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The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hired George Wein to organize the first festival and bring jazz to Rhode Island. [1] [2]
July 30 - Shabaka Hutchings from Sons Of Kemet founds a new UK Jazz record label, "Native Rebel Recordings" [4] July 30-August 1 – The Newport Jazz Festival takes place in the US state of Rhode Island. Performers include Gerald Clayton, Charles Lloyd, Mavis Staples, Trombone Shorty, Kamasi Washington and Brandee Younger. [5]
Live albums of performances at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