Newport Jazz Festival
Live concerts from the first
American jazz festival.
In this Series
The popular funk band teams up with James Brown's arranger and trombonist in a collaboration between two different generations of groove musicians. Hear them perform a set of original jams and classic R&B numbers, live at the Newport Jazz Festival
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Held every summer for 54 years running, the JVC Jazz Festival Newport is among the events for jazz enthusiasts worldwide.
Artists webcast and archived live on NPR.org
- Sun., Aug. 10
- Guillermo Klein & Los Guachos
- George Wein's Newport All-Stars: With Esperanza Spalding, Anat Cohen, Howard Alden, Jimmy Cobb
- Herbie Hancock
- All artists and times subject to change.
- See full festival line-up.
One of the true public faces of jazz, the keyboard giant brought a stellar group of musicians to the JVC Jazz Festival Newport to help perform classics from his catalog, as well as recent reconfigurations of pop music.
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The supergroup sounded remarkably communicative for a band on its second gig together. Bassist Holland, pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, saxophonist Chris Potter and drummer Eric Harland played a set of angular, thoroughly modern originals.
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The founder and impresario of jazz at Newport has played a less frequently-seen role at his festivals: Pianist. He brings a handpicked set of musicians ranging from their twenties to nearly 80 for a rousing set of small-group swing.
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The bandleader's intuitive hybrid of big band jazz, Argentinean folk rhythms and the modern classical idiom have won him devotion from many of today's hottest jazz musicians. He makes his Newport debut with his large ensemble Los Guachos.
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An annual mecca for jazz enthusiasts, the festival has featured legends like Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday. Hear Dan Morgenstern, Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University.
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