National Public Radio does jazz fans worldwide a huge service today (Sat., Aug 6) and tomorrow, broadcasting live from the Newport Jazz Fest. See the complete schedule and listen at NPR.org if your local station’s not carrying the feed.
Regina Carter promotional photo
I’ll be tuned in from 2:45 pm EDT for violinist Regina Carter’s African-referent Reverse Thread and plan to keep listening through powerhouse alto saxophonist Steve Coleman’s Five Elements, the rampant quartet Mostly Other People Do The Killing and emergent trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire’s set, ending at 5 (but the show starts at 2 with organist Joe DeFrancesco and continues after Akinmusire with paired alto saxophonists Grace Kelly and Phil Woods, then a New Orleans lineup: the New Black Eagle Jazz Band, Wynton Marsalis’s quintet, and Trombone Shorty). Tomorrow (Sun., Aug 7) master pianist Randy Weston’s African Rhythms Quartet starts at noon, and the final set is by blazing alto saxists Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green.
George Wein – Newport Jazz Festival
Being at the site of Newport is fun — but hotels are expensive, restaurants after the fest always crowded, if you drive there the traffic is a hassle, so I’m quite content to attend to the music from home. Yes, there are two stages at the fest, but NPR promises that music it doesn’t air today and tomorrow will be accessible on its website starting next week. This is why radio was invented! Thanks, Guglielmo Marconi! 
And thanks, George (Newport Jazz/Folk Fests) Wein!