Sonny Rollins to headline Newport jazz festival
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -May 7, 2008 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.