CareFusion & George Wein Announce Artists for Jazz Fest in Newport

    NEWPORT, RI, March 24, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- CareFusion, a leading, global medical device company, and festival producer George Wein, today announced the schedule for the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, which takes over the city August 6 - 8. Tickets go on sale worldwide through TicketMaster on March 26 at 10 a.m. and at www.newportjazzfest.net.

"We are grateful to CareFusion for keeping the jazz festival legacy alive and making it possible for us to present another great event in Newport," said Wein. "There is nothing like celebrating jazz in Newport. It's fun, it's a gorgeous setting and there's sure to be more than a few memorable moments throughout the three days."

"CareFusion is excited to be back in Newport, in the city where George Wein made history with the world's first jazz festival 56 years ago," said David Schlotterbeck, chairman and CEO of CareFusion. "The musicians playing at the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival are the best and the brightest--a great fit for our global medical device technology company whose products are recognized as leaders in the health care industry."

The CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, produced by New Festival Productions, features:

FRIDAY, AUGUST 6 ~ 8:00 pm
International Tennis Hall of Fame, 194 Bellevue Avenue

Jamie Cullum; Grace Kelly

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7 ~ 11:30 am - 7:00 pm
Fort Adams State Park, Harrison Avenue

Chick Corea Freedom Band with Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride & Roy Haynes; Jamie Cullum; Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra; Ahmad Jamal; Jazz Mafia's Brass, Bows & Beats; Anat Cohen; Newport All-Stars with Howard Alden, Randy Brecker, Randy Sandke & George Wein and special guest Bob Brookmeyer; Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing; Darcy James Argue's Secret Society with special guest Bob Brookmeyer; Fly: Jeff Ballard, Larry Grenadier & Mark Turner; JD Allen Trio; Julian Lage Group; Trio Da Paz with Harry Allen; Rez Abbasi's Acoustic Quartet; Berklee Global Jazz Institute Septet


SUNDAY, AUGUST 8 ~ 11:30 am - 7:00 pm
Fort Adams State Park, Harrison Avenue

Herbie Hancock; Chris Botti; Wynton Marsalis; Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra; Amina Figarova; Conrad Herwig's Latin Side of Herbie; Jon Faddis; Ken Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound; David Binney Band featuring Brian Blade, Craig Taborn & Eivind Opsvik; Marshall Allen-Matthew Shipp-Joe Morris; Jason Moran & the Bandwagon with Jenny Scheinman; Ben Allison Band with Jenny Scheinman, Shane Endsley, Steve Cardenas & Rudy Royston; Gretchen Parlato; Matt Wilson Quartet

TICKETS & OTHER INFORMATION

All Tickets for the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival go on sale Friday, March 26, at 10:00 am on-line, by phone and by mail. General admission tickets (single-day passes only) also can be purchased in person at the Newport Visitor Information Center, located at 23 America's Cup Avenue.

There will be a festival office in the Newport area where tickets can be purchased in person at a later date. For general information, craft vendor information or to leave a message for festival staff, call the festival hotline at (401) 848-5055.

For more information, log on to www.newportjazzfest.net.

Artists Subject to change

* Newport Jazz Festival is a registered service mark of George Wein and Festival Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.

About CareFusion Corporation
CareFusion (NYSE: CFN) is a global corporation serving the health care industry with products and services that help hospitals measurably improve the safety and quality of care. The company develops market-leading technologies including Alaris IV pumps, Pyxis automated dispensing and patient identification systems, AVEA and Pulmonetic Systems ventilation and respiratory products, ChloraPrep products, MedMined services for infection surveillance, NeuroCare neurological monitoring and diagnostic products, V. Mueller surgical instruments, and an extensive line of products that support interventional medicine. CareFusion employs more than 15,000 people across its global operations. More information may be found at www.carefusion.com.

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For more information, contact:

Carolyn McClair
CMPR / New Festival Productions
212.721.3341
[email protected]

Renee Maler
Philosophy PR + Marketing
925.968.9495
[email protected]

Suzanne Hatcher
CareFusion
858.617.2226
[email protected]

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