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“Newport Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 1, 1979)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof of Cal Tjader)

Jazz masters in spotlight

by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, July 2, 1979

A wide variety of jazz sounds filled Saratoga Performing Arts Center this weekend as the …

“Newport Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 1, 1979)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof of Cal Tjader)

Newport Jazz brings variety of superb music

by Kyle Hughes, Bennington Banner, July 3, 1979

Music, rainclouds and home cooking highlighted the 1979 Newport-Saratoga Jazz Festival, held this …

“Newport Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 1, 1979)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof of Cal Tjader)

Newport Jazz Festival: great performances by everyone

by Phil West, The Stylus, July 11, 1979

This past weekend, upstate New York music lovers were treated to a very …

“Newport Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 1, 1979)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof of Cal Tjader)

Lionel Hampton’s All-Stars outshine jazz greats in Spa festival

by Matthew Maguire, The Knickerbocker News, July 2, 1979

Can a jazz band that plays a disco version of “Ain’t …

Dizzy Gillespie / Lionel Hampton / Ted Curson Quintet featuring Nick Brignola @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 3, 1976)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Ted Curson and Nick Brignola)

Gillespie and Hampton at SPAC: ‘Absolutely enthralling’

by Alan Jay Alpern, The Knickerbocker News, July 6, 1976

What do you say when you’ve just seen not …

Dizzy Gillespie / Lionel Hampton / Ted Curson Quintet featuring Nick Brignola @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 3, 1976)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Ted Curson and Nick Brignola)

Dizzy

Photo by Woolmington, Bennington Banner, July 6, 1976

Dizzy Gillespie’s Quintet kept feet tapping and the
audience applauding at Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saturday
…

The Benny Goodman Quartet with the Philadelphia Orchestra @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 18, 1973)

Goodman Quartet Back, Playing ‘For The People’

by Bill Rice, The Times Record, August 20, 1973

It was just too much.

When Benny Goodman and his original quartet strolled onto the Saratoga Performing Arts Center stage for the second half …

The Benny Goodman Quartet with the Philadelphia Orchestra @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 18, 1973)

Goodman Swings Again For Record SPAC Audience

The Knickerbocker News, August 20, 1973

The Class of 1938 held its 35th reunion at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saturday night, along with some younger sprouts, and the affair was a rousing …

The Benny Goodman Quartet with the Philadelphia Orchestra @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 18, 1973)

Goodman Presides At Nostalgia Fest

by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, August 21, 1973

Nostalgia is the current vogue and that was proven Saturday night at the Saratoga Festival.

A total of 9,679 persons paid their way into Saratoga …

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