Mykal Kumasi Jones

2017 Jazz Lineup

Jazz Festival In Newport RI

Friday August 4

  • Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
  • Maceo Parker
  • Cécile McLorin Salvant
  • Naturally 7
  • Leslie Odom, Jr.
  • Joey DeFrancesco + The People
  • Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
  • Amir ElSaffar’s Rivers of Sound Orchestra
  • Christian Sands Quartet w. Gilad Hekselman, Yasushi Nakamura & Jerome Jennings
  • One for All: Jim Rotondi, Steve Davis, Eric Alexander, David Hazeltine, John Webber & Joe Farnsworth
  • Evan Christopher Clarinet Road & New Orleans Brass
  • Rodriguez Brothers
  • Jimmy Greene Quartet w. Kevin Hays, Ben Williams & Otis Brown III
  • George Burton Quintet w. Tim Warfield, Jason Palmer, Pablo Menares & Wayne Smith Jr.
  • Berklee Global Jazz Institute Workshop Ensemble

Satuaday August 5

  • Snarky Puppy
  • Branford Marsalis Quartet
  • Rhiannon Giddens
  • Christian McBride Big Band w. Special Guests
  • Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding
  • Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding
  • Jazz 100: The Music of Dizzy, Mongo & Monk f. Danilo Perez, Chris Potter, Avishai Cohen, Josh Roseman, Roman Diaz, Ben Street & Adam Cruz
  • Henry Threadgill Zooid
  • Vijay Iyer Sextet
  • Antonio Sanchez & Migration
  • DJ Logic’s Project Logic
  • Benny Golson Quartet w. Mike LeDonne, Buster Williams & Carl Allen
  • Uri Caine Trio w. Mark Helias & Clarence Penn
  • Dominick Farinacci
  • Gilad Hekselman
  • JoAnne Brackeen
  • David Torkanowksy
  • Peter Evans
  • Jason Palmer’s Berklee Septet
  • Herb Alpert ASCAP Foundation
  • RI Music Educators Association Senior All-State Jazz Ensemble

Sunday August 6

  • The Roots
  • Andra Day
  • Maria Schneider Orchestra
  • Hudson: Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, John Medeski & Larry Grenadier
  • Philadelphia Experiment: Questlove, Christian McBride, Uri Caine
  • Jason Moran: Fats Waller Dance Party
  • Tim Berne’s Snakeoil
  • Bokanté f. Michael League & Malika Tirolien
  • Theo Croker
  • Cyrus Chestnut Trio
  • Sean Jones Quintet w.Brian Hogans, Orrin Evans, Luques Curtis & Obed Calvaire
  • Cyrille Aimée
  • John Medeski, solo piano
  • Marilyn Crispell
  • Orrin Evans
  • University of Rhode Island Big Band
  • Newport Jazz Assembly Band
  • MA Music Educators Association All-State Jazz Band