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Newport Jazz Festival Opens Today in New York City
The Newport Jazz Festival returns after leaving Newport in 1971 and moves indoors in midtown Manhattan. Carnegie Hall Avery Fisher Hall Radio City and Fordham Lincoln Center host 29 events across 10 days with jazz legends, tributes, and notable crossovers including Nina Simone Sarah Vaughan and Diana Ross. A Staten Island Ferry jazz ride closes the festival, while overseas visitors flock to the event.
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New York
Newport
New York City
R.I
Central Park
Shea Stadium
Midtown Manhattan
Carnegie Hall
Avery Fisher
Philharmonic
Radio City Music Hall
Pope Auditorium
Fordham
Lincoln Center
Preservation Hall
Milford Graves
Teo Macero Cotton
Johnny Mathis
Diana Ross
Sarah Vaughan
Miss Vaughan
Eubie Blake
Johnny Guarnieri
Jess Stacy
Teddy Wilson
Marion McPartland
Greenwich Village
Cafe Society
Thelma Carpenter
Rose Murphy
Dorothy Donegan
Johannesburg
South Africa
Long Island
Nassau Coliseum
Billy Eckstine
Gladys Knight and
the Pips
Staten Island
Yank Lawson
Bob Haggart