The Newport Jazz Festival at 70: More Than Worth the Schlep

Festival music is booming and this event is thriving in the powerful and capable hands of Christian McBride, the eloquent jazz spokesman, bandleader, and bassist.

Howard Melton
Fans line up to enter the Newport Jazz Festival. Howard Melton

The 70th Annual Newport Jazz Festival
Newport, Rhode Island
Through August 4

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