Congratulations… To Michael Michael who won tickets to The Newport Jazz Festival (The 1950s): A 60th Anniversary Celebration, a spectacular performance in celebration of one of the most famous jazz events in the world.
On 18 November, the series of concerts at Chelsea’s Cadogan Hall continues with a celebration of the early years of the Newport Jazz Festival, one of the hottest events on the global jazz calendar to this day and this year celebrating its 60th anniversary.
The Cadogan Hall concert will feature the Echoes of Ellington Orchestra directed by Pete Long, and will feature music from the best-selling Ellington at Newport 1956 album, recorded the year Duke Ellington’s Orchestra presented a concert that George Wein, organiser of the festival, described as ‘the greatest performance of Ellington’s career… It stood for everything that jazz had been and could be.’
Newport Jazz Festival (The 1950s): A 60th Anniversary Celebration; Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X; Tue 18 Nov; 7.30pm
