Newport Jazz Festival Set For Week of July 4, p.18
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Newport Jazz Festival Set For Week of July 4, p.18
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"NEWPORT, R.I.-- The annual Newport Jazz Festival has been set for July 4 weekend with one of the greatest arrays of talent, jazz and also “balletts” ever assembled.
The “ballet” will be danced by Modern Jazz Quartet’s [sic] “Fontessa.” Jazz stars lined up for the “Festival” include Count Basie and Joe Williams, Four Freshmen, Phil Napoleon, Oscar Peterson, George Shearing, Thursday, July 2; Wilbur DeParis, Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Modern Jazz Quartet, Gerry Mulligan, July 3; Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Rushing, July 4.
On Sunday, July 5, Buck Clayton, Miles Davis, Vic Dickerson, Bud Freeman, Ahmad Jamal, Jo Jones, Stan Kenton, Pee Wee Russell, Sarah Vaughan and others are scheduled.
The afternoon lineup: Marshall Brown and the Newport Youth Band, July 3; History of Jazz. Herb Pomeroy and his orch, Josh White, Kingston Trio, Pete Seeger, folk music, July 5.
A first major American Folk Music Festival is set for the July 11-12 weekend following the jazz bash. "
The “ballet” will be danced by Modern Jazz Quartet’s [sic] “Fontessa.” Jazz stars lined up for the “Festival” include Count Basie and Joe Williams, Four Freshmen, Phil Napoleon, Oscar Peterson, George Shearing, Thursday, July 2; Wilbur DeParis, Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Modern Jazz Quartet, Gerry Mulligan, July 3; Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Rushing, July 4.
On Sunday, July 5, Buck Clayton, Miles Davis, Vic Dickerson, Bud Freeman, Ahmad Jamal, Jo Jones, Stan Kenton, Pee Wee Russell, Sarah Vaughan and others are scheduled.
The afternoon lineup: Marshall Brown and the Newport Youth Band, July 3; History of Jazz. Herb Pomeroy and his orch, Josh White, Kingston Trio, Pete Seeger, folk music, July 5.
A first major American Folk Music Festival is set for the July 11-12 weekend following the jazz bash. "
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The Chicago Defender
Date
1959-5-23
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N/A, “Newport Jazz Festival Set For Week of July 4, p.18,” African American Fourth of July, accessed May 5, 2024, https://africanamerican4th.omeka.net/items/show/303.