Newport Jazz Festival announced its second wave of artists for the 2019 season.
The festival, which takes place August 2, 3, 4 at Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame, announced the second wave of artists.
The lineup additions are: Kamasi Washington; Thundercat; Dianne Reeves with Peter Martin, Romero Lubambo, Reginald Veal and Terreon Gully; The Ron Carter Trio; Dee Dee Bridgewater and the Memphis Soulphony; PJ Morton; Ghost-Note; Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society; Billy Hart Quartet with Ethan Iverson, Mark Turner and Ben Street; Aaron Diehl; Hailu Mergia; IN COMMON: Walter Smith III, Matt Stevens, Joel Ross, Harish Raghavan and Kendrick Scott; Camila Meza and The Nectar Orchestra; DOMi and JD Beck; The Dayna Stephens Group; Mwenso and the Shakes; Tom Oren; and Mark Stryker: “Jazz from Detroit.”
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