Newport Jazz Festival
1956
| DATE | VENUE | MAIN BAND | SUPPORT | SUPPORT | AD | TICKET | PICTURES | TAPE |
| July 5, 1956 | Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park | Count Basie | Charlie Mingus | Sarah Vaughan | ||||
| July 6, 1956 | Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park | Louis Armstrong | Dave Brubeck | Miles Davis | ||||
| July 7, 1956 | Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park | Duke Ellington | Cat Anderson | Harry Carney |
Newport Jazz Festival Lineup 1956
THURSDAY, JULY 5TH -
Count Basie
Joe Benjamin
Frank Foster
Roy Haynes
Percy Heath
Jutta Hip
Milt Jackson
Jimmy Jones
Connie Kay
John Lewis
Charlie Mingus
Modern Jazz Quartet
Joe Newman
Toshiko
Sarah Vaughan
Frank Wess
Joe Williams
FRIDAY, JULY 6TH -
Louis Armstrong
Art Blakey
Dave Brubeck
Donald Byrd
Buck Clayton
Eddie Condon
Bill Davidson
Miles Davis
Paul Desmond
Ella Fitzgerald
Bud Freeman
Emond Hall
Peanuts Hucko
Jazz Messengers
Kai Winding and J.J. Johnson
Billie Kyle
Cliff Leeman
Lou Megarity
Velma Middleton
Trummy Young
SATURDAY, JULY 7TH -
Duke Ellington
Cat Anderson
Harry Carney
Buddy Collette
Paul Gonsalves
Friedrich Gulda
Chico Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
Johnny Hodges
Jo Jones
Anita O'day
Russell Procope
Art Tatum
Clark Terry
Teddy Wilson Trio
Program and festival lineup courtesy of http://newportjazzfest.net/
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