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Chaka Khan to Replace Etta James at Newport
Ten-time Grammy Award winner Chaka Khan will replace Etta James as the Friday Aug. 7 opening night act of George Wein’s CareFusion Jazz Festival 55, scheduled for Aug. 7-9.
Hear The Concerts Live On Aug. 8-9
NPR Music and partners WBGO and WGBH will present many of the acts from George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 in a live broadcast and webcast from Newport.
CareFusion to sponsor Newport jazz fest
CareFusion Corp., a San Diego-based medical products company, will sponsor this year’s annual jazz festival in Newport, longtime organizer George Wein said yesterday. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Old Guard to Avant-Garde: In year 55
The Newport jazz festival has always attracted the biggest names and most popular acts, from Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, and Count Basie to Dave Brubeck....What's often overlooked, though, is that Newport usually draws a decent number of avant-garde jazz artists.
Newport Jazz Fest Announces Lineup
New Festival Productions LLC released on Wednesday the finalized lineup for George Wein's Jazz Festival 55, adding some artists to the bill as well as scheduling artists across the three days of the event.
New Jazz and Folk Festivals
George Wein, the music impresario and longtime producer of the JVC Jazz Festival and the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals, has announced the initial lineups for two new eponymous festivals that will run this summer in Newport, R.I.
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