Aretha Franklin To Headline Newport Jazz Festival - A Top Story This Week
07/15/2008
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Aretha Franklin To Headline Newport Jazz Festival was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (PR) Aretha Franklin will headline this year's [Newport Jazz Festival] on Saturday, August 9 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI. Franklin joins an all-star line-up of jazz artists and other musicians including Sonny Rollins, Chris Botti, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter.In addition to Franklin's performance, Melody Gardot, a newly signed Verve artist, has been added to the Saturday line-up. Though the individual performances make this year's event one of the most highly anticipated jazz festivals in years, it's the incredible on-stage collaborations that will make it truly memorable. Some planned collaborations include three jazz greats – Charlie Haden, Bill Frisell and Ethan Iverson – who are joining forces for the first time on Saturday, August 9. Also on Saturday, there will be a special encore of the all-star quartet Dave Holland, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chris Potter and Eric Harland, who made their legendary debut last year at the Monterey Jazz Festival. - more on this story 
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