Norah Jones, Esperanza Spalding Lead Newport Jazz Festival Lineup
Norah Jones, Esperanza Spalding, and Angelique Kidjo’s Stay in Mild are among the many artists set to carry out the 2022 Newport Jazz Pageant, which takes place at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island July 29 by means of July 31. The lineup additionally consists of the Fearless Flyers, Terence Blanchard, PJ Morton, the…
Norah Jones, Esperanza Spalding, and Angelique Kidjo’s Stay in Mild are among the many artists set to carry out the 2022 Newport Jazz Pageant, which takes place at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island July 29 by means of July 31.
The lineup additionally consists of the Fearless Flyers, Terence Blanchard, PJ Morton, the Ron Carter Quartet, BadBadNotGood, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Lettuce, and Cory Wong, amongst many others.
Christian McBride, who serves because the Newport Jazz Creative Director, will even play his annual Jawn Jam that includes Makaya McCraven, Chris Potter, Vijay Iyer, and Brandee Youthful & Mike Stern. Particular ensembles comprising the Jack DeJohnette Quartet with Don Byron, Matt Garrison, and Luisito Quintero; Pino Palladino, Blake Mills, Sam Gendel & Abe Rounds; Joe Lovano’s “Trio Tapestry” that includes Marilyn Crispell and Carmen Castaldi are additionally performing this 12 months’s pageant, alongside the Mingus Huge Band, who’re celebrating 100 years of Charles Mingus.
The occasion will even embody a tribute to the late Newport Jazz and Newport Folks Pageant founder George Wein that includes a particular visitor to be introduced at a later date. The legendary pageant promoter, who additionally based the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Pageant, died final September.
Three-day passes and single-day tickets go on sale March 24 at 11 a.m. ET through the festival’s website and DICE. The pageant will launch its Covid-19 security protocols later this spring. “We proceed to work with state officers to make sure the security of our artists, followers, employees, and distributors stays a excessive precedence,” organizers stated in a press release.