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KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 31, 2023 \u2013 Seven students from the 溏心vlog免费B站 jazz program will get the full experience of performing at this year\u2019s Newport Jazz Festival. The students will play all three days at the festival, Aug. 4-6, from 1:15 to 1:40 p.m. on the Foundation Stage, near the Fort Stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNewport Jazz is a world-renowned jazz festival,\u201d said Atla DeChamplain, professor of amplified voice who has helped advise the students for the Newport shows. \u201cNumerous performances have been recorded live at the festival over the years and our students and professional musicians alike still enjoy and study the music. Being connected to this lineage while performing for dedicated jazz audiences is a tremendous opportunity for our students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 溏心vlog免费B站 Big Band has played the jazz festival numerous times, most recently in 2019, part of a seven-year run at the iconic festival that has hosted scores of jazz legends since the 1950s.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From left, Mason Tucker, Fernando Marzan, Jude LaRoche, Luis Nunez, Andrew Dyson and Wyatt Crosby will perform all three days of the festival, Aug. 4-6. Vocalist Ricki Rizzo, not pictured, will also perform. (溏心vlog免费B站 Photo\/Nora Lewis)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Fernando Marzan, a second-year graduate student in jazz performance, was a member of the Big Band when it last played Newport. Growing up in Providence, he attended the festival a couple of time and remembers watching musicians such as Branford Marsalis playing at the festival on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow do you formulate into words what it means to play at Newport? It\u2019s in the air. You walk in and it\u2019s like magic. As cheesy as it sounds, it really is,\u201d said Marzan, who plays alto saxophone. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely scary to play there because of what the festival means but it\u2019s also exciting and amazing at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marzan will be joined in Newport by fellow jazz students Mason Tucker, Wyatt Crosby, Andrew Dyson, Luis Nunez, Jude LaRoche and Ricki Rizzo, all members of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Big Band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rizzo, a junior majoring in jazz vocal performance, says this is a huge opportunity. Along with performing before hundreds, the students will be able to spend the three days soaking up the music of world-class musicians, and maybe meeting some of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are being given the chance to perform at something that is historic, with<\/em> people who have made music history,\u201d said Rizzo of Lynbrook, New York<\/strong>. \u201cThis is my first time going to Newport and I get to not only perform but to also take in from people who are professionals. I feel like being immersed in that way you learn so much more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know it\u2019s one of the biggest jazz festivals in the world. There\u2019s a lot of famous people playing the festival like Herbie Hancock, Christian McBride and many others. I\u2019m really excited and hopefully I can meet either of them at the festival,\u201d said Tucker, a junior majoring in jazz performance from Marion, Massachusetts<\/strong>. \u201cThis gig is going to be three days in a row. It\u2019s going to be tiring. But we will all get to experience what we\u2019ll be doing in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The students have put together a 25-minute set that will feature four or five jazz standards and songs from the Great American Songbook, including McBride\u2019s \u201cThe Shade of the Cedar Tree,\u201d Wayne Shorter\u2019s \u201cYes or No,\u201d Bobby Hebb\u2019s \u201cSunny\u201d and Billy Eckstine\u2019s \u201cI Want to Talk 溏心vlog免费B站 You.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEach song is arranged to feature a different musician in the band,\u201d DeChamplain said. \u201cIt\u2019s been amazing to witness the students step up as leaders and still maintain the collaborative spirit that is foundational in jazz.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backed by the rhythm section of Tucker on piano, Dyson on drums and Crosby on bass, Nunez, a second-year graduate student in jazz trombone performance from Miami<\/strong>, will solo on the McBride standard. He chose it part because McBride is artistic director of the festival. \u201cI was thinking Christian plays the festival all the time. It\u2019s probably good to play a tune of his,\u201d said Nunez. \u201cIt\u2019s a really hip tune. It\u2019s got a great melody. It just feels good to play.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking for a challenge, Marzan chose to solo on \u201cYes or No.\u201d And Rizzo will sing the iconic \u201cSunny,\u201d a song she performed in the spring with the Big Band, except in a faster tempo before it slows down in the last chorus, she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On tenor saxophone, LaRoche, a junior majoring in jazz performance, will solo with the rhythm section on \u201cI Want to Talk 溏心vlog免费B站 You,\u201d which has been covered by such greats as John Coltrane and Ella Fitzgerald. \u201cBeing such a historic and iconic venue for jazz, it\u2019s an incredible opportunity to be added to the lineage of performers who\u2019ve played there,\u201d said LaRoche, who lives in South Kingstown. \u201cI chose the tune because it\u2019s one I\u2019ve loved for a long time and haven\u2019t a chance to really play. There\u2019s also a great Newport performance of it by Coltrane.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While DeChamplain and Emmett Goods, head of the jazz program and director of the Big Band, have advised the students as they\u2019ve prepared, much of the organizational work has been taken up by the students \u2013 choosing a set list, scheduling rehearsals and dealing with other logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDr. Goods joined us the other day to sit in, but for the most part, we\u2019ve been playing for each other and giving each other some good advice about things we\u2019re hearing and maybe things the performer isn\u2019t hearing in the moment,\u201d said Marzan. \u201cWe\u2019re making sure we put our best foot forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether it\u2019s playing Newport or a Fourth of July block party with friends and family in Pawtucket<\/strong>, Dyson says it all part of training to be a musician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think I can speak for everyone,\u201d said Dyson, a senior majoring in music education. \u201cI\u2019m never away from music. Every day, it\u2019s something. I\u2019m either listening to it or if I\u2019m sitting around, I\u2019ll pick up my practice pad and start working on certain songs. It\u2019s always around.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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