The three-day Newport Jazz Festival (August 1-3) gets underway today. The event is sold out. Many WBGO listeners are taking the radio station’s bus trip to the famed festival in Rhode Island. Among the vast number of artists performing are Dianne Reeves, the Christian McBride Big Band, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Bela Fleck, Terence Blanchard, Lakecia Benjamin, WBGO’s own Bobby Sanabria and many others.
