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Newport Festivals Foundation To Expand 2014 Jazz Fest To 3 Days

December 4, 2013

Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. Announces Plans to Expand 2014 Newport Jazz Festival to Three Days Grants from Rhode Island Foundation will help underwrite additional day to showcase for “emerging” performers NEWPORT, RI, December 4, 2013 – The Newport Festivals Foundation Inc. (NFF) announced today that it will add a third day of music featuring new and ...

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Newport Jazz Festival Flex Tickets Are Back; Available At Visitor Info Center

October 25, 2013

Newport Jazz Festival Flexible Discount Tickets Are Back Tickets Available October 24 at 10:00 am at Newport Visitor Information Center NEWPORT, RI: The Newport Jazz Festival 60th Anniversary is set for August 1-3, 2014 and the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. is already celebrating. Jazz fans can stake their claim in the history of jazz by purchasing ...

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Newport Festivals Foundation 2013 Recap; Get Ready For The 60th In 2014!

August 20, 2013

Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. Celebrates Successful 2013 Newport Jazz Festival Amid Plans for 60th Anniversary Set for August 1-3, 2014 NEWPORT, RI: Imagine celebrating your 59th anniversary with over 17, 000 people of all generations and walks of life. And now imagine that it’s during a summer weekend in one of the most scenic locations on ...

Article: Live Review

Newport Jazz Festival 2013

by Timothy J. O'Keefe
August 7, 2013

Newport Jazz Festival Presented by Natixis Global Asset ManagementFort Adams State ParkNewport, RIAugust 4, 2013“What do you want to hear?" Roy Haynes' booming voice asked the audience. Wearing white satin pants and a tangerine shirt, he strolled across the stage and made his way toward the drum kit. Amid varied yells ...

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Natixis/Newport Jazz Festival Scholarship Winners: Chase Ceglie & Ray Fuller

July 30, 2013

Natixis Global Asset Management and Newport Jazz Festival Announce 2013 Scholarship Recipients and Performance Lineup Newport Music Scholarships will go to Chase Ceglie from Rhode Island Music Educators Association Senior All-State Jazz Band and Ray Fuller from Massachusetts Music Educators Association All-State Jazz Band Boston, MA: Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) and Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., ...

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Dirty Dozen Brass Band Celebrates 35th Anniversary At Newport Jazz Festival

July 23, 2013

2013 NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL® CELEBRATES THE 35th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND, WHICH REVOLUTIONIZED THE CLASSIC NEW ORLEANS BRASS BAND STYLE WITH FUNK AND BEBOP NEWPORT, RI: Showcasing the powerful and enduring excitement and influence of New Orleans brass band music on American culture, the 2013 Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset ...

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2013 Newport Jazz Festival Previews

July 22, 2013

By Matthew S. Robinson Singer Freddy Cole keeps putting the pieces together Growing up in a large family of musicians, Freddy Cole had to do what he could to make his way in the family and in the music business. And yet, over 80 years on, he continues to bring chestnuts. Classics and contemporary gems to ...

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Tune In To Newport Jazz Festival You Tube Channel For Artist Interviews & More

July 17, 2013

Tune in to the Newport Jazz Festival You Tube Channel for Close-ups with Robert Glasper, Jon Batiste, Bill Charlap, Edmar Castañeda and Andrea Tierra, David Gilmore, Ali Amr, Rez Abbasi and Donny McCaslin NEWPORT, RI – Tune in to the Newport Jazz Festival You Tube Channel at http://bit.ly/14YDKsz to hear what some of this year’s artists ...

News: Event

Newport Festivals Foundation Presents Inaugural Family Concert, August 1

June 27, 2013

Newport Festivals Foundation Presents Inaugural Family Concert Thursday, August 1, 5:30 pm, at Fort Adams State Park FREE TO THE PUBLIC NEWPORT, RI: The Newport Jazz Festival and Newport Folk Festival have seen generations of fans grow up over the past six decades. This summer, in celebration of the music of the iconic events, Newport Festivals ...

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Newport And The Jazz Festival: A Symbiotic Relationship

June 14, 2013

2013 Festival Set for August 2-4 at International Tennis Hall of Fame and Fort Adams State Park NEWPORT, RI – For one weekend every August, the idyllic setting of Newport combusts with the passion of jazz to produce the Newport Jazz Festival. It’s a symbiotic relationship. Since its beginning in 1954, the festival has delivered line-ups ...