Newport Jazz Festival, the largest American jazz music festival in the United States. Held in 1954-71 in Newport (Rhode Island), in 1972-80 in New York, in 1981-2008 at two venues (Newport and New York), since 2009 held in Newport. In 1984-2008 it was called "JVC Jazz Festival" (named after Japanese company producing audio, video equipment, etc.). The main site of the festival is in the city park "Fort Adams", in the open air. The largest American jazz musicians have performed at the festival: O. Peterson, E. Fitzgerald, S. Vaughan, L. Armstrong, M. Peterson, M. Peterson. Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, J. Coltrane, B. Evans, D. Brubeck, T. Monk, Chick Coria, H. Hancock, H. Burton, Ray Charles, the Manhattan Transfer Ensemble, and others. There were also occasional performances by famous European musicians (Toots Thielemans, J. McLaughlin, J. Zavinul). Since the 1990s, musicians playing light jazz and pop music with elements of jazz have been involved in NDF.

The Newport Folk Festival, a subsidiary of the NDF, has been held since 1959 (irregularly). It sounds mainly American folk music in popular arrangements (folk rock, country, indie rock, folk-punk, etc.).

Stanley Clark trio. New York Jazz Festival