Newport Jazz Festival
1954
| DATE | VENUE | MAIN BAND | SUPPORT | SUPPORT | AD | TICKET | PICTURES | TAPE |
| July 17, 1954 | Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Casino | Dizzy Gillespie Quintet | Billie Holiday | Oscar Petterson | ||||
| July 18, 1954 | Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Casino | Ella Fitzgerald | Gene Krupa Trio | Errol Garner |
Newport Jazz Festival Lineup 1954
SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 17, 1954
Prologue – Stan Kenton
Eddie Condon:
Traditional Jazz with Wild Bill Davidson, Lou McGarrity,
Peanuts Hucko, Ralph Sutton, Cliff Leemans, Bobby Hackett,
Pee Wee Russell, Vic Dickenson, Bud Freeman, Jo Jones, Milt Hinton
Lee Wiley
Modern Jazz Quartet:
Milt Jackson, Kenny Clark, Percy Heath, Horace Silver
Oscar Peterson with Ray Brown, Herb Ellis
Billie Holiday
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet:
Wade Legge, Charlie Persip, Lew Hackney, Hank Mobley
Gerry Mulligan Quartet:
Red Mitchell, Frank Isola, Tony Frisee
SUNDAY NIGHT, JULY 18
Introduction: Stan Kenton
Tribute to Count Basie:
Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Vic Dickenson,
Jo Jones, Milt Hinton, Teddy Wilson
Oscar Peterson Trio
Johnnie Smith
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
Bill Harris
George Shearing Quintet:
Al McKibbon, Bill Clarke, Jon Thielmans, George Devens
Errol Garner:
Jo Jones, Milt Hinton
Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz:
Billy Bauer, Peter Ind, Jeff Morton
Gene Krupa Trio:
Teddy Napoleon, Eddie Shu
Ella Fitzgerald:
John Lewis, Jimmy Woode, Shadow Wilson
Program and festival lineup courtesy of http://newportjazzfest.net/
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