The program for the 2013 Newport Jazz Festival, the 59th, has been announced. The festival will be held in Newport, R.I., on August 2 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino and August 3-4 at Fort Adams State Park. Scheduled performances include Wayne Shorter’s 80th Birthday Celebration featuring the Wayne Shorter [...]
Newport Jazz Fest Spotlights Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Esperanza Spalding
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NPR Will Live Stream this Year’s Newport Jazz Festival
July 10, 2012 | Posted by
For those unable to attend Rhode Island for the venerable Newport Jazz Festival, NPR has decided to use technology to support the festival’s mission of bringing jazz to the masses. Since 1954, the Newport Jazz Festival has brought live music to seaside New England. This year, you can see it even if you can’t be [...]
