Traditionalists would probably have considered the third and final day of Newport Jazz 2021 its “jazziest”—more swinging, more traditional instruments, fewer straight-four beats, less stylistic … Read More “Newport Jazz 2021: Day 3”
The weather gods must have been in favor of Newport Jazz’s 2021 return. A superb first day of the festival was followed by an even … Read More “Newport Jazz 2021: Day 2”
Two years ago around this time, they had a jazz festival in Newport, R.I., the same way they have for decades. One year ago, as … Read More “Newport Jazz 2021: Day 1”
I have a confession to make: Before this year, I’d never been to the Newport Jazz Festival. Growing up in and around Boston with a … Read More “Live Review: The 65th Newport Jazz Festival, for the First Time”
On Thursday, August 1, the evening before the official start of the 65th Newport Jazz Festival, George Wein, the festival’s original organizer and longtime leader, … Read More “Live Review: George Wein’s “One More Once” at Newport”
In between bouts of torrential rain and sticky heat, hundreds of musicians played for tens of thousands of listeners over the course of three days … Read More “2018 Newport Jazz Festival: Special Recap”
“I view the [jazz] tradition as being like the roots of a tree,” the bassist Christian McBride told JT writer Nate Chinen in 2013. “But you … Read More “Field Notes: Newport 2017, Day Three”
There’s a very true cliché that jazz musicians, producers, promoters and other industry folks like to deploy in case of emergency, when something that had … Read More “Field Notes: Newport 2017, Day Two”
There’s a story, an angle to the Newport Jazz Festival this year, other than the long-running narrative about it being an enduring institution of jazz … Read More “Field Notes: Newport 2017, Day One”
A wide-ranging program and warm, sunny weather at this jazz institution
