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Oregon's Jazz at Newport Fest Announces Final Schedule

Newport's Nye Beach area

(Newport, Oregon) – It’s four days of jazz and beach fun, as the central Oregon coast resort town of Newport hosts the “other jazz festival in Newport:” called the Jazz at Newport Festival, happening September 7, 8, 9, and 10, 2006.

The third annual event, with the theme of “An Eclectic Jazz Party at the Beach,” brings together a wide mix of jazz styles from musicians who are legendary in the Northwest as well as those who loom large on the national scene.

Dan Faehnle

Moving to four days for the first time in the festival’s history, the Grand Opening Event will be on Thursday September 7, 2006, featuring the Jeff Hamilton Trio and the Houston Person All Star Group beginning at 7 p.m.

Other national luminaries include guitarist Dan Faehnle, Canadian jazz diva Barbara Blair, bassist and Quincy Jones cohort John Clayton, Capri Recording artist/flutist Holly Hofmann, sax player Houston Person and clarinetist Ken Peplowski.

Local celebrities include Thara Memory, Mel Brown and Derek Sims.

Throughout the festival weekend, guests will participate in lectures and workshops featuring several of the festival’s artists. There will be informal conversations with musicians in the popular Jazz Dialogues series, sponsored by the Jazz Society of Oregon. The grand finale of the festival on Sunday afternoon will be three dynamic sets culminating in an “All Star” jam session with many of the weekend’s featured artists.

The final roster of artists at Jazz at Newport 2006 is:

PIANO - Tamir Hendelman, Gordon Lee, Randy Porter, Mike Wofford
FLUTE - Holly Hofmann
DRUMS - Mel Brown, Jeff Hamilton, Gary Hobbs
BASS - John Clayton, Christoph Luty, Andre St. James
REEDS - Renato Caranto, Ken Peplowski, Houston Person, Warren Rand
BRASS - Stan Bock, Thara Memory, Derek Sims
GUITAR - Dan Faehnle
VOCALISTS - Nicolas Bearde, Barbara Blair
GROUPS - Mel Brown Septet, Cubist Quartet, Eleven Eyes, Jeff Hamilton Trio, Bobby Torres Ensemble

Thara Memory

San Francisco vocalist Nicolas Bearde, whose rich resonate voice melted the hearts of guests at Stone Crest Cellars B&B and Pacific Shores Motorcoach Resort in 2005, will be joining the festivities in a “Tribute to Lou Rawls.”

New this year is the Bobby Torres Ensemble, a seven-member Latin jazz band from Portland, with stirring rhythms and heart pounding beats that are sure to stir the blood and set toes tapping. Eleven Eyes, a Jazz/funk/hiphop sextet from Eugene will take the stage in two forms: their trademark original six-member band with exciting and innovative sounds, and also as The Cubist Quartet, with a rich more traditional jazz sound. These performers and more will be enjoyed at multiple venues throughout the coastal town of Newport. The primary venue will be the Newport Performing Arts Center with other major sessions held at the nearby Shilo Oceanfront Resort Hotel.

This will be an exciting weekend of jazz throughout the community. Festival attendees will enjoy jazz theatre style, in club settings, in bookstores, bistros and galleries.

Among the venues this year will be Blu Cork Wine Bar, the now-esteemed hotspot for live jazz and other genres that has music year round.

The Jazz at Newport Festival weekend will be preceded by a three day jazz camp organized and led by 2005 Festival Master Jazz Artist, Mel Brown, joined by Derrik Sims and Andre St. James. This preparation will culminate in a dynamite Friday evening opening session featuring Mel and student musicians on stage at the Performing Arts Center.

West Coast Bank is the founding sponsor of this exciting event bringing jazz and jazz lovers together on the Oregon Coast. Other sponsors include Ouderkirk and Hollen, KLCC, KMHD, the Jazz Society of Oregon, the Oregon Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts as well as many local businesses.

For tickets or additional information call (888)701-7123 or (541) 265-ARTS (2787) or visit www.jazzatnewport.org.

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