{"id":452,"date":"2011-08-06T06:48:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-06T10:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/?p=452"},"modified":"2019-09-13T11:26:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T15:26:46","slug":"radio-days-newport-jazz-fest-on-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2011\/08\/radio-days-newport-jazz-fest-on-npr.html","title":{"rendered":"Radio Days: Newport Jazz fest on NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Public Radio does jazz fans worldwide a huge service today (Sat., Aug 6) and tomorrow, broadcasting live from the Newport Jazz Fest. See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/series\/newport-jazz-festival\/\">complete schedule<\/a> and listen at NPR.org if your local station&#8217;s not carrying the feed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_456\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/regina1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-456\" class=\"wp-image-456 size-full\" title=\"regina\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/regina1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Regina Carter promotional photo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be tuned in from 2:45 pm EDT for violinist Regina Carter&#8217;s African-referent Reverse Thread and plan to keep listening through powerhouse alto saxophonist Steve Coleman&#8217;s Five Elements, the rampant quartet Mostly Other People Do The Killing and emergent trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire&#8217;s set, ending at 5 (but the show starts at 2 with organist Joe DeFrancesco and continues after Akinmusire with paired alto saxophonists Grace Kelly and Phil Woods, then a New Orleans lineup: the New Black Eagle Jazz Band, Wynton Marsalis&#8217;s quintet, and Trombone Shorty). Tomorrow (Sun., Aug 7) master pianist Randy Weston&#8217;s African Rhythms Quartet starts at noon, and the final set is by blazing alto saxists Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_458\" style=\"width: 193px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/wein-newport.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-458\" class=\"wp-image-458 size-full\" title=\"wein newport\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/wein-newport.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/wein-newport.jpeg 183w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/wein-newport-150x225.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Wein &#8211; Newport Jazz Festival<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Being at the site of Newport is fun &#8212; but hotels are expensive, restaurants after the fest always crowded, if you drive there the traffic is a hassle, so I&#8217;m quite content to attend to the music from home. Yes, there are two stages at the fest, but NPR promises that music it doesn&#8217;t air today and tomorrow will be accessible on its website starting next week. This is why radio was invented! Thanks, Guglielmo Marconi! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/marconi2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-457\" title=\"marconi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/marconi2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a>And thanks, George (Newport Jazz\/Folk Fests) Wein!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardmandel.com\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">howardmandel.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/JazzBeyondJazz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe by Email or RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/archives.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> All JBJ posts <\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/widget\/?tabs=web%2Cpost%2Cemail&amp;charset=utf-8&amp;style=default&amp;publisher=6ed88875-2235-4b29-aaa3-60183b0bcbcc\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Public Radio does jazz fans worldwide a huge service today (Sat., Aug 6) and tomorrow, broadcasting live from the Newport Jazz Fest. See the complete schedule and listen at NPR.org if your local station&#8217;s not carrying the feed. I&#8217;ll be tuned in from 2:45 pm EDT for violinist Regina Carter&#8217;s African-referent Reverse Thread and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-452","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-main","8":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/regina1.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-7i","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":459,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2011\/08\/my-live-reviews-newport-jazz-fest-via-npr-broadcast-newportjazz.html","url_meta":{"origin":452,"position":0},"title":"My live reviews, Newport Jazz Fest via NPR broadcast #newportjazz","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"August 6, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I just got the bright idea of live\/remote coverage of today's music at the Newport Jazz Fest - tweeting briefly but fleshing out comments here and on Facebook -- wherever people respond. 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