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The Newport Jazz Festival was just one year old when the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet blazed onto its stage in 1955. By 1960, when pianists Dave…
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Starting Friday, July 24, and running for the three weekends, join Jazz Night in America host Christian McBride for a special radio edition of the Newport…
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Often hailed as one of the greatest jazz films ever made, 'Jazz on a Summer's Day' was digitally remastered and issued on Blu-Ray and DVD in 2021. Nate Chinen offers his analysis and an abundance of historical context in this essay.
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Norah Jones, Charles Lloyd, Makaya McCraven and Diana Krall are among the artists set to appear at the 2020 Newport Jazz Festival, Aug. 7-9 at Fort Adams…
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The Newport Jazz Festival is upon us, and with it comes a rash of tough decisions.With four stages running all weekend, the fest has a…
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From the beginning, America's oldest jazz fête strove for a breadth of style. George Wein, the festival's cofounder and patriarch, used to say he wanted…
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Newport Jazz Festival® August 2-4, 2019WBGO Bus Packages available from Manhattan and Boston all three festival days, with additional Saturday bus from…
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Chuck Berry, who died on Saturday at 90, was nothing short of a pioneer in American music: a guitar slinger who created the very template for rock 'n'…