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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
Give the Gift of Jazz: Special Holiday Discount Tickets Offered for 2012 Newport Jazz Festival®
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Thursday, November 17, 2011 |
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Grant to Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™
The Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ has been awarded a 29-month Arts Program grant in the amount of $50,000 from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) to support presentations by DDCF grantees at the Newport Jazz Festival® during 2011-2013. Percussionist Dafnis Prieto has been commissioned to compose a new piece for his sextet to debut at the 2012 Festival, which is set for August 3 - 5.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011 |
NEWPORT FESTIVALS FOUNDATION, INC.™ ANNOUNCES BOARD OF ADVISORS FOR NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL®
NEWPORT, RI, September 28, 2011 - To further advance the dialogue with both established and budding musicians, the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ announced the creation of its Newport Folk Festival Board of Advisors. The panel of musicians will help ensure that the Newport Folk Festival remains a significant, viable, and influential institution for years to come. The Board of Advisors includes: Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, Gillian Welch, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, and Ben Knox Miller of The Low Anthem.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 |
Danny Melnick Joins Team of Newport Festivals Foundation™ Producers
NEWPORT, RI, September 20, 2011 - George Wein, Chairman of the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ and Producer of the Newport Jazz Festival®, today announced the addition of Danny Melnick to the Foundation's team of veteran concert and event producers. Melnick, who worked for Wein's Festival Productions, Inc. (FPI) from 1990 - 1996 and again from 1998 - 2007, returns to the Festival family as Associate Producer of the Newport Jazz Festival.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011 |
Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ Announces 2012 Dates of Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals
George Wein, Chairman of the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., is pleased to announce the dates of the 2012 Folk and Jazz festivals in Newport, RI. The Newport Folk Festival® will be held July 28 - 29 and the Newport Jazz Festival® is set for August 3 - 5. Additional information will be announced in the coming months.
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Thursday, August 04, 2011 |
Veteran Jazz Stars Shine at Newport Jazz Festival® Presented by Natixis Global Asset Management
August 5 - 7, 2011
International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport Casino
Fort Adams State Park
Produced by George Wein and the Newport Festivals Foundation(tm)
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Wednesday, August 03, 2011 |
A Keyboard Kaleidoscope: Four Generations of Jazz Piano Perform at Newport Jazz Festival Presented by Natixis Global Asset Management
NEWPORT, RI - No other instrument in jazz is as complex and comprehensive as the piano. By extension, the pianists who play it represent all of the vivid and varied complexities of the art form, from the percussive pianisms of Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk, to the get down grooves of Horace Silver, and the harmonic hurricanes generated by McCoy Tyner. The 2011 edition of the Newport Jazz Festival® Presented by Natixis Global Asset Management, set for August 5 - 7, features four generations of piano royalty.
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Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
Berklee's Mario Castro Quintet performs at the Newport Jazz Festival, presented by Natixis Global Asset Management
Berklee College of Music's Mario Castro Quintet will perform at the 57th annual Newport Jazz Festival, which features some of the most innovative acts in jazz, on four stages, over three days.Castro's band, composed of some of Berklee's finest musicians, has been a regular fixture at Wally's Cafe, the legendary Boston club where many of the best young jazz players have cut their teeth.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011 |
Brass Appeal
From its inception in the fifties, the Newport Jazz Festival has been the place to hear the full scope of the jazz trumpet tradition: from the promethean horn of Louis Armstrong and the re-birth of the cool Prince of Darkness Miles Davis, to the debut of the late20th Century Crescent City crown prince of classic jazz, Wynton Marsalis. And the 2011 edition of this historic event continues to spotlight all of the magnificent hues and grooves of the instrument.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011 |
A Joyful Noise: Big Bands x 2 at Newport Jazz Festival Presented by Natixis Global Asset Management
From Duke Ellington's "rebirth" in 1956 and Count Basie's Sixteen Men Swinging, to Dizzy Gillespie's bebop sounds and the soulful strains of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival has presented the full range of jazz's finest big bands for six decades.
