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Tag Ellington, Mercer

“Newport Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 6, 1980)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof of Elvin Jones)

Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme, Manhattan Transfer steal show at SPAC

by Woody Klein, Bennington Banner, July 10, 1980

After 24 hours of all kinds of jazz — black …

“Newport Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 6, 1980)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Elvin Jones)

Spa ‘Newport’ triumph for pure jazz

by Steve Webb, The Knickerbocker News, July 7, 1980

The two-day finale of the Newport Jazz Festival, held for the third year at …

“Newport Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 2, 1978)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Pepper Adams, Eddie Bert, Doc Cheatham, Panama Francis, Lenny Hambro, Budd Johnson, Jack Lesberg, Carmen Mastren, Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Benny Powell, or Ephie Resnick)

Newport Festival Plays Its Jazziest at

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“Newport Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 2, 1978)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Pepper Adams, Eddie Bert, Doc Cheatham, Panama Francis, Lenny Hambro, Budd Johnson, Jack Lesberg, Carmen Mastren, Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Benny Powell, or Ephie Resnick)

Two-day Newport Festival at SPAC is

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“Newport Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 2, 1978)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Pepper Adams, Eddie Bert, Doc Cheatham, Panama Francis, Lenny Hambro, Budd Johnson, Jack Lesberg, Carmen Mastren, Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Benny Powell, or Ephie Resnick)

Big Bands Keep Up with Times

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“Newport Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 2, 1978)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Pepper Adams, Eddie Bert, Doc Cheatham, Panama Francis, Lenny Hambro, Budd Johnson, Jack Lesberg, Carmen Mastren, Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Benny Powell, or Ephie Resnick)

Jazz at Saratoga

by Charles Helman, …

“Newport Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 2, 1978)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Pepper Adams, Eddie Bert, Doc Cheatham, Panama Francis, Lenny Hambro, Budd Johnson, Jack Lesberg, Carmen Mastren, Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Benny Powell, or Ephie Resnick)

SPAC’s 2 Newport marathons chronicle the

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“American Song Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 31, 1974)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Mercer Ellington, Al Wilson, James Cleveland, the Oak Ridge Boys, the Pointer Sisters, or Ray Charles and the Raeletts)

Woodstocker’s Song Wins At the Spa

Daily Freeman, September 1, 1974…

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