The 2009 Newport Jazz Festival will Webcast live this Saturday and Sunday (August 8 and 9).
The 55th edition is a mix of legends, current stars and up-and-coming players. It includes Roy Haynes, Dave Brubeck, Tony Bennett, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride and others.
Locally, listeners can find the the live stream through local jazz/NPR station WDUQ-FM's (90.5) site or through NPR’s site.
Performances run from 10 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. See the NPR site or the Newport Festival site for updates on Webcast times.
NPR is also offering free downloads of music by some of the Festival artists, as well as a downloadable collection of songs from last week's Newport Folk Festival.
Posted
Aug 07 2009, 03:03 PM
by
Adrian McCoy