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Friday, July 22, 2011 |
Sing a Song of Jazz - Vocalists Take Center Stage at Newport Jazz Festival® Presented by Natixis Global Asset Management
Newport, RI- There is a circle of influence that is central to jazz: instrumentalists strive for a vocal quality in their "voice" while singers work for years to acquire the fluidity and flexibility of the instrumentalist. For the last six decades, the Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management has been the site where generations of audiences have heard the evolution of this circular reciprocity evolve into today's vivid, varied and soulful sounds that span the globe.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011 |
2011 Newport Folk Festival(R) Sells Out Two Weeks in Advance
NEWPORT, RI, July 19, 2011 - Thanks to music fans across the country, the 2011 Newport Folk Festival(R) is sold out, it was announced today by George Wein and the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.(TM) Two weeks in advance of its July 30-31 dates, the iconic festival is sold out on Saturday and Sunday, the first time in history that both days have sold out in advance. Ten thousand fans per day will celebrate the music at Fort Adams State Park from 11:00 am - 7:00 pm.
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
Dave Brubeck to Appear as a Special Guest with the Brubeck Brothers Quartet at Newport Jazz Festival Presented by Natixis Global Asset Management on Sunday, August 7, Fort Adams State Park
Newport, RI - Jazz legend Dave Brubeck has been an integral part of the Newport
Jazz Festival since 1955, appearing at the world-renowned seaside event more than any other musician. George Wein and the Newport Festivals Foundation are proud to announce that the famed pianist will join the Brubeck Brothers Quartet as a special guest on Sunday, August 7, at Fort Adams State Park at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival Presented by Natixis Global Asset Management
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
LEGO Systems, Inc. and Newport Festivals Foundation to Debut New Children's Tent at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival TM
-Acclaimed Children's Musician Elizabeth Mitchell to Headline the LEGO(R) DUPLO(R) KidZone Where Families with Preschoolers Will Find Musically Inspired Ways to Build and Play-
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL(R) ANNOUNCES LINEUP ADDITIONS/CHANGES
SALLIE FORD & THE SOUND OUTSIDE AND CHRIS THILE & MICHAEL DAVES join
THE DECEMBERISTS, EMMYLOU HARRIS, ELVIS COSTELLO,
AMOS LEE, GILLIAN WELCH, EARL SCRUGGS, RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT,
WANDA JACKSON, MAVIS STAPLES, JUSTIN EARLE TOWNES, TEGAN & SARA,
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS, MIDDLE BROTHER and MORE!
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Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. Announces New Local Ticket Office at Alex and Ani, One Bowen's Wharf, Beginning Friday, May 27, at Noon
The Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management will open a new Ticket Office at the Alex and Ani store at One Bowen's Wharf in Newport, beginning Friday, May 27, at noon, it was announced by the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., the recently-formed 501(c) (3) organization that produces the two events.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 |
Natixis Global Asset Management to Be Presenting Sponsor of 2011 Newport Jazz Festival
Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. today announced that Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM), one of the world's leading asset managers, will be the presenting sponsor of this summer's 2011 Newport Jazz Festival®, scheduled for August 5-7.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |
Newport Festivals Foundation Announces 2011 Newport Folk Festival Line-up and Welcomes New Partnership with Alex and Ani
An exciting mix of folk music's founding voices and modern favorites highlights the 52nd edition of the Newport Folk Festival(R) when it returns to Newport's Fort Adams State Park July 30-31, it was announced today by the Newport Festivals Foundation, the recently-formed 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization which produces the event.
Tickets go on sale worldwide on Thursday, March 31, at 10:00 am at www.newportfolkfest.net.
