2016 Newport Jazz Festival Lineup is Announced

George Wein, legendary producer and chairman of the Newport Festivals Foundation, announced the lineup for the 2016 Newport Jazz Festival today.

Here it is:

Friday, July 29, 2016 8:00 pm

International Tennis Hall of Fame, 194 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 02840

Gregory Porter: Gregory Porter, Chip Crawford, Emanuel Harrold, Jahmal Nichols

Chick Corea Trilogy: Chick Corea, Christian McBride, Brian Blade

Friday, July 29, 2016, 11:00 am - 6:30pm

Fort Adams State Park, 90 Fort Adams Drive, Newport, RI 02840

Galactic

Kamasi Washington

Kneebody: Adam Benjamin, Shane Endsley, Kaveh Rastegar, Ben Wendel,

Nate Wood

Peter Apfelbaum’s Sparkler*: Peter Apfelbaum, Natalie Cressman, Jill Ryan,

Will Bernard, Kyle Sanna, Charlie Ferguson

Tierney Sutton: “After Blue” The Joni Mitchell Project: Tierney Sutton,

Mark Summer, Serge Merlaud

Steve Coleman and Five Elements: Steve Coleman, Jonathan Finlayson,

Maria Grand, Miles Okazaki, Anthony Tidd, Sean Rickman

Tyshawn Sorey & Alloy*: Tyshawn Sorey, Corey Smythe, Chris Tordini

Sullivan Fortner Quartet*: Sullivan Fortner, Tivon Pennicott, Aidan Carroll, Joe Dyson

Eric Revis Parallax: Eric Revis, Ken Vandermark, Kris Davis, Nasheet Waits

URI Newport Big Band, Under the Direction of Jared Sims

And More …

Saturday, July 30, 2016, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm

Fort Adams State Park, 90 Fort Adams Drive, Newport, RI 02840

Chick Corea Trilogy: Chick Corea, Christian McBride, Brian Blade

Gregory Porter: Gregory Porter, Chip Crawford, Emanuel Harrold, Jahmal Nichols

Angelique Kidjo: Angelique Kidjo, Dominic James, Magatte Sow, Benjamin Zwerin,

Yayo Serka

The Bad Plus performs Ornette Coleman’s SCIENCE FICTION: Reid Anderson,

Ethan Iverson, David King, Tim Berne, Ron Miles, Sam Newsome, Ron Miles

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society

John Scofield/Joe Lovano Quartet: John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Ben Street,

Bill Stewart

Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express: Monty Alexander, Hassan Shakur,

Obed Calvaire, Andy Bassford, Joshua Thomas, Karl Wright

Edmar Castañeda World Ensemble: Edmar Castañeda, Andrea Tierra,

Grégoire Maret, Itai Kriss, Marshall Gilkes, Shlomi Cohen, Pablo Vergara,

David Silliman, Rodrigo Villalon

Butler, Bernstein & The Hot 9: Henry Butler, Steven Bernstein, Curtis Fowlkes,

Charlie Burnham, Doug Wieselman, Peter Apfelbaum, Erik Lawrence, Matt Munisteri, Brad Jones, Donald Edwards

The Hot Sardines: Miz Elizabeth, Evan “Bibs” Palazzo, “Fast Eddy” Francisco,

Jason Prover, Mike Sailors, Nick Myers, Evan “Sugar” Crane, Alex Raderman

Stefon Harris Sonic Creed: Stefon Harris, James Francies, Elena Pinderhughes,

Mike Moreno, Joshua Crumbly, Jonathan Pinson

Dave Liebman Expansions Group: Dave Liebman, Matt Vashlishan, Bobby Avey,

Tony Marino, Alex Ritz

Henry Butler (solo piano)

Kris Davis (solo piano)

Mary Halvorson (solo guitar)

Terry Waldo (solo piano)

ASCAP – The Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awardee

RI Music Educators Association Sr. All-State Jazz Ensemble

And More …

Saturday, July 30, 2016, 7:30 pm

Location TBD

Newport Festivals Foundation Fundraiser/Gala

Sunday, July 31, 2016, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm

Fort Adams State Park, 90 Fort Adams Drive, Newport, RI 02840

Charles Lloyd New Quartet: Charles Lloyd, Jason Moran, Rueben Rogers,

Eric Harland

José James: José James, Takeshi Obayashi, Solomon Dorsey, Nate Smith

Potter, Holland, Loueke & Harland: Chris Potter, Dave Holland, Lionel Loueke,

Eric Harland

Robert Glasper Experiment

Anat Cohen’s Clarinet Re-Imagined

Kamasi Washington

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Presents Stretch Music
Django Festival All Stars: Samson Schmitt, Ludovic Beier, Pierre Blanchard,

DouDou Cuillerier, Brian Torff

Kenny Barron Trio: Kenny Barron, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake

Yosvany Terry Quintet: Yosvany Terry, Michael Rodriguez, Osmany Paredes,

Yunior Terry, Obed Calvaire

Ben Williams & Sound Effect*: Ben Williams, Gilad Hekselman, Christian Sands

Toshiko Akiyoshi (solo piano)

Rossano Sportiello (solo piano)

The Westerlies: Riley Mulherkar, Zubin Hensler, Andy Clausen, Willem de Koch

MA Music Educators Association All-State Jazz Band

And More …

Stay tuned to social media for more announcements on an on-going basis.

Artists Subject to Change

*Including a new composition funded with support from the George Wein/Doris Duke Artistic Programming Fund

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