Newport Jazz Festival Lineup 1954

Saturday Night, July 17, 1954

Prologue – Stan Kenton

Eddie Condon:
Traditional Jazz with Wild Bill Davidson, Lou McGarrity, Peanuts Hucko, Ralph Sutton, Cliff Leemans, Bobby Hackett, Pee Wee Russell, Vic Dickenson, Bud Freeman, Jo Jones, Milt Hinton

Lee Wiley

Modern Jazz Quartet:
Milt Jackson, Kenny Clark, Percy Heath, Horace Silver

Oscar Peterson with Ray Brown, Herb Ellis

Billie Holiday

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet:
Wade Legge, Charlie Persip, Lew Hackney, Hank Mobley

Gerry Mulligan Quartet:
Red Mitchell, Frank Isola, Tony Frisee

Sunday Night, July 18

Introduction: Stan Kenton

Tribute to Count Basie:
Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Vic Dickenson, Jo Jones, Milt Hinton, Teddy Wilson

Oscar Peterson Trio

Johnnie Smith

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet

Bill Harris

George Shearing Quintet:
Al McKibbon, Bill Clarke, Jon Thielmans, George Devens

Errol Garner:
Jo Jones, Milt Hinton

Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz:
Billy Bauer, Peter Ind, Jeff Morton

Gene Krupa Trio:
Teddy Napoleon, Eddie Shu

Ella Fitzgerald:
John Lewis, Jimmy Woode, Shadow Wilson