The Newport Folk Festival welcomes Alex and Ani, a celebrated eco-friendly jewelry and lifestyle brand, as sponsor of the Harbor Stage. Located at its new world headquarters, Chapel View, in Cranston, RI, with its flagship store at Newport's Bowen's Wharf, Alex and Ani also will create limited edition charms that will be introduced and available exclusively at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival and Newport Jazz Festival.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 | Newport Jazz Festival
Alex and Ani to Help Continue the Legacy of the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals
For the first time in the history of the Newport Jazz Festival®, and Newport Folk Festival®, one corporation will be a sponsor at both events. Rhode Island jewelry designer and manufacturer Alex and Ani will sponsor the Harbor Stage at Fort Adams State Park at the Newport Folk Festival on July 30-31 and at the Newport Jazz Festival on August 6-7.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 | Newport Jazz Festival
Newport Festivals Foundation Announces 2011 Newport Jazz Festival Schedule And Celebrates New Sponsor, Alex and Ani
Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.* today announced the support of a new sponsor, Alex and Ani, and the schedule of the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival®, which is set for August 5 - 7. Tickets go on sale worldwide Friday, March 25, at 10:00 am through TicketMaster and www.newportjazzfest.net
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Wednesday, March 09, 2011 | Newport Jazz Festival
Rhode Islanders Jonathan Nelson and Nicholas Pell Elected to Newport Festivals Foundation Board of Directors
Following George Wein's goal of building a base of prominent Rhode Island citizens to support the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals* over the long-term, the Newport Festivals Foundation today announced the election of Jonathan M. Nelson and Nicholas Lorillard Pell to the Board of Directors of this recently-formed 501(c) (3) organization that produces the two summer festivals in Newport.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 | Newport Jazz Festival
Famed Newport Jazz & Folk Festivals Go Non-Profit
The famed Newport Jazz Festival® and Newport Folk Festival®, held in Newport, RI, since 1954 and 1959 respectively, have returned to their original roots as non-profit events. The Festivals will now be produced under the umbrella of Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., a newly-formed 501(c)(3) organization. They will still be produced by George Wein and his veteran staff.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010 | Newport Folk Festival
George Wein Seeks Presenting Sponsor For 2011 Newport Folk Festival July 29 - 31
The iconic Newport Folk Festival, founded in Rhode Island 52 years ago by jazz impresario George Wein and folk legend Pete Seeger, is available for presenting sponsorship. Companies should be engaged in making a difference in the world and, like many of the festival's fans, interested in sustainable, environmentally-friendly lifestyles.
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
George Wein Announces Sponsorship Opportunities for 2011 Newport & New York Jazz Festival
For the second time in 25 years, the world-famous New York and Newport Jazz Festival is available for title sponsorship. Founded by George Wein, the festivals were sponsored by JVC for 23 years, followed by CareFusion for the past two years.
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 | The New York Jazz Festival
George Wein Announces Sponsorship Opportunities for 2011 Newport & New York Jazz Festival
For the second time in 25 years, the world-famous New York and Newport Jazz Festival is available for title sponsorship. Founded by George Wein, the festivals were sponsored by JVC for 23 years, followed by CareFusion for the past two years.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
George Wein's New Festival Productions Announces 2011 Dates of the Jazz Festival in Newport
George Wein is pleased to announce the dates of the 2011 folk and jazz festivals in Newport, RI. The Newport Folk Festival will be held July 29 - 31 and the Newport Jazz Festival is set for August 5 - 7.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010 |
2011 Dates of Folk and Jazz Festivals Announced
George Wein is pleased to announce the dates of the 2011 folk and jazz festivals in Newport, RI. The Newport Folk Festival will be held July 29 - 31 and the Newport Jazz Festival is set for August 5 - 7.
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Friday, October 01, 2010 |
HAPPY 85th BIRTHDAY GEORGE WEIN!
Wein & Newport All-Stars Continue Celebration at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola October 19 -24. Producer Receives Multiple Awards and Gives As Well As He Gets; Wein Foundation Gives $50,000 Artist Prize to Studio Museum for 5th Year
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
Berklee Global Jazz Institute Septet To Perform at the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
The Berklee Global Jazz Institute Septet will play at the 56th annual CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, which takes place August 6-8 and features live jazz on multiple stages over three days. Artists appearing at the festival include Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Chris Botti, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes, Jamie Cullum, Ahmad Jamal, and more.
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
Voices and Violins Speak Volumes At CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival August 6 - 8
Voices and strings represent one of the most harmonious pairings in jazz. One only has to hear those sublime Norman Granz-produced Ella Fitzgerald records for aural evidence of that special musical marriage. Both instruments are adaptable to every idiom and genre in the jazz continuum in their own right. And the masters of the violin and the voice assembled at the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, set for August 6 - 8, show that their skills positively highlight a high level of musicianship that represents tradition in transition.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | The New York Jazz Festival
CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Found New Fans, New Friends and Renewed Faith in the Future of Jazz
Jazz reared her beautiful head June 17 - 26 and more than 23,000 people turned out to greet her when the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York presented 45 concerts at 20 venues throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.
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Friday, July 23, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
NPR MUSIC AND STATIONS TO EXCLUSIVELY WEBCAST AND BROADCAST FULL CONCERTS FROM GEORGE WEIN'S NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL
NPR MUSIC AND STATIONS TO EXCLUSIVELY WEBCAST AND BROADCAST FULL CONCERTS FROM GEORGE WEIN'S NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL, JULY 31-AUGUST 1
AND CAREFUSION NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL, AUGUST 7-8. LISTEN TO ALL FESTIVAL COVERAGE LIVE ON THE NPR MUSIC APP.
