# From ageless masters to fiery up-and-comers: the Newport Jazz festival 2020 unveils its first wave: Photos, Video

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- Published: 2020-02-13T20:49:28+01:00
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**Norah Jones, Charles Lloyd, Makaya McCraven and Diana Krall are among the artists
set to appear at the 2020 Newport Jazz Festival, Aug. 7-9 at Fort Adams State Park.**

The festival revealed these names today as part of a first wave of artist announcements—
some 30 acts, spanning a few different generations and stylistic modes.

The swinging modern-jazz tradition has always had a home at Newport, and this year
its prominent exponents include Krall, Wynton Marsalis, and singer Catherine Russell.(
You might add A Christian McBride Situation, led by Newport Jazz Festival artistic
director and Jazz Night in America host, to that list.)

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Robert Glasper at the Newport Jazz Festival.

But there’s also room on this year’s bill for all manner of beat science — from 
McCraven, Nate Smith + Kinfolk, Cory Wong of Vulfpeck, Chris Potter’s Circuits Trio
and pianist Robert Glasper, who will serve as an artist in residence, performing
in multiple settings.

Charles Lloyd, who celebrated his 80th birthday in high style at Newport in 2018,
will return with his Kindred Spirits band, as on a forthcoming Blue Note boxed set.
Also making a triumphant return is the Maria Schneider Orchestra, which will release
a new album, _Data Lords, _this spring; alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón, both with
his own quartet and in the Jazz Gallery All-Stars; and saxophonist Joe Lovano, with
Trio Tapestry, featuring pianist Marilyn Crispell and drummer Carmen Castaldi.

The insurgent London jazz scene will have solid representation, from The Comet is
Coming and saxophonist Nubya Garcia. The Soul Rebels and Khruangbin will hold down
two different varieties of groove. Vibraphonist Warren Wolf will lead the Wolfpack,
drawing from a new album. And pianist Arturo O’Farrill will join forces with sons,
Adam, a trumpeter, and Zack, a drummer, in a quintet.

And according to longstanding custom, there are a few artists who might best be 
described as crowd-pleasing jazz adjacencies — like ska and reggae icon Jimmy Cliff,
R&B singer-songwriter Avery*Sunshine, and Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo, performing
her dynamic version of the Talking Heads album _Remain in Light._

As for Norah Jones, her most recent appearance at Newport was also her first — in
2016, shortly before the release of her album _Day Breaks. _She performed on both
the Newport Jazz and Folk festivals that year; this performance of “Flip Side” comes
from the jazz fest.

WBGO coordinates bus trips to the Newport Jazz Festival, departing from Manhattan
and Boston on all three festival days, with an additional Saturday departure from
Newark. Early Bird Day Trip Packages go on sale tomorrow, Feb. 12, at 11 a.m. Eastern
Time.

![Charles Lloyd at the Newport Jazz Festival in 2016.](https://i0.wp.com/www.wbgo.
org/sites/wbgo/files/styles/medium/public/202002/charles_lloyd_at_newport.jpg?w=
640&ssl=1)

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