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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. ...  read more