Sonny Rollins To Headline Newport Jazz Festival
May 07, 2008
- Jazz
By Associated Press
Saxophonist Sonny Rollins will headline this year's jazz festival in Newport, Rhode Island.
The JVC Jazz Festival Newport will be held August 8 through August 10 at Fort Adams State Park and at the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
More than two dozen acts are scheduled to perform, including pianist-composer Herbie Hancock and trumpeter Chris Botti. Tickets go on sale Thursday morning. The first Newport Jazz Festival was held in 1954.
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