Aretha Franklin will headline the Newport,
RI’s JVC Jazz Festival Newport on Saturday,
August 9.The veteran festival will take place on August 8 at Newport’s
International Tennis Hall Of Fame featuring Chris Botti and Ledisi, as well as
August 9-10 at Fort
Adams Park.
In addition to Franklin, Ledisi and Botti, the festival’s park festivities will
feature Wayne Shorter Quartet, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Dave
Holland-Gonzalo Rubalcaba-Chris Potter-Eric Harland, Brian Blade & the
Fellowship Band, Charlie Haden-Ethan Iverson-Bill Frisell, Jacob Fred Jazz
Odyssey, Christian Scott Warren Vache Quintet, Aaron Goldberg Trio, Melody
Gardot, Anthony Hamilton, Guillermo Klein Y Los Guachos, Lionel Loueke Trio, Chris
Potter's Underground, George Wein and the Newport All-Stars featuring Anat
Cohen-Howard Alden, Mark Rapp Band, Empirical and Esperanza Spalding
"We are very excited to have a musical legend like
Aretha Franklin headlining the JVC Jazz Festival Newport, one of our most
important events," said Tom Shepard, CEO of Festival Network, said in a
statement. "Her passionately powerful voice exemplify the level of quality
we strive to achieve at all of our festivals."
The festival will also feature a number of unique
collaborations: Chris Potter will perform with the Marco Benevento Trio, while Fred
Wesley will join both Lettuce and Soulive. Benevento will release his second solo studio
album in the coming months, which will focus on the various covers he plays
with his trio.
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