Podcast 754: Memories of Newport Past

This weekend should have been the annual Newport Jazz Festival. Regrettably, the worldwide pandemic that has stopped liver performances everywhere has made it impossible for the Festival organizers and Artistic Director Christian McBride to go forward.  Summer just isn't summer for me without the great jazz festivals I normally attend, or for that matter from simple one-off local shows on the Town Green. This is a m ost difficult time for performers, for those who put on festivals, and those who attend. Here's hopeing things are better for 2021. So my suggestion is to listen to Podcast 754, composed of an hour of music from Newport Jazz Festivals of the past while sitting outisde enjoying the weather. We go from the Festival's memorable performances from the Fifties by Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington and Ray Charles (pictured above), Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie to Stan Getz in the Sixties, ending with recent performances. Musical selections inclulde: Thelonious Monk - "Blue Monk" Duke Ellington - "Jeep's Blues" Ray Charles - "Blues Watz" Miles Davis - "Seven Steps to Heaven" Dizzy Gillespie - "Manteca" Stan Getz Quartet - "Sweet Rain" Joe Lovano Quartet - "Big Ben" Herbie Hancock - "Actual Proof" James Carter Organ Trio - "Pour Que Ma Vie Demeure"