After producing a successful and exciting 60th
anniversary celebration last year, George Wein today announced that the 2015
Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management will return
to the City-by-the-Sea July 31 - August 2 with three full days of music at Fort
Adams State Park, plus the popular Friday night concert at the International
Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino and a festive Gala at the historic
Breakers on Saturday evening.
The 2015
edition of America's first annual jazz festival will feature Chris Botti,
Cassandra Wilson, Jamie Cullum, Snarky Puppy, Maria Schneider, Arturo Sandoval,
Kenny Garrett, Billy Childs, Arturo O'Farrill, Fred Hersch, Cecile McLorin
Salvant, Jon Batiste, Kneebody, Hiromi with her trio and piano duets with
Michel Camilo, Jon Faddis, James Carter, Christian McBride, Bill Frisell, Mike
Stern/Bill Evans Band, Ambrose Akinmusire, Tom Harrell, Pat Martino, Matana
Roberts, John Hollenbeck and the much-anticipated return of Dr. John, who had to bow out last year due to
illness.
"No
one was more excited by last year's anniversary than I," said George Wein,
who has produced the Festival since its beginning in 1954. "We set out to
present some of the most outstanding established and emerging artists with
distinctive musical stories who not only represented the past and the present,
but also the future of jazz. Based on the great response from the audience and
critics alike, we believe we achieved our goal while fulfilling the mission of
the Newport Festivals Foundation™. With the full day of emerging artists on
Friday followed by two jam-packed days of amazing talent, we are looking
forward to many more memorable moments in jazz history."
Of the
more than 40 bands performing on three stages at Fort Adams, 19 are making
their Newport debut. Among the first-timers are Kneebody, Childs, Hersch,
Roberts and Harrell as well as Steve Lehman, Gerald Clayton, Bria Skonberg,
Wycliffe Gordon, José James, Lucky Peterson, Johnathan Blake and the 11-year
old Indonesian piano prodigy Joey Alexander.
The
Newport Festivals Foundation will again host THE Jazz Club, a special
experience offered on Saturday and Sunday at Fort Adams. The option includes
special seating, reserved parking, tented lounge access, upgraded restroom
facilities and a Festival poster.
The
lineup for the Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset
Management is as follows:
Friday,
July 31, 2015, 11:00 am - 6:30 pm
Snarky
Puppy, Christian
McBride Trio: Christian McBride, Christian Sands, Ulysses Owens
John
Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, Ambrose
Akinmusire Quartet: Ambrose Akinmusire, Sam Harris, Harish Raghavan, Justin Brown, Steve
Lehman Octet*: Steve Lehman, Chris Dingman, Mark Shim, Jonathan Finlayson, José Davila, Tim Albright, Drew Gress, Kneebody: Adam Benjamin, Shane Endsley, Kaveh Rastegar,
Ben Wendel, Nate Wood, Gerald
Clayton Quintet: Gerald Clayton, Ambrose Akinmusire, Ben Wendel, Joe Sanders, Justin Brown, Bria
Skonberg Quintet: Bria Skonberg, Evan Arntzen, Dalton Ridenhour, Sean Cronin, Darrian Douglas, Herlin
Riley Quintet*: Herlin Riley, Godwin Louis, Bruce Harris, Emmet Cohen, Russell Hall, Lucky
Peterson - Singin' the Blues: Lucky Peterson, Shawn Kellerman, Timothy Waites, Raul Valdés, Matana
Roberts' Coin Coin, Johnathan
Blake Quartet: Johnathan Blake, Mark Turner, Ben Street, Peter
Evans Quintet: Peter Evans, Sam Pluta, Ron Stabinsky, Tom Blancarte, Jim Black, The
Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra with special guest soloist Sean Jones, URI
Newport Big Band: Dr. Jared Sims, Director
Friday,
July 31, 2015, 8:00 pm
Chris
Botti, Jon
Batiste & Stay Human
Saturday,
August 1, 2015, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Cassandra
Wilson celebrates Billie Holiday, Jon
Batiste & Stay Human, Maria
Schneider Orchestra, Irvin
Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Cécile
McLorin Salvant: Cecile McLorin Salvant, Aaron Diehl, Paul Sikivie, Lawrence
Leathers, José
James, Pat
Martino Organ Trio: Pat Martino, Pat Bianchi, Carmen Intorre, Jr., Conrad
Herwig's Latin Side of Horace Silver featuring guest Michel Camilo:, Conrad
Herwig, Michel Camilo, Craig Handy, Igor Butman, Alex Sipiagin, Bill O'Connell, Ruben
Rodriguez, Robby Ameen, Richie Flores,
Hiromi:
The Trio Project: Hiromi, Anthony Jackson, Simon Phillips, Kenny
Garrett Quintet: Kenny Garrett, Rudy Bird, Vernell Brown, Corcoran Holt, McClenty Hunter, Wycliffe
Gordon & Friends, Tom
Harrell Quintet: Tom Harrell, Wayne Escoffery, Danny Grissett, Ugonna Okegwo, Johnathan Blake, Introducing
Joey Alexander: Joey Alexander, Russell Hall, Sammy Miller, RI Music
Educators Association Sr. All-State Jazz Ensemble conducted by Willie Hill
Saturday,
August 1, 2015, 7:30 pm
Newport
Festivals Foundation Gala (Artists To Be Announced)
Sunday,
August 2, 2015, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Jamie
Cullum, Arturo
Sandoval, Dr. John
& The Nite Trippers, Michel
Camilo/Hiromi Piano Duets: Michel Camilo, Hiromi Uehara, Mike
Stern/Bill Evans Band: Mike Stern, Bill Evans, Tom Kennedy, Steve Smith, Arturo
O'Farrill's Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with special guest Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bill
Frisell Trio: Bill Frisell, Tony Scherr, Kenny Wollesen, Billy
Childs Sextet with Strings*: Billy Childs, Steve Wilson, Carol Robbins, Larry Koonse,
Hans Glawischnig, Ari Hoenig, String Quartet, Jon
Faddis: Triumph of Trumpets: Jon Faddis, MarquisHill, Sean Jones, David
Hazeltine, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Dion Parsons, James
Carter Sextet - Living My Life: The Music of Don Byas, Fred
Hersch Trio: Fred Hersch, John Hebert, Eric McPherson, Lou
Donaldson Quartet: Lou Donaldson, Randy Johnston, Akiko Tsuruga,
Fukushi
Tainaka, Scott
Robinson's Doctette: Scott Robinson, Randy Sandke, Ted Rosenthal, Pat O'Leary, Dennis Mackrel. Jason
Lindner Now vs. Now. MA Music
Educators Association All-State Jazz Band conducted by Julius Tolentino.
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