Aretha Franklin is set to headline this year�??s Newport Jazz Festival, scheduled to take place August 9 in Newport, RI.
The Queen of Soul will join jazz saxophonists Sonny Rollins and Wayne Shorter, trumpeter Chris Botti and legendary composer Herbie Hancock at the event, all of whom will play across two venues, the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino and Fort Adams State Park.
The Newport Jazz Festival launched in 1954 and has seen performances from many greats including Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Nina Simone and Ray Charles.
--By our New York staff.
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