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(Newport, Oregon) – Hundreds are poised to swarm onto the Oregon coast in about two weeks, as Newport’s Jazz at Newport Festival prepares to welcome hordes of jazz fans. It’s four days of jazz and beach fun, as the central Oregon coast resort town of Newport hosts the “other jazz festival in Newport:” called the Jazz at Newport Festival, happening September 7, 8, 9, and 10, 2006. The third annual event, with the theme of “An Eclectic Jazz Party at the Beach,” brings together a wide mix of jazz styles from musicians who are legendary in the Northwest as well as those who loom large on the national scene. This year, organizers of the event are reporting extraordinary interest, with many spots on the Internet buzzing about it – as well as confusing it with the famed Newport Jazz Festival. They say it's going to swing - swing a powerful punch for economic impact in the area, that is.
Moving to four days for the first time in the festival’s history, the Grand Opening Event will be on Thursday September 7, 2006, featuring the Jeff Hamilton Trio and the Houston Person All Star Group beginning at 7 p.m. Like many of the major shows at the festival, this one rotates musicians in different sets. Set one features flutist Holly Hofmann and pianist Mike Wofford. Set two features clarinetist Ken Peplowski, Wofford and Hofmann, joined by Houston Person, bassist Andre St. James and Oregon celebrity Mel Brown. Set three brings together drummer Jeff Hamilton Trio, pianist Tamir Hendelman and bassist Christoph Luty. The cost for that event is $30.
Other national luminaries include guitarist Dan Faehnle, Canadian jazz diva Barbara Blair, bassist and Quincy Jones cohort/bassist John Clayton, Capri Recording artist/flutist Holly Hofmann, sax player Houston Person and clarinetist Ken Peplowski. One of the highlights of the festival are the appearances of Clayton and Hamilton, who are both members of Diana Krall’s band. Local celebrities include Thara Memory, Mel Brown and Derek Sims. Costs vary from show to show.
Throughout the festival weekend, guests will participate in lectures and workshops featuring several of the festival’s artists. There will be informal conversations with musicians in the popular Jazz Dialogues series, sponsored by the Jazz Society of Oregon and KMHD.
The final roster of artists at Jazz at Newport 2006 is: PIANO
- Tamir Hendelman, Gordon Lee, Randy Porter, Mike Wofford San Francisco vocalist Nicolas Bearde, whose rich resonate voice melted the hearts of guests at Stone Crest Cellars B&B and Pacific Shores Motorcoach Resort in 2005, will be joining the festivities to do the spiritual jazz set done by Marilyn Keller in the past two years, as well as a “Tribute to Lou Rawls.”
New this year is the Bobby Torres Ensemble, the multiple-member Latin jazz band from Portland, with stirring rhythms and heart pounding beats that are sure to stir the blood and set toes tapping. Eleven Eyes, a Jazz/funk/hiphop sextet from Eugene will take the stage in two forms: their trademark original six-member band with exciting and innovative sounds, and also as The Cubist Quartet, with a rich more traditional jazz sound. These performers and more will be enjoyed at multiple venues throughout the coastal town of Newport. The primary venues will be the Newport Performing Arts Center and the Shilo Oceanfront Resort Hotel. This will be an exciting weekend of jazz throughout the community. Festival attendees will enjoy jazz theatre style, in club settings, in bistros and galleries. Among the venues this year will be Blu Cork Wine Bar, the now-esteemed hotspot for live jazz and other genres that has music year round.
The Jazz at Newport Festival weekend will be preceded by a three day jazz camp organized and led by 2005 Festival Master Jazz Artist, Mel Brown, joined by Derek Sims and Andre St. James. This preparation will culminate in a dynamite Friday evening opening session featuring Mel and student musicians on stage at the Performing Arts Center. West Coast Bank and the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts are the founding sponsors, along with Ouderkirk and Hollen, TLC Federal Credit Union, News-Times, Newport Internet, and many more local businesses, as well as the National Endowment of the Arts, the Oregon Arts Commission, KLCC, KMHD and the Jazz Society of Oregon. For tickets or additional information call (888) 701-7123 or (541) 265-ARTS (2787) or visit www.jazzatnewport.org. |
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