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Really nice write-up on this year's Newport Jazz Fest from Nate Chinen, focusing in part on how it is under new guidance w/Nate Smith as Artistic Director.
I hadn't heard Smith was taking this on. The roster this year looks like it was super nice. I'll make it there, someday...
(Chinen's newsletter is on Substack, heads up)
Among some other heavies, I saw some aliens play music in Newport yesterday
#AngineDePoitrine #NewportRI #Newport #NewportJazzFest #NewportJazzFestival
No poem today.
Instead, Mahalia Jackson performs Didn't It Rain - live at Newport, 1958.
https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/814122957966311424/didnt-it-rain?source=share
#MahaliaJackson #NewportJazzFestival #gospel #song #lyric #poetry
Una delicia
#jazz
58 años acaba de cumplir esta fabulosa presentación de Herbie Mann Quintet en el Newport Jazz Festival. Observen la exquisitez de Roy Ayers en el vibráfono. También están Chick Anemian, Reggie Workman y Bruno Carr. Simplemente hermoso.
#NewportJazzFestival #USA
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This concert went down in history as Duke Ellington’s triumphant comeback. His legendary performance at the Newport Jazz Festival became a true sensation: the audience danced right in front of the stage, and the press called it “Ellington’s second birth.”
Duke Ellington — Newport Jazz Festival 1956: Full Concert Playlist:
#DukeEllington #EllingtonAtNewport #Jazz #JazzConcert #NewportJazzFestival
Watch on YouTube ⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsJmisIYFgjekFOFbvuk6tvBTYKVEqSYM
or Rumble:
This is not just music — it’s the history of jazz, the energy of freedom, and the spirit of an era.
#DukeEllington #EllingtonAtNewport #Jazz #JazzConcert #NewportJazzFestival
Watch on YouTube ⬇️
or Rumble:
https://rumble.com/v6z3sea-excerpt-duke-ellington-ellington-at-newport-1956-live-concert-.html
https://youtu.be/0Jr7vrXYVHc
Janelle Monáe, the Roots, Jacob Collier and Raye Lead Lineup for Newport Jazz Festival
#Variety #News #JanelleMonae #NewportJazzFestival #Raye #TheRoots
See Chuck Berry Perform at 1958 Newport Jazz Festival – Rolling Stone
See Chuck Berry's performance at 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in documentary 'Jazz on a Summer's Day' that inspired Keith Richards to be a musician. Source: See Chuck Berry Perform at 1958 Newport Jazz Festival - Rolling Stone "One of my big lights has gone out.” - Keith, 3/18/17 pic.twitter.com/I86dHlvN5W — Keith Richards (@officialKeef) March 19, 2017 #chuckberry #KeithRichards #newportjazzfestival…
Check out our very special conversation from this summer’s Newport Jazz Festival with Danilo Pérez and John Patitucci on Wayne Shorter. Blue Note Records will be releasing quartet live recording ‘Celebration, Volume 1’ on 8/23/24
“There’s nothing wasted here. In terms of music, he taught expansion.” - Danilo Pérez
“Wayne’s music was always deep, but the melodies were haunting. They stay with you forever.” - John Patitucci
#wayneshorter #johnpatitucci #danilopérez #johnpatituccibass #daniloperez #newportjazz #newportjazzfestival #newportjazzfest #legacyofwayneshorter #bluenote #bluenoterecords #music #art #zerogravity #wayneshorterquartet #newmusic #interview #celebrationvolume1
“Newport has seen and presented every development in jazz since 1954. I’m so proud and happy to be involved with that legacy. And that legacy will very surely carry on.” - Christian McBride
We conclude our series of interviews leading up to the 2024 Newport Jazz Festival by again sitting down with Artistic Director/extraordinary bassist Christian McBride.
#christianmcbride #newportjazzfestival #newportjazzfest #newportjazz #jazz #music #art #postgenre #jamjawn #music #art #fredwesley #nilesrodgers #elviscostello #brittanyhoward #sunraarkestra #marshallallen #stanleyclarke #jaleelshaw #jazzisdead
“I think when you look at the elements, the ingredients, of [Return to Forever’s] music, they are things that people still appreciate. People admire the virtuosic nature of the music. I’ve seen that admiration even by guys who are into completely different types of music. They look at something like Return to Forever and can see accomplishment. Return to Forever has a compositional element to it, but also a jam band quality, and I think people react to that.” - Stanley Clarke
Read the second part of our conversation with Stanley Clarke. N•4EVER will be performing at the Newport Jazz Festival on Saturday, August 3, 2024.
