Stevie Wonder/Aretha Franklin/Donny Hathaway/Staple Singers/Ray Charles Newport New York - 1973

Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway, Staple Singers and Ray Charles recorded Live during George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival in New York June 29—July 8, 1973. Audio only.
-Tracklist:
01. Ray Charles – Every Saturday Night (Written by: Jerry West, Silas Hogan)
The superior 1973 live version was taped twice at the Newport Festival, on 1 July 1973, at Carnegie Hall (a double concert mixed with oratorium-like contributions by James Baldwin, titled The Life And Times Of Ray Charles). With Phil Guilbeau, Walter Miller, Tony Horowitz, [unidentified] - trumpets; Ken Tussing, Craig Woods, Don Switzer, Glenn Childress, Fred Murrell - trombones; Gregg Abate, James Clay, Leroy Cooper, [unidentified], [unidentified] - saxophones; John Henderson - keyboards; Calvin Keys - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass; Bill McCullough - drums; The Raelettes: Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John, Dorothy Berry, Estella Yarbrough.
02. Aretha Franklin – A Brand New Me (Written by: Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble)
03. Ray Charles – Just A Man (Written by: Ray Charles)
04. Staple Singers – You Gonna Make Me Cry (Written by: Deadre Malone)
05. Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Written by: Garrett, Wright, Hardaway, Wonder)
06. Donny Hathaway – Valdez In The Country (Written by: Donny Hathaway)
07. Staple Singers – And The Lord Will Hear (Written by: ?)

-Credits:
Creative Director – Milton Sincoff
Engineer – Dale Ashby, Frank Hubach, Jim Reeves
Engineer [Assistant] – Dave Hewitt, Jimmy Gilroy, John Venable
Executive-Producer – Norman Schwartz
Mastered By – Sam Feldman
Producer – Mark Abramson
Recording Supervisor – Frank Hubach
Remix, Edited By – Mark Abramson

In 1972, festival producer George Wein transplanted the festival to New York City, calling it the Newport Jazz Festival-New York. An expanded format involved multiple venues, that year including Yankee Stadium and Radio City Music Hall. The 1972 festival consisted of thirty concerts with 62 all-star performers including Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Ray Charles and Roberta Flack. In 1973, there were two concerts at Fenway Park in Boston, under the name "Newport New England Jazz Festival."
This format continued with fair success through the next years, but producer George Wein would grow to miss the classic outdoor festival environment lost in the transition to New York City's multiple metropolitan venues.
In 1977, George Wein arranged with Saratoga Springs, New York to move the Newport Jazz Festival from New York City to its Saratoga Performing Arts Center during the following year. He established the Newport Jazz Festival-Saratoga there, but also reversed his decision to pull out of New York City, retaining the Newport Jazz Festival-New York in what amounted to an expansion of the festival
The Saratoga addition demonstrated a trend of using the "Newport Jazz Festival" name in branding festivals other than the original festival at Newport. This trend continued elsewhere, even to Japan's Newport Jazz Festival in Madarao.
Also in the 1970s, the Newport Jazz Festival pioneered the involvement of corporate sponsorship with music festivals. Working with brands including Schlitz and KOOL, the Newport Jazz Festival was presented under various names utilizing a title sponsorship in conjunction with the Newport Jazz Festival brand.
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