2013 Newport Jazz Festival - visual treats

Esparanza Spalding

An array of my images from this year's Newport Jazz Festival have been published by JazzTimes.com here and here, with more featuring the festival's New Orleans artists by Offbeat magazine.

Here is a blend of favorites from last weekend in Newport (in no particular order). There are quite a few more on at the sites referenced above .

Kirk Joseph - Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Freddie Hendrix warms up inside Fort Adams.

Chick Corea with his new band, The Vigil

Donny McCaslin

Roberta Gambarini, Paquito D'Rivera and The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band

Sharel Cassity

Singer Gregory Porter with bassist Aaron James

Jeff "Tain" Watts and daughter Isis, 2.

Trumpeter Terence Blanchard's band

Hiromi, Steve Smith, Anthony Jackson

Dee Alexander

Natalie Cole, Friday night's headliner at Newport Casino

The Sunday afternoon crowd at the main stage.