Photo credit: Matt Lorentzen
#stanleyclarke #stanleyclarken4ever #n4ever #newportjazzfestival #newportjazzfest #newportjazz #music #art #postgenre #postgenremedia #postgenremusic #fusion #returntoforever #returntoforeverband #schooldays #electricbass #bass #jazz
“I got in the studio and had this English engineer. We started playing, and he said, “Oh man, you better record that.” At first, I couldn’t figure out who was going to solo on it and decided, what the hell, I’ll just do the solo. And taking that solo kind of changed things in the bass world.“ - Stanley Clarke
“[I]f there was a Bible of the history of doubling with both the double bass and the electric bass, Stanley would be its Genesis. It all starts with him.” - Christian McBride
Check out the first of our two part conversation with NEA Jazz Master Stanley Clarke on his band N*4EVER and their forthcoming Newport Jazz Festival performance and record, Return To Forever, School Days, and more.
#stanleyclarke #stanleyclarken4ever #n4ever #newportjazzfestival #newportjazzfest #newportjazz
“I think less about the line between [tradition and modernity] as much as I think about my own love for the tradition. I have a very true, and genuine love and passion for jazz music and its history. It literally came from me being a kid and watching the Ken Burns series, listening to records by Duke Ellington and Count Basie, and falling in love with the music.“ - Riley Mulherkar
Read our conversation with Riley Mulherkar on his debut album as a leader, Riley (out now on Westerlies Records), and the upcoming Newport Jazz Festival performance tied to it.
Photo credit: Zenith Richards
#rileymulherkar #newportjazzfestival #newportjazz #newportjazzfest #jazz #music #tradition #postgenre #postgenremedia #postgenremusic #art #thewesterlies #fleetfoxes
“I’ve thought about how many important saxophonists Roy [Haynes] has played with, whether Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Trane, Eric Dolphy, Joe Henderson, or Kenny Garrett. Roy played with everyone. I did a Charlie Parker tribute gig with him at The Jazz Showcase. I’ll never forget it. We were playing mostly Charlie Parker tunes, and I turned around to see a big poster of Bird on the wall behind Roy. And it’s like “Oh man.” Seeing that poster behind him put everything into perspective.”- Jaleel Shaw
Check out our conversation with Shaw on his past performances at Newport Jazz Festival, working with Roy Haynes, his well overdue upcoming Newport leader debut (with Lawrence Fields, Dezron L Douglas, and Joe Dyson), and more.
#jaleelshaw #jaleelshawquartet #newportjazz #newportjazzfestival #newportjazzfest #music #art #postgenre #postgenremedia #postgenremusic #jazz #lawrencefields #dezrondouglas #joedyson #interview #forthcomingalbum
“Silence is as important as sound to me. It is with sound and silence that rhythm exists. Whether short notes or long notes in the African clef, the various rhythms that come from Brazil are based on silence and sound and it is very important to remember that the variation of this is the origin of swing, of balance. I love silence.” - Amaro Freitas
Check out our interview with Amaro Freitas on his album, Y’Y (out now on Psychic Hotline) and his forthcoming Newport Jazz Festival performance.
#amarofreitas #yy #amazonrainforest #newportjazz #newportjazzfestival #newportjazzfest #music #art #brazilianmusic #preparedpiano #postgenre #postgenremusic #postgenremedia #solopiano #psychichotlinerecords
“[J]azz is deep inside me. I’ve studied jazz all my life. I wanted to be a jazz musician. But James Brown came along, offered me a job, and I got involved with him. Eventually, I became more and more involved with funk music. And, so, I became known as a funk musician… But I’ve always been a jazz musician at heart.” - Fred Wesley
We sat down with Fred Wesley to discuss James Brown, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, his forthcoming Newport Jazz Festival appearance as part of Christian McBride’s Jam Jawn, and more.
