Tuesday, February 11, 2020
The Newport Jazz Festival will be anchored by Norah Jones, Wynton Marsalis and Diana Krall.
The Festival will be held Aug. 7-9 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I.
Pianist Robert Glasper will take up residency across all three days of the festival, bringing something new at each performance. Drummer Makaya McCraven will return for a second year, fresh off of his re-imagining of Gil Scott-Heron's, "I'm New Here."
Jimmy Cliff and Angιlique Kidjo perform the Talking Heads' "Remain In Light," and Japanese jazz-composer Hiromi will bring a global perspective. Genre-bending indie-jazz artists such as Khruangbin and Cory Wong will perform alongside Newport Jazz Artistic Director's own A Christian McBride Situation.
Other artists include Charles Lloyd Kindred Spirits, Maria Schneider Orchestra, Chris Potter Circuits Trio featuring James Francies and Eric Harland, Joe Lovano "Trio Tapestry" featuring Marilyn Crispell & Carmen Castaldi, Nicholas Payton, Hiromi, Nate Smith + KINFOLK, The Comet is Coming, The Soul Rebels, The Jazz Gallery All-Stars, Arturo/Zack/Adam O'Farrill Quintet, Avery*Sunshine, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Nubya Garcia, Michela Marino Lerman - Love Movement, Warren Wolf and Wolfpack, Somi, Catherine Russell, Miguel Zenσn Quartet, and an extended The History of Jazz set that will feature Tuba Skinny, Vince Giordano & The Night Hawks, David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band, Mike Davis' The New Wonders, Colin Hancock & His Signature Seven.
"This year's Newport Jazz Festival continues the tradition of presenting jazz, as George Wein would say, "from J to Z," said McBride. "For three days in August, all eyes and ears in the jazz world focus on what happens at Newport. It's a thrill to present everyone from the great Wynton Marsalis, who's making his first appearance at the festival in nine years to Diana Krall, who's making her first appearance at the festival in over 20 years."
"We welcome back old friends like Charles Lloyd, who served as our artist-in-residence in 2018, and Robert Glasper, who serves as this year's artist-in-residence. Newport Jazz has always featured artists from all areas, from Chuck Berry to Mahalia Jackson to Aretha Franklin to James Brown to Led Zeppelin to the Allman Brothers. Since 2017, artists like The Roots, Common, Living Colour and George Clinton and more have all played the festival. This year, Newport Jazz presents reggae legend, Jimmy Cliff. Oh yes, this year's going to be deep. Norah Jones is back after her smashing 2016 Newport debut, Avery*Sunshine makes her debut, as does vibraphonist Warren Wolf."
The Festival started 66 years ago in 1954. Showcasing more than 50 individual Jazz ensembles, the festival will offer music on four stages, including the Fort, Quad, Harbor stages and Storyville, the intimate venue located in the Newport Festivals Museum.
The schedule includes:
Friday, Aug. 7 Fort Adams State Park
Norah Jones
Jimmy Cliff
Robert Glasper
A Christian McBride Situation
Chris Potter Circuits Trio
Nicholas Payton
Catherine Russell
The History of Jazz
Tuba Skinny
Vince Giordano & The Night Hawks
David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band
Mike Davis' The New Wonders
Colin Hancock & His Signature Seven
Saturday, Aug. 8 Fort Adams State Park
Wynton Marsalis
Angιlique Kidjo's Remain In Light
Robert Glasper
Charles Lloyd Kindred Spirits
Makaya McCraven
Nate Smith + KINFOLK
The Jazz Gallery All-Stars
The Comet is Coming
Arturo/Zack/Adam O'Farrill Quintet
Avery*Sunshine
Michela Marino Lerman - Love Movement
Miguel Zenσn Quartet
Sunday, Aug. 9 Fort Adams State Park
Diana Krall
Khruangbin
Robert Glasper
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Joe Lovano "Trio Tapestry"
Hiromi
Cory Wong
The Soul Rebels
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Nubya Garcia
Warren Wolf and Wolfpack
Somi