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Friday, July 23, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival Has Sax Appeal
Saxophonists want to sound like singers, and no wonder: that instrument comes very close to mirroring the flexibility of the human voice; Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker and John Coltrane all had that lyrical ability to make the horn sing. And the saxophonists appearing at the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival are carrying on that splendid tradition in a myriad of ways.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival Get A Face Lift at Fort Adams State Park
Fans coming to the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival August 7 - 8, will find a new configuration of the three stages which present 15 fantastic rounds of music each day.
For the first time in many years, fans will be able to hear jazz within the confines of historic Fort Adams.
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Monday, July 19, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
Guitarists Are Choice Picks at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival Set for August 6 -8 in Newport, RI
he CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival showcases Rez Abbasi and Julian Lage: a new generation of guitarists, who have mastered the plectral heritage of those aforementioned masters, while elaborating and expanding on jazz by adding Afro-Latin, classical and world genres into their mix.
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
Dave Brubeck Celebrates 90th Birthday as Special Guest with the Wynton Marsalis Quintet
Dave Brubeck has been thrilling fans in Newport for more than half his life, and George Wein is proud to announce that the legendary pianist is returning to the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival to celebrate his 90th birthday as a special guest with his friend Wynton Marsalis on Sunday, August 8.
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Tuesday, July 06, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival Partners with Newport Hotels for Special Promotions
CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival (August 6 - 8) is partnering with some of Newport's finest hotels to offer special room and ticket promotions. The Preferred Festival Hotels are Hotel Viking, Newport Harbor Hotel & Marina, Newport Marriott and Hyatt Regency Newport.
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Monday, July 05, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
Trumpets Sound at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival*
Buddy Bolden blowing on the Mississippi, the clarion call of Louis Armstrong's "West End Blues," the revolutionary, reordering of modern music proclaimed by Dizzy Gillespie's "Night in Tunisia," to the walking-on eggshell artistry of Miles Davis; trumpeters have always heralded the infinitive variety of jazz's inventions and dimensions. Now, well into the change of the century, the dancing and daring diversity of the music's trumpet madness will be on ample display at the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival.
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
Enjoy A Handful of Keys at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival*
With the all-world pianistic talent that is assembled at an event as great and grand as the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, at its most basic element, it's like a rent party on a massive scale. Yes, rent party: those legendary piano cutting sessions that sprang up in Harlem during its illustrious Renaissance, where ivory ticklers would try to outdo each other. Although the assembled masters of the 88 keys don't have to go at each other like they did back in the day, nevertheless the festival venue offers the same kind of excitement and opportunity to hear the world's greatest pianists take a turn on the ivories
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
To Celebrate Independence Day, New Festival Productions Re-instates Ticket Discount Offers at Newport Folk Festival and CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
George Wein, CEO of New Festival Productions, LLC, announced today that he is re-instating the $50.00 General Admission ticket for the Newport Folk Festival and CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival to give local buyers another chance to get this special price. The discounted tickets (regularly priced at $69.00) must be purchased in person at the Festival office located in Empire Tea & Coffee, 22 Broadway, or the Newport and Bristol County Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), 23 America's Cup Avenue, both in Newport. Discount tickets must be purchased at CVB by July 5; tickets at the Festival office are available for a limited time.
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Monday, June 21, 2010 | The New York Jazz Festival
Joao Gilberto Concert Set for CareFusion Jazz Festival Joao Gilberto Concert Set for CareFusion Jazz Festival
Due to international travel regulations beyond the producer's and artist's control, the Joao Gilberto concert scheduled for the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, June 22, at 8:00 pm has been cancelled. Tickets will be refunded at point of purchase.
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Monday, June 21, 2010 | The New York Jazz Festival
TIME CHANGE: Eddie Palmieri y La Perfecta II Concert at CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Has Been Changed to 6:00 pm on Tuesday, June 22
Head to City Parks Foundation's SummerStage in Soundview Park, Bronx, when the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York presents the dynamic Eddie Palmieri y La Perfecta II on Tuesday, June 22, from 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Soundview Park is located at Lafayette & Metcalf & Bronx River Avenues.