#fredwesley #funk #jazz #newportjazz #newportjazzfestival #christianmcbride #jamjawn #jamesbrown #georgeclinton #parliamentfunkadelic #bootsycollins #countbasie #music #art #postgenre #postgenremedia #postgenremusic #trombone #hornyhorns #jbs #newjbs
“I think the one thing that makes music special is its soul. Look at music like the Blues. If a computer creates Blues music when it has never experienced the Blues, is it truly the Blues? No. I’m sure that’s the type of question – whether something is music or not- that people will spend a lot of time arguing over. But for me, the music comes down to that soul and warmth. And that’s important to me during the process of creating music as well.“ - Rob Garza
In our first artist interview for the 2024 Newport Jazz season, we sat down with Thievery Corporation’s Rob Garza.
#robgarza #thieverycorporation #thieverycorporationlive #newportjazz #newportjazzfestival #music #art #postgenre #postgenremusic #postgenremedia #jazz #electronicmusic #bossanova #dub
For the entire month of July, PostGenre will be covering this summer’s Newport Jazz Festival. We have several special interviews and pieces planned, culminating in live coverage of the event on 8/2 through 8/4.
To kick things off, we sat down with Ron Cudworth as part of our series where we talk to people behind the scenes of the event. Ron, also a life-long Newporter, is the Festival’s second most senior staff member, providing security since 1981. We discuss his upbringing in Newport, service to the Festivals, and how the two intersect.
#roncudworth #newport #newportjazz #newportjazzfestival #security #jazz #jazzfestival
With 2024 Newport Jazz Festival coverage on the near horizon, our thoughts on the final day of last summer’s festival.
https://postgenre.org/newportjazz2023dayiii/
#newportjazz #newportjazzfestival #music #art #jazz #matthewhitaker #charlesmcpherson #dance #billcharlap #scarygoldings #scarypockets #larrygoldings #johnscofield #talwilkenfeld #joshuaredman #bradmehldau #brianblade #christianmcbride #samarajoy #cautiousclay #thesoulrebels #herbiehancock
As we prepare for our extensive annual coverage of the Newport Jazz Festival, here are our observations from the second day of last summer’s edition.
#newportjazz #newportjazzfestival #camillethurman #jamesbrandonlewis #louisarmstronghouse #givetongelin #bruceharris #marquishill #charleslloyd #christianmcbride #bobjames #aroojaftab #shahzadismaily #vijayiyer #biggigantic #jonbatiste #jazz #music #art #postgenre
Observations from Day One of the 2023 Newport Jazz Festival featuring Endea Owens and the Cookout, Julius Rodriguez, Lakecia Benjamin, Alfa Mist, Angel Bat Dawid’s Hush Harbor Mixtape Service, Dave Holland’s New Quartet, and Anderson .Paak/ Dj Pee .Wee.
https://postgenre.org/newportjazz2023dayi
#newportjazzfestival #newportjazz #endeaowens #endeaowensandthecookout #juliusrodriguez #lakeciabenjamin #derrickhodge #angelbatdawidbrothahood #angelbatdawid #daveholland #andersonpaak #djpeewee
At The Newport Jazz Festival. Soulive and Domi & JD Beck absolutely ripped so far. Perfect day at Fort Adams #NewportJazzFestival #Newport #NewportRI #jazz #ocean #boats
Anyone need a Newport Jazz Fest 3-day pass?
"Sweet Little Sixteen" is a #rockAndRoll song written and first recorded by #ChuckBerry, who released it as a single in January 1958. His performance of it at that year's #NewportJazzFestival was included in the documentary film #JazzOnASummersDay. It reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100.
https://youtu.be/Uf4rxCB4lys
Continuing with the Oscar Peterson Trio - but this time with Roy Eldridge, Sonny Stitt and Jo Jones at Newport in 1957.
A really solid live set in front of an enthusiastic Newport Jazz Festival audience, trading blazing fast licks. Good stuff.
#nowplaying #vinyl #vinylrecords #jazz #NewportJazzFestival #OscarPeterson #verve
#NowWatching #SkyArts
Louis Armstrong: Good Evening Ev'rybody
Narrated by the man himself, take a step back in time to the Newport Jazz Festival of 1970 to witness backstage rehearsals and performances.
