Newport Jazz Festival Announces 3rd Part of 2017 Lineup

Friday, March 03, 2017

GoLocalProv Lifestyle Team

The Newport Jazz Festival has announced a third wave of performers coming to Newport for the 2017 festival. 

The third wave brings in well-known artists like The Roots, Philadelphia Experiment featuring Questlove and more. 

"As this third wave of artists for the 2017 Newport Jazz Festival sweeps the shores of the Narragansett Bay, it feels like you might be in a tsunami; but you will not be drowning, you will be swimming in a sea of the finest traditional and contemporary jazz. Having already seen the first two waves, which includes Maceo Parker, Snarky Puppy and Andra Day, here is wave three,” said producer and founder George Wein. 

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Wein adds, by the way, we will be announcing a fourth wave of Newport Jazz artists in the next few weeks. Hold your breath."

The new auditions are as follows: 

Friday, August 4

• *Naturally 7
• *Joey DeFrancesco + The People
• *Christian Sands Quartet with Gilad Hekselman, 
• Yasushi Nakamura & Jerome Jennings

 

Saturday, August 5

• *Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding
• *Uri Caine Trio with Mark Helias & Clarence Penn
• *David Torkanowsky, solo piano

 

Sunday, August 6

• *The Roots
• *Philadelphia Experiment: Questlove, Christian McBride, 
• Uri Caine
• *John Medeski, solo piano

 

The 2017 Jazz Festival 

The 2017 festival is set to take place from Friday, August 4 to Sunday, August 6. 

The festival will show off over 50 individual jazz ensembles on four stages including performances at the International Tennis Hall of Fame and Fort Adams State Park. 

Click here for more information. 

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