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Oregon's
Jazz at Newport Fest Announces Final Schedule
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Newport's Nye Beach area |
(Newport, Oregon)
– 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.
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Dan
Faehnle |
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.
Other national luminaries include guitarist Dan Faehnle, Canadian
jazz diva Barbara Blair, bassist and Quincy Jones cohort John Clayton,
Capri Recording artist/flutist Holly Hofmann, sax player Houston
Person and clarinetist Ken Peplowski.
Local celebrities
include Thara Memory, Mel Brown and Derek Sims.
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.
The grand finale of the festival on Sunday afternoon will be three
dynamic sets culminating in an “All Star” jam session
with many of the weekend’s featured artists.
The final roster of artists at Jazz at Newport 2006 is:
PIANO - Tamir Hendelman, Gordon Lee, Randy Porter, Mike Wofford
FLUTE - Holly Hofmann
DRUMS - Mel Brown, Jeff Hamilton, Gary Hobbs
BASS - John Clayton, Christoph Luty, Andre St. James
REEDS - Renato Caranto, Ken Peplowski, Houston Person, Warren Rand
BRASS - Stan Bock, Thara Memory, Derek Sims
GUITAR - Dan Faehnle
VOCALISTS - Nicolas Bearde, Barbara Blair
GROUPS - Mel Brown Septet, Cubist Quartet, Eleven Eyes, Jeff Hamilton
Trio, Bobby Torres Ensemble
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Thara
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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 in a “Tribute
to Lou Rawls.”
New this year is the Bobby Torres Ensemble, a seven-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
venue will be the Newport Performing Arts Center with other major
sessions held at the nearby 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 bookstores, 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 Derrik 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 is the founding sponsor of this exciting event bringing
jazz and jazz lovers together on the Oregon Coast. Other sponsors
include Ouderkirk and Hollen, KLCC, KMHD, the Jazz Society of Oregon,
the Oregon Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts
as well as many local businesses.
For tickets or additional information call (888)701-7123 or (541)
265-ARTS (2787) or visit www.jazzatnewport.org. |
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