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Monday, June 14, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS INVITED TO ENJOY WORLD-CLASS JAZZ AT CAREFUSION NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL
New Festival Productions today announced that discounted tickets are being made available to health care professionals who would like to attend the 2010 CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, RI August 6-8. Generously donated by jazz impresario and festival producer George Wein, the discount is being provided in support of CareFusion's "Rhythm of Care," a program created by leading global medical device company CareFusion (NYSE: CFN) to raise money and awareness for the people and practices that make health care safer and more efficient.
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Monday, June 14, 2010 | The New York Jazz Festival
Hurry Up to Harlem for CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Concerts at The Studio Museum, Schomburg Center and Harlem Stage Gatehouse
You don't have to take the A Train, but music lovers should hurry up to Harlem for the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York at The Studio Museum in Harlem (June 17), The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (June 20) and Harlem Stage Gatehouse (June 25 and 26).
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Monday, June 14, 2010 | The New York Jazz Festival
George Wein Celebrates Corporate Sponsorship As CareFusion Jazz Festival Covers New York With 47 Concerts at 23 Venues, Including 27 Events Priced at $15 or Less and 7 Free
Producer George Wein has been the Dean of Corporate Sponsorships since he pioneered the idea of sponsor association with music events, beginning in 1969 with The Schlitz Salute to Jazz followed by the Kool Jazz Festival. His company went on to produce titled events for JVC, Mellon Bank, Verizon, Essence, Ben & Jerry's and others. Today, he continues that tradition with the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York (June 17 - 26) and CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival (August 6 - 8).
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010 | The New York Jazz Festival
CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Presents KEITH JARRETT, GARY PEACOCK, JACK DEJOHNETTE
CareFusion Jazz Festival New York presents Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette, one of the world's most renowned jazz trios, on Thursday, June 17, at 8:00 pm at Carnegie Hall, Seventh Avenue & 57th Street.
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010 | The New York Jazz Festival
SAXOPHONIST JIMMY HEATH AND TRUMPETER JON FADDIS JOIN ALL-STAR JAZZ SALUTE TO JAMES MOODY IN ZANKEL HALL ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23
Carnegie Hall today announced that trumpeter Jon Faddis and saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath will join the all-star celebration honoring the life and music of one of jazz music's living legends, James Moody, on Wednesday, June 23 at 8:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall. Heath and Faddis will step in for Moody, the revered saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master, who must regrettably withdraw from this performance as his doctors have advised him against traveling while he continues to recuperate from gallbladder surgery.
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010 | The New York Jazz Festival
The Punch Brothers June 23rd Concert at Town Hall Has Been Cancelled
The Punch Brothers concert scheduled for The Town Hall in Manhattan on June 23 has been cancelled.
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Thursday, May 27, 2010 | The New York Jazz Festival
CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Presents An Evening with Chris Botti with Special Guest Nikki Yanofsky
CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Presents
An Evening with Chris Botti
with Special Guest Nikki Yanofsky
at Carnegie Hall June 19, 8:00 pm
Botti Also Set to Perform at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, August 8
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Thursday, May 27, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
JAMIE CULLUM AND GRACE KELLY KICK-OFF CAREFUSION NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL
JAMIE CULLUM and GRACE KELLY KICK-OFF
CAREFUSION NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL*
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 8:00 PM,
INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME at NEWPORT CASINO
Cullum Also to Perform at Fort Adams State Park on August 7
Sneak Preview: Jamie Cullum to Perform on
The Bachelorette on ABC - Monday, May 31, 8:00pm
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010 | The New York Jazz Festival
CAREFUSION JAZZ FESTIVAL NEW YORK
With 47 concerts at 22 venues, the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York covers the city June 17 - 26 with some of the best in jazz. Of the 47 events, seven are free and 27 are priced at $15 or less.
