take us with you!
it’s been 55 years since the inception of the newport jazz festival by jazz impresario george wein. this year, like every other, jazz and music fans alike have gathered at the fort adams state park in newport, rhode island to witness performances by up-and-coming acts such as esperanza spalding or vijay iyer, as well as legendary players like dave brubeck or cedar walton.
live coverage was provided by npr music and that’s what brings us to our post; having listened already to both spalding’s and iyer’s performances we truly encourage you to check out npr’s newport jazz dedicated site and check out as many recordings as possible while they are streamable.
here’s esperanza’s performance just to give you a hint…
