Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes

Here are a few more favorite images from this year's edition of the storied Newport Jazz Festival, held July 29-31 at Fort Adams State P...

A day after announcement of his departure from this vale, I’m still trying to wrap my head around the news that George Wein is gone. The mus...

Terri Lyne Carrington Sharing more images from my 2021 Newport Jazz Festival assignments, July 30-August 1. Gerald Clayton Charles Lloyd, H...

Now that another Newport Jazz Festival is in the books, the 67th anniversary edition and 57th actual festival to be precise, I wanted to ...

Here are a few visual moments from the 2019 edition of the Newport Jazz Festival, held August 2-4, along with one from the Thursday, August ...

The granddaddy of all jazz festivals - held in Newport starting in 1954 - hit another milestone this past weekend (August 2-4). Over three d...

The 2018 edition of the Newport Jazz Festival's three-day music marathon has quite the lineup in store at Fort Adams State Park August 3...

There was a palpable shift in the musical air at this year's Newport Jazz Festival, the first year in which the new artistic director, C...

Suffice it to say, Geri Allen will be there in spirit. Geri Allen at Newport, August 2004 The pianist had been scheduled to perform ...

There was a time after the first phase of the Newport Jazz Festival (1954-1971), that jazz pretty much was a dirty word in Newport. The city...

Even though it's the granddaddy of America's outdoor music festivals, the Newport Jazz Festival doesn't take that pedigree light...

Jon Batiste Here it is mid-January, and they've already got us thinking about - and planning for - this summer’s Newport Jazz Festi...