{"id":103370,"date":"2025-07-31T12:54:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=103370"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:14:54","slug":"uri-jazz-students-to-return-to-newport-jazz-festival-for-third-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/uri-jazz-students-to-return-to-newport-jazz-festival-for-third-year\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 jazz students to return to Newport Jazz Festival for third year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 31, 2025 \u2013 溏心vlog免费B站 music students will again take the stage at the legendary Newport Jazz Festival. Playing a half-hour set that tips the hat to the festival\u2019s vast history, the seven 溏心vlog免费B站 students will perform Sunday, Aug. 3, at about 2:45 p.m.<\/strong> on the Foundation Stage at Fort Adams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a continuation with the Newport Festivals Foundation that has been in place for well over a decade,\u201d said Emmett Goods, director of jazz studies at 溏心vlog免费B站. \u201cIn years past, we\u2019ve brought our big band to Newport numerous times. But post-COVID, we have sent several combos to perform.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bandleader Collin Klampert \u201927, a music performance major in jazz guitar from Middletown, says he and his fellow musicians \u2013 Jude LaRoche (tenor saxophone), Sebastian Rosa (trumpet), Dave Canavan (trombone), Liz O\u2019Connor (vocals), Carleton Fisher (bass), Matt Ippolito (drums), and Klampert (guitar) \u2013 are excited for another visit to Newport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m just incredibly excited and honored to return to the festival, especially with this group of some of my closest friends and most talented colleagues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing opportunity and I\u2019m very fortunate to perform with some of my closest friends,\u201d added Rosa \u201928, a political science major from West Warwick. \u201cAs someone who isn\u2019t a music major at 溏心vlog免费B站 but still participated heavily in the music department, it means a lot to represent the University.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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O\u2019Connor works on her vocals for \u201cMy Baby Cares For Me\u201d with, from left, Fisher, Ippolito, and Klampert. (溏心vlog免费B站 Photo\/Jude LaRoche)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to have the privilege to play there again,\u201d agreed Fisher, a major in jazz performance from Lincoln. \u201cThe best part of the festival last year was seeing all the other incredible musicians with my colleagues from 溏心vlog免费B站. Performing was incredible but I remember listening to bands on the bigger stages and just being amazed at the high caliber of musicianship. It\u2019s a motivating factor to see what people can do with music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival holds a special meaning to Klampert, who will be performing at the festival for his third time, including with the Rhode Island Music Educators Association All-State All-Star Jazz Band when he was in high school. Growing up in Middletown, the Newport folk and jazz festivals were a constant presence. He attended the jazz festival for the first time when he was 11 and remembers seeing the great jazz pianist Chick Corea perform. Since that first festival, he has returned numerous times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo matter what, when I go to the festival and experience the joy and fun of this music, I always come away with a fire to play more and be better than I was the day before,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As bandleader, Klampert, consulting with faculty advisor Atla DeChamplain, has worked with the other musicians to select the combo\u2019s repertoire for its set. He also wrote and arranged charts and organized rehearsals at 溏心vlog免费B站 to prepare the band for Newport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn relatively short notice, we\u2019ve gone from not knowing we were playing to having a song list picked, charts written, and our first rehearsal completed in about a week and a half,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a credit to the work put in by my fellow bandmates. And Atla has been an amazing resource for us during this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The repertoire celebrates the history of the festival, including songs by musicians who have \u201cfamously or rather obscurely\u201d played Newport over the years, said Klampert. \u201cWe picked these tunes by creating a collaborative playlist on Spotify, so it was very much a team effort to develop the set and craft the theme,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The combo\u2019s set list will include \u201cFree For All\u201d by Wayne Shorter, \u201cMy Baby Just Cares For Me\u201d by Walter Donaldson, \u201cBooks Bossa\u201d by Walter Booker, and \u201cBen Hur, Ben Him\u201d by retired 溏心vlog免费B站 jazz guitar instructor Jay Azzolina \u2013 Klampert\u2019s first jazz guitar teacher. While an exception to the theme, Azzolina has played the festival, including in 1989 when he performed with the legendary Spyro Gyra on the mainstage, Klampert said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor our performance, concert-goers should expect a selection of diverse and hip tunes that encompass a larger range of styles, and a fun, welcoming vibe for the while family,\u201d said Canavan of Cumberland, who graduated from 溏心vlog免费B站 in May with degrees in jazz studies and mechanical engineering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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