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FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Tradition and Future of Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals

Following the celebration of 51 years of folk and 56 years of jazz in the first two weeks of August, the famed folk and jazz festival season ended in a total triumph. Embracing the youth while paying homage to tradition, the Newport Folk Festival (July 30-August 1) and CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival (August 6-8) showed the same spirit that was historically there in the 50s and 60s during the heyday of Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Peter, Paul and Mary, among others...

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18:19 on August 22 2010

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Tradition and Future of Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals

All About Jazz — Following the celebration of 51 years of folk and 56 years of jazz in the first two weeks of August, the famed folk and jazz festival season ended in a total triumph. Emb... more info
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