Newport Jazz Festival

1965

Newport Jazz Festival Lineup 1965

Newport Jazz Festival Lineup 1965 

THURSDAY - July 1, 1965

"THE FAMILY OF JAZZ" 

· Memphis Slim, piano & Willy Dixon, bass.

·  Pete Seeger

featuring 

Max Kaminsky, trumpet, Bud Freeman, saxophone, Jack Lesberg, bass, Morey Feld, drums, George Wein, piano.

·  Muddy Waters Blues Band 

featuring 

Otis Spann, piano, James Cotton, harmonica, Little Bo, tenor saxophone.
 

·  Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 

featuring 

James Moody, alto saxophone, Chris White, bass, Rudy Collins, drums, Kenny Barron, piano.


·  The Les McCann Trio 

featuring 

Paul Humphrey, drums and Richard Gaskin, bass.
 

·  Modern Jazz Quartet 

featuring 

Connie Kay, drums, Percy Heath, bass,Milt Jackson, vibraharp, 

John Lewis, piano and musical director.

·  JOE WILLIAMS

FRIDAY AFTERNOON - July 2, 1965

"THE NEW THING IN JAZZ" 
 

·  Jazz Composers Orchestra 

under the direction of 

Mike Mantler and Carla Bley 

with 

Milford Graves,  Jimmy Lyons,  Fred Pirtle,  Roswell Rudd, Walter Booker, and John Tchicai.

·  Archie Shepp Trio

·  Paul Bley Quartet

·  Cecil Taylor and Group

FRIDAY EVENING - July 2, 1965

"JAZZ FOR MODERNS" 
 

·  Art Blakey Quintet 

featuring 

Gary Bartz, alto saxophone, John Gilmore, tenor saxophone, John Hicks, piano, 

Victor Sproles, Jr., bass, and Lee Morgan, trumpet.

·  Miss Carmen McRae 

accompanied by 

Norman Simmons at the Piano.

·  The Miles Davis Quintet 

featuring 

Wayne Shorter, tenor saxophone, Herbie Hancock, piano, Ron Carter, bass, Tony Williams, drums.
 

·  Thelonious Monk Quartet 

featuring 

Charles Rouse, tenor saxophone, Ben Riley, drums, Larry Gales, bass.
 

·  John Coltrane Quartet 

featuring 

Elvin Jones, drums, Jimmy Garrison, bass, McCoy Tyner, piano.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON - July 3, 1965

"DRUM WORKSHOP" 

Featuring 

Louis Bellson, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, Jo Jones, Joe Morello, Buddy Rich.
 

·  Johnny Coles, trumpet, Billy Taylor, piano, George Coleman, tenor saxophone.

SATURDAY EVENING - July 3, 1965  

·  Jam Session with Buddy Rich, drums, Howard McGhee, trumpet, Sonny Stitt, saxophone, 

Illinois Jacquet, saxophone, Tony Scott, clarinet, Toshiko, piano.
 

·  From Tokyo, Miss Mieko Hirota,

accompanied by 

Billy Taylor on the piano, Grady Tate, drums, Ben Tucker, bass.
 

·  Dave Brubeck Quartet 

featuring 

Paul Desmond, alto saxophone, Eugene Wright, bass, Joe Morello, drums.
 

·  Herbie Mann Octet  

featuring 

Herbie Mann, flute, Dave Pike, vibraharp, Jane Getz, piano, Jack Hitchcock, trombone, 

Mark Weinstein, trombone, Earl May, bass, Bruno Carr, drums, "Patato" Valdes, conga drums.

·  Earl "Fatha" Hines

·  The Duke Ellington Orchestra,

featured guest, 

Louis Bellson on the drums.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON - July 4, 1965 

"JAZZ SHOWCASE"

·  Denny Zeitlin Trio 

featuring 

Charlie Haden, bass, Jerry Granelli, drums.

·  Wes Montgomery with The Wyton Kelly Trio. 

Wes Montgomery, guitar, Wynton Kelly Trio , piano, 

Paul Chambers, bass,  Jimmy Cobb, drums.

·  Johnny Coles, trumpet, George Coleman, tenor saxophone.

intermission

·  Attila Zoller, guitar, Don Friedman, piano, Lee Konitz, alto saxophone, 

Larry Ridley, bass, Joe Chambers, drums, Albert Mangelsdorf, trombone.

·  The Dollar Brand Trio

·  Stan Getz Quintet

SUNDAY EVENING - July 4, 1965 

·  Oscar Peterson Trio 

·  COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA. 

·  FRANK SINATRA

Program and festival lineup courtesy of http://newportjazzfest.net/