUMMERFEST Is Back!

7/10/2019

SUMMERFEST, NYC’S LONGEST RUNNING JAZZ FESTIVAL, RETURNS WITH FREE CONCERTS THROUGHOUT JULY AND AUGUST

HARLEM, NY – July 8, 2019 – The 56thJazzmobile SUMMERFESTis taking over stages around New York City from July – September with concerts featuring a diverse roster of jazz icons and emerging artists. The new season promises to be another outstanding year of high-quality performances that will fill New York’s landscape with jazz in all of its formats, including straight-ahead, swing, blues, Latin, Afro-Cuban and more.

Newport Jazz Festival Offers Special Discount Tickets to Local Fans Through July 8

7/3/2019

NEWPORT, RI, July 2, 2019 –Head to the Newport Visitors Information Center by Monday, July 8, because time is running out to take advantage of the local discount for tickets to the Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Investment Managers.

Newport Jazz Festival Schedule Cubes and App Are Here!

Plan Your Newport Jazz Festival Experiencewith Daily Schedules