Newport Jazz Festival

Newport Jazz Warmup

Terence Blanchard will be at the Newport Jazz Festival® 
on Saturday, August 3, 2013, and it’s never too early 
to start warming up for the festival!
Our friends at Jazz Standard in New York City 
are offering you a chance to win 2 tickets to hear Terence 
on one of the following dates: May 29, 30 & 31, or June 1 & 2. 

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Newport Jazz Warmup

Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band will be at 
the Newport Jazz Festival® on Sunday, August 4, 
and it’s never too early to start warming up for the festival!
Our friends at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston are offering you 
a chance to win 2 tickets to hear the forever young 
Mr. Haynes at their club on May 23 or 24, at 10pm 

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cartermagazine:

CARTER Magazine: Today In History

‘Thomas “Fats” Waller, jazz pianist and composer, was born in New York City on this date May 21, 1904. Waller is well-known for his songs “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and “Honeysuckle Rose.”’

(photo: Thomas “Fats” Waller)

- CARTER Magazine

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NEWPORT JAZZ WARMUP

Última oportunidad para participar y ganar experiencia VIP, con el hotel, para escuchar 2013 NJF artista Eddie Palmieri en Pittsburgh Jazz Live. 2013 NJF artistas Marcus Miler y Gregory Porter también estarán allí.

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NJPAC’s Screening of Jazz On A Summer’s Day

Here’s another chance to start warming up for the Newport Jazz Festival® Our friends at theNew Jersey Performing Arts Center are offering you a chance to win 2 tickets for their screening of the Newport Jazz Festival documentary, Jazz On A Summer’s Day on Friday, May 10 at 7:00 pm. 

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Wayne Shorter’s 80th Birthday Tribute

Legendary tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter will celebrate his 80th birthday year at the annual Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ fundraising benefit, which will be held at Rosecliff, one of Newport’s historic mansions, on Saturday, August 3, at 7:30 pm. Joining Shorter for this exciting occasion will be fellow Miles Davis alumnus, Herbie Hancock, and jazz’s rising star Esperanza Spalding. Master guitarist Rez Abbasi and New Orleans pianist Jon Batiste also will take part in the evening’s festivities.

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Clarinetist/Saxophonist Anat Cohen conducts master class for high school musicians

Stellar clarinetist/saxophonist Anat Cohen will conduct a master class and workshop for high school students on Saturday, May 4, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Salve Regina University. The free program, “Pathways to Jazz,” which is presented for the second year by the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ and the Salve Regina University Department of Performing Arts, has attracted student musicians from throughout southern New England. 

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