JVC [Newport] Jazz Festival this weekend!

I have tix for tonight. (In Newport RI)
Tix are avail for tomorrow and Sunday if you are motivated to hear some good music.

Here's the lineup from the website.

Friday August 8th
Newport Casino
8:00 PM
International Tennis Hall of Fame
194 Bellevue Avenue
k.d. lang
PETER CINCOTTI

Yeah, this show is class!

Sat. Aug 9th

Fort Adams State Park

11:30 AM -6:30 PM
JVC JAZZ STAGE
INDIA.ARIE
GEORGE BENSON
THE MICHEL CAMILO TRIO with Special Guest DAVID SANCHEZ
TERENCE BLANCHARD SEXTET
LIZZ WRIGHT

12 Noon
MERCEDES-BENZ PAVILION
KENDRICK OLIVER & THE NEW LIFE JAZZ ORCHESTRA
LOU DONALDSON QUARTET
VIJAY IYER QUARTET
SMOKEY & MIHO

and Sunday the 10th

Fort Adams State Park

11:30 AM -6:30 PM
JVC JAZZ STAGE
PAT METHENY - SOLO & TRIO
THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND
DAVE BRUBECK
CASSANDRA WILSON
EDDIE PALMIERI

12 Noon
MERCEDES-BENZ PAVILION
ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO
DEWEY REDMAN QUARTET
THE BAD PLUS
THE DETROIT EXPERIMENT
THE SPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA
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Sunday's main show has an AWESOME lineup!

Thor

 

Sunday is tough, 2 stages, if I went to see Me'shell would I miss Pat Metheny.

Hey, Southwest flies to Providence cheap.
Come up and get a room for Sat night next year.

Right now I am only going Friday, I have other commitments. The Newport Casino is a really nice outdoor venue, I saw Tony Bennet there last year, he was SWEET! I still have some pics of that show at home on the computer.

I have been trying to figure out who his doghouse player was.

Thor