Celebrate
the 60th Anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival ® on International Jazz Day,
Wednesday, April 30, at the historic Casino Theatre, 9 Freebody Street in
Newport, with a concert by Jon Batiste and Stay Human. Presented by Newport
Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ and the Salve Regina University Department of
Music, Theatre and Dance, the 7:30 pm concert follows two educational workshops
for Newport students.
Batiste
and Stay Human kick off International
Jazz Day with a morning performance for students from the Pell School and
Thompson Middle School. In the afternoon, the band will present a workshop for
jazz combos from Rhode Island high schools.
The morning and afternoon sessions are being facilitated in
collaboration with Alan Bernstein, Supervisor of the Arts for the Newport
Public Schools.
The
celebration culminates with the evening performance in the newly-renovated
Casino Theatre. All tickets are General
Admission and are priced at $25 for adults;
students with ID and ages 18 and under are free. Proceeds will benefit education programs of
Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. For
information and reservations, call (401) 341-2295.
Deeply
rooted in the musical traditions of his native New Orleans, where he grew up
playing with his family's well-known band, pianist/harmonaboardist Jon Batiste
has developed a uniquely current, uplifting, and playful brand of jazz that
integrates his classical Juilliard training with contemporary mainstream
sounds. He tours around the world with his band, Stay Human - saxophonist Eddie
Barbash, tuba player Ibanda Ruhumbika and percussionist Joe Saylor. Their
mission is to bring the joy of jazz to the masses, transforming each space they
play by breaking down the barriers between audience and performer, and inviting
people to experience the music as they never thought it could be played. Stay
Human's first studio album, Social Music, was released in October 2013. Jon is
also a noted advocate for music education and serves as Traveling Ambassador
for Music Unites and Artistic Director-at-Large for the National Jazz Museum in
Harlem. He is a regular figure in television and film, including HBO's Treme
and Spike Lee's Red Hook Summer. Jon Batiste and Stay Human will return to
Newport for a performance at the 60th Anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival
at Fort Adams on Friday, August 1.
The
Newport Festivals Foundation™ was founded by George Wein in 2010 to build up
and continue the legacies of the famed Newport Jazz Festival® and Newport Folk
Festival®. Under the auspices of the Foundation, the Newport Jazz Festival®
presents performers who respect and honor jazz music traditions, and at the
same time reflect the changes in today's musical trends. Through the
establishment of partnerships with local high schools and
colleges/universities, the Foundation will present programs to educate young
people about jazz music as presented at the annual festival. The Newport Jazz
Festival® takes place August 1 - 3 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at
the Newport Casino and Fort Adams State Park. The Foundation also will present
a Family Concert at Fort Adams on July 30. For more information, please visit
www.newportfestivalsfoundation.org.
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