Chevy Chase to head up the Newport Jazz Festival again

He's Chevy Chase, and you're not. Too bad, because if you were, you'd be hosting the Newport JVC Jazz Festival for a second time. The SNL and National Lampoon alum will be emceeing for the festival's main stage, introducing class acts like Aretha Franklin, Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins. Quite a fit, especially given Chase's past a jazz drummer before being discovered by a humble man known as Lorne Michaels.

The Newport JVC Jazz festival runs from Aug. 8-10, at the International Tennis Hall of Fame and Fort Adams State Park. Coincidentally, this is the same festival series where Mos Def performed. A jazz festival might not be the kind of place you'd expect it to happen, but don't even try to deny that a Mos Def / Chevy Chase collaboration would be the greatest thing, well, ever.

Related links:
Defamer.com: 'A Night at the Museum without my herb', by Chevy Chase
YouTube: National Lampoon's Vacation
Chevy Chase on IMDb

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