Ameranouche plays Newport Jazz Festival 2008!

Ryan Flaherty

Ameranouche will be opening for Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins at the legendary Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island on Sunday, August 10th at 11am.

About Newport Jazz Festival:
The 2008 JVC Jazz Festival Newport continues a legacy begun in 1954,
when George Wein launched the modern music festival era with the first
Newport Jazz Festival. Over the decades the event has become an integral
thread in the fabric of jazz music, the name itself synonymous with some of the greatest performances in the genre's long history. With a heritage that includes appearances by Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie to Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman, JVC Jazz Festival Newport throughout the years has always given festival-goers a chance to witness musical history on the stage.

And here is some other great summer shows with Ameranouche:

Sunday, July 27th - Gorham Music Festival, Gorham, ME
Friday, August 1st - Schoodic Arts Festival, Winter Harbor, ME
Sunday, August 10th - NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL, Newport, RI
Friday, August 15th - 169 Bar, NYC, NY
Saturday, August 16th - Mehanata Bulgarian Club, NYC, NY
Wenesday, August 20th - JAZZIN ROUND TOWN Series, Atlantic City, NJ
Friday, August 22nd - Pioneer Arts Center, P.A.C.E., East Hampton, MA
Sunday, August 31st - Waterfall Arts Center, Belfast, ME

djangology

thats cool. there is also a "Newport Jazz Festival" in Oregon (in early September) also but there is no gypsy jazz at that one. :-)

RomKyzar

Way to go guys! that's mighty impressive. Good luck at that gig.

Jack

My hometown! Maybe I'll plan a visit to the family so I can catch you guys. Congrats, that's huge!

best,
Jack.

bertone

Congratulations, Ryan..that's about the best gypsy-jazz-related news I've ever heard! Maybe now I can stop bitching to anybody who'll listen how straight-ahead jazz should give this music the regard and respect it deserves.

Sonny is my favorite musician of all time, and he can't be doing it live too much longer, so this is one you guys can tell your grandkids about someday.. have a great gig!

best, John in NJ

Ryan Flaherty

Thanks guys!

John, your right. It is a true honor and pretty exciting. Thank you. Do you have anything specific you could write about Sonny Rollins here??? Please do if you want.

Jack, that would be cool if you made it. If so, can you bring some homemade cookies shaped like selmer guitars... you know... with the sprinkles...?

Ryan Flaherty

There are some other big names at the fest I have yet to mention.
Aretha Franklin (headlining) members from the Bad Plus, Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Soullive and Fred Wesley... and many more.

dennis

congrats and have fun!

Ryan Flaherty

Thanks Dennis!

robertsaunders

So how'd it come out?

Rob

Ryan Flaherty

Review and photos links:
http://www.ameranouche.com/photos_noucheport.htm

Another review on all acts of the fest:
http://www.festivalpreview.com/beta/sun ... wport-jazz