PRESS

Official New Release
July 28, 2009
Contact:
Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Carolyn@georgewein.com

Spark Restaurant & Catering
Presents

Opening Night Cocktail Party
in Celebration of George Wein’s CareFusion Jazz Festival 55
Friday August 7, 2009, 6:30-7:45 pm

Horseshoe Piazza
International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino
$40/per person

NEWPORT, RI – Kick off George Wein’s CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 on Friday, August 7, from 6:30 – 7:45 pm at the opening night pre-party presented by Spark Restaurant & Catering at Horseshoe Piazza at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino, 194 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, RI. To purchase a ticket for the party, guests must have a ticket to the 8:00 pm opening night concert featuring Chaka Khan with the George Duke Trio and Howard Alden/Anat Cohen Quartet.

The party goes on rain or shine (No exchange/No Refunds).

Please call Kim Comfort at (401) 864-2750 to purchase tickets to the party. For more information, visit
www.sparkrestaurantandcatering.com.

George Wein’s CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 continues on Saturday, August 8, at Fort Adams State Park, at 11:30 am with Mos Def & The Watermelon Syndicate, Branford Marsalis Quartet; Joshua Redman Double Trio; Esperanza Spalding; Cedar Walton All-Stars with Lew Tabackin & Curtis Fuller; Hiromi’s SonicBloom; Vandermark 5; Jane Monheit; Christian McBride; Vijay Iyer Trio; Marsalis Music Presents Miguel Zenón Quartet, North Carolina Central Big Band, Branford Marsalis-Joey Calderazzo Duo and Claudia Acuña. /p>  

The festival picks up again on Sunday, August 9, at 11:30 am at Fort Adams with Tony Bennett; Dave Brubeck Quartet; Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band; Michel Camilo; Joe Lovano UsFive; The Bad Plus with Wendy Lewis; James Carter Organ Trio; Conversations with Christian McBride; Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra; Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band; Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition; Rashied Ali-Charles Gayle-William Parker's "By Any Means"; Alfredo Rodriguez; The Rodriguez Brothers and Roy Guzman Quintet. Artists are subject to change.

Jazz Festival 55 tickets are on sale now at www.jazzfestival55.com , by phone at (800) 514-3849 and by mail at George Wein’s CareFusion Jazz Festival 55, PO BOX 3865, Newport, RI 02840. General Admission tickets (single-day passes only) can be purchased at the Visitor’s Center at the Newport County Convention Center & Visitor’s Bureau at 23 America’s Cup Avenue. Tickets also can be purchased at the Festival office, located at 770 Aquidneck Avenue in Middletown, RI.  For general information, craft vendor information or to leave a message for festival staff, call the festival hotline at (401) 848-5055./p>

For more information, visit www.jazzfestival55.com and www.carefusionjazz.com.

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About CareFusion

CareFusion Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH), is expected to become a public company from the planned spin-off of Cardinal Health’s clinical and medical products businesses. The global company serves the health care industry with products and services that help hospitals measurably improve the safety and quality of health care. CareFusion develops market-leading technologies including Alaris® IV pumps, Pyxis® automated dispensing and patient identification systems, AVEA and Pulmonetic Systems ventilation and respiratory products, ChloraPrep® and MedMined™ services for infection prevention, neurological monitoring and diagnostic products, V. Mueller® surgical instruments, and an extensive line of products that support interventional medicine.

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