A resolution congratulating the Newport Jazz Festival on its 60th anniversary.

Bill: 113-sres-510
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2014-07-22
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

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Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-22
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4682-4683; text as passed Senate: CR S4714)

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Commemorates the 60th Newport Jazz Festival taking place from August 1-3, 2014, in Newport, Rhode Island. </p> <p>Recognizes the historical significance of the Newport Jazz Festival and the role it has played in celebrating jazz music and making it relevant to generations of people in the United States. </p> <p>Recognizes the musicians, sponsors, volunteers, and the community of Newport for continuing the tradition of the Newport Jazz Festival. </p>

action_date: 2014-07-22
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Commemorates the 60th Newport Jazz Festival taking place from August 1-3, 2014, in Newport, Rhode Island. </p> <p>Recognizes the historical significance of the Newport Jazz Festival and the role it has played in celebrating jazz music and making it relevant to generations of people in the United States. </p> <p>Recognizes the musicians, sponsors, volunteers, and the community of Newport for continuing the tradition of the Newport Jazz Festival. </p>

tv_txt: III 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 510 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 22, 2014 Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Congratulating the Newport Jazz Festival on its 60th anniversary.

Whereas, in 1954, the first Newport Jazz Festival featured icons of American jazz such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Dizzie Gillespie; Whereas the Newport Jazz Festival has provided some of the most memorable moments in jazz history, including the Duke Ellington Orchestra's 1956 performance of Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue , featuring a 27-chorus saxophone solo by Paul Gonsalves; Whereas the ongoing mission of the Newport Jazz Festival is to celebrate jazz music and to make the case for its relevance; Whereas the Newport Jazz Festival has become a world-renowned event featuring established and emerging artists and bringing together music lovers, musicians, academics, and critics; Whereas for the past 60 years, the Newport Jazz Festival and the Newport Folk Festival have made a difference in the cultural life of the people of the United States and have provided a soundtrack of freedom for generations; and Whereas, from August 1, 2014, through August 3, 2014, thousands of people will come together in Newport, Rhode Island, to celebrate the 60th Newport Jazz Festival: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) commemorates the 60th Newport Jazz Festival taking place from August 1, 2014, through August 3, 2014, in Newport, Rhode Island; (2) recognizes the historical significance of the Newport Jazz Festival and the role the festival has played in celebrating jazz music and making it relevant to generations of people in the United States; and (3) recognizes the musicians, sponsors, volunteers, and the community of Newport, Rhode Island for continuing the tradition of the Newport Jazz Festival.