Newport Jazz Festival

Jonathan Chimene and Mark Sheldon share photos from the 2023 Newport Jazz Festival, that featured Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, Christian McBride and many others.

The lineup for the 69th edition of the Newport Jazz Festival on Aug. 4-6 announced and includes headliners Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, Jon Batiste and Kamasi Washington.

A lot of great music is ahead this weekend at the Newport Jazz Festival, and WBGO can help get you there. Meanwhile, here are five acts to get excited about.

After a pandemic gap year, the iconic Newport Jazz Festival returned in high spirits. Here are some photo highlights from the historic event.

The big intermission is over, but how long will it last? Jazz United examines the return to in-person performances and checks in with Spike Wilner, owner of Smalls Jazz Club.

Right about now, in any other year, many of us would be gearing up for a trip to Newport, R.I.This year, of course, is different. The Newport Jazz…

We couldn’t make it to the Newport Jazz Festival this year, but we’ll still be swinging.After the COVID-related cancelations of both the jazz and folk…

Christian McBride was 19, a vigorous young bassist just making his name on the scene, when he paid his first visit to the Newport Jazz Festival as a…

The Newport Jazz Festival was in full, glorious stride during the 1960s, featuring top-shelf talent not only from jazz but also the realms of soul, rock…

The Newport Jazz Festival was just one year old when the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet blazed onto its stage in 1955. By 1960, when pianists Dave…