Sonny Rollins to headline this year’s Newport jazz festival
NEWPORT, R.I.—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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