"We are pleased to present this diverse line-up of established and rising stars at some of the area's most exciting venues, most of which agreed to lower their tickets to $15 or less." said George Wein, CEO of New Festival Productions, LLC and producer of the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York ®.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
Two Great Cities, Two Great Festivals Unite
Celebrate the rich history of jazz when two great cities and two great festivals - CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival® in Newport, RI and Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival in Barcelona, Spain - join forces to increase world-wide recognition of the long-running events. The renowned jazz impresario George Wein teamed up with international music promoter Tito Ramoneda and artistic director Joan A. Cararach to announce the partnership of the sister festivals at a reception on May 17, 2010 at Barcelona's Gran Hotel Havana. The celebration was highlighted with a performance by the George Wein Barcelona Trio featuring Horacio Fumero on bass, Jordi Rossy on drums and Wein on piano.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 | The New York Jazz Festival
DUE TO HEALTH PROBLEMS, CESARIA EVORA CANCELS SUMMER TOUR
NEW YORK, NY, May 12, 2010 - Due to health problems, the Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora, has cancelled her summer tour, including her CareFusion Jazz Festival New York concert at Carnegie Hall on June 25, 8:00 pm, it was announced by The Bowery Presents and George Wein's New Festival Productions, co-promoters of the event.
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Thursday, May 06, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
Jazz and Folk Festival to Open New Ticket Office May 11 at Empire Tea & Coffee @ 22 Broadway in Newport
NEWPORT, RI, May 6, 2010 - George Wein today announced that beginning Tuesday, May 11, tickets for the Newport Folk Festival* (July 30 - August 1) and CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival* (August 6 - 8) will be available for purchase at the new headquarters office in Newport at Empire Tea & Coffee, located at 22 Broadway.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010 | The New York Jazz Festival
Celebrate The Genius Of João Gilberto At CareFusion Jazz Festival New York, on June 22, 8:00 pm, at Carnegie Hall
Experience The Genius of João Gilberto at the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York on Tuesday, June 22, at 8:00 pm at Carnegie Hall when the renowned singer/guitarist/composer returns to New York for the first time since he celebrated the 50th anniversary of Bossa Nova in 2008. Sponsored by CareFusion, a leading global medical device company, and produced by George Wein's New Festival Productions, LLC, the festival takes over New York June 17 - 26 with 47 concerts at 22 venues.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010 | Newport Folk Festival
George Wein’s NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL® RETURNS TO ITS SEASIDE HOME JULY 30 – AUGUST 1
The spirit of an open-hearted, old-fashioned family reunion is being summoned to life for this year's 51st edition of George Wein's Newport Folk Festival(r), which begins July 30 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport Casino and continues July 31 and August 1 at Fort Adams State Park.
Tickets go on sale worldwide on Friday, March 26, at 10 am at www.newportfolkfest.net.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
CareFusion & George Wein Announce Artists for Jazz Fest in Newport
CareFusion, a leading, global medical device company, and festival producer George Wein, today announced the schedule for the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, which takes over the city August 6 - 8. Tickets go on sale worldwide through TicketMaster on March 26 at 10 a.m. and at www.newportjazzfest.net
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
SPECIALLY-PRICED TICKETS for NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL* and CAREFUSION NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL* AVAILABLE at NEWPORT VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER
George Wein announced today that General Admission tickets specially priced at $50 will be available for the 2010 Newport Folk Festival (July 30 - August 1) and the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival (August 6 - 8) for a limited time only, beginning March 12, at the Newport Visitor Information Center (NVIC).
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 | The New York Jazz Festival
CAREFUSION JAZZ FESTIVAL MAKES NEW YORK DEBUT JUNE 17 - 26
CareFusion, a leading global medical device company, and festival producer George Wein today announced the schedule for the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York, which takes over the city June 17 - 26 with 45 concerts at 20 venues.
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Monday, February 01, 2010 | Newport Jazz Festival
DARCY JAMES ARGUE'S SECRET SOCIETY IS FIRST BAND BOOKED FOR 2010 CAREFUSION NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL SET FOR AUGUST 6-8
Booking for the 2010 CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival is off to a great start with the signing of Darcy James Argue's Secret Society. Produced by George Wein's New Festival Productions, the 56th annual jazz festival is set for August 6 - 8 at Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010 | The New York Jazz Festival
CAREFUSION, GEORGE WEIN ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF NEW YORK JAZZ FESTIVAL,
On the heels of a well-received 2009 jazz festival series, CareFusion, a leading global medical device company, and Jazz Impresario George Wein, announced today details about the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York and dates for the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 | The New York Jazz Festival
CareFusion New York Jazz Festival Covers the City June 17 - 26, 2010
After being without the annual jazz festival this past June for the first time in 37 years, jazz fans from around the world can celebrate the music at the CareFusion New York Jazz Festival June 17 - 26, 2010. George Wein, along with his New Festival Productions, LLC, again will produce a 10-day festival that will cover the city with concerts.
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