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Sonny Rollins to headline this year's Newport jazz festival
05/07/2008 12:00 PM, AP
Saxophonist Sonny Rollins will headline this year's jazz festival in Newport, Rhode Island. The JVC Jazz Festival Newport will be held August 8 through August 10 at Fort Adams State Park and at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. More than two dozen acts are scheduled to perform, including pianist-composer Herbie Hancock and trumpeter Chris Botti. Tickets go on sale Thursday morning. The first Newport Jazz Festival was held in 1954.
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