This is the 50th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival. And I am actually here, sitting on my portable chair, listening to Dave Brubeck..I m writing this on my PDA so I will make this brief-.Branford Marsalis' band was slammin'...the drummer, Jeff "Tain" Watts is a MONSTER!!!..Looking forward to Jon Faddis, Hilton Ruiz, McCoy Tyner, Roy Haynes, Danne Reeves, Ravi Coltrane, Clark Terry,Ron Carter, and James Moody...and that's just today's lineup!Well my eyes are crossing as I try to tap, tap, tap this out...so stay tuned for my next update!
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