Newport Jazz Festival brings scores of stars & thousands of fans
Posted on August 8, 2018
By Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Scores of music stars joined with thousands of music fans to produce a weekend filled with new and traditional music at the hot and steamy 2018 Newport Jazz Festival.
Sunny skies Friday and Sunday at Fort Adams in Newport provided bookends to a Saturday marked by torrential downpours, but the beat went on nonetheless.
Andra Day closed out the show on Saturday night. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Clarinetist Anat Cohen, part of the all-woman group, Artemis. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Trumpet player Ingrid Jensen, part of the all-woman group, Artemis. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Sax player Melissa Aldana, part of the all-woman group, Artemis. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Cécile McLorin Salvant sang with the all-woman group, Artemis. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
To mark his 80th birthday, legendary saxophonist Charles Lloyd played all three days with three different groups at the Newport Jazz Festival. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Bassist and Festival Artistic Director Christian McBride introduces an artist at the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Composer and conductor Darcy James Argue led the Massachuetts Musical Educators Association’s Jazz Ensemble. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Members of the all-woman DIVA Jazz Orchestra. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News.
Festival founder George Wein takes a seat on stage to watch the show at the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Harold López-Nussa and his trio. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Drummer Herlin Riley. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Jazzmeia Horn. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Marcus Strickland. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Matthew Whitaker played the “Museum Stage”. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Author, journalist and broadcaster Nate Chinen talked about the film “Jazz On A Summer’s Day”, which documented the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in a talk on the “Museum” stage. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Bassist Russell Hall. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News
Sonnymoon opened the show on the “Quad” stage on Friday. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News