Recent Grammy Winner, Other Legends Headline 2011 Newport Jazz Fest

Newport Jazz Festival fans will get the chance to enjoy perennial favorites and other jazz luminaries at this year's three-day event, to be held Aug. 5 to 7 at .

The Newport Festivals Foundation, whose offices are based in Middletown, announced Tuesday that 2011 "Best New Artist" Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding will be among the list of performers on both Saturday, Aug. 6, and Sunday, Aug. 7. Also performing that day will be Jazz Festival favorite Wynton Marsalis, Al Di Meola World Sinfonia, Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band, Michael Camilo, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, and nine others.

Joining Spalding on Sunday will be Trombone Shorty again, the Ravi Coltrane Quartet, Angélique Kidjo, Joshua Redman, Charles Lloyd, and more.

Friday night's opening event at the will feature Wynton Marsalis and Michael Feinstein "Come Fly with Me" with special guest Joe Negri.

Schedules will be posted in July. The Newport Folk Festival line-up is set to be announced next week on March 29.

Tickets will go on sale Friday, March 25, at 10 a.m. online, by phone or mail. General admission tickets (single-day passes only) can also be purchased in person at the on America's Cup Avenue.

Tickets for Friday night's event will go on sale Tuesday, April 5, at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.newportjazzfest.net.

Friday, Aug. 5

-Michael Feinstein "Come Fly With Me" with Special Guest Joe Negri
-Wynton Marsalis

Saturday, Aug. 6

-Wynton Marsalis
-Esperanza Spalding & Friends I
-Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band
-Al Di Meola World Sinfonia
-Hiromi
-Michael Camilo "Mano A Mano" with Giovanni Hidalgo and Charles Flores
-Mujeres De Agua by Javier Limón featuring Buika
-Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
-Regina Carter's "Reverse Thread"
-Steve Coleman and Five Elements
-Joey DeFrancesco Trio
-Grace Kelly with Guest Phil Woods
-Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet
-Mostly Other People Do the Killing
-New Black Eagle Jazz Band

Sunday, Aug. 7

-Hiromi: The Trio Project Featuring Anthony Jackson and Simon Phillips
-Esperanza Spalding & Friends II
-Angélique Kidjo
-Jame Farm with Joshua Redman, Aaron Parks, Matt Penman and Eric Harland
-Charles Lloyd with Guest Zakir Hussain
-Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
-Mingus Big Band
-Ravi Coltrane Quartet
-Randy Weston's African Rhythms Trio
-Miguel Zenón Presents the Puerto Rican Songbook with Conductor/Arranger Guillermo Klein
-John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
-Avishai Cohen Triveni with Special Guests Joshua Redman and Anat Cohen
-Apex: Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green
-Brubeck Brothers
-Berklee College of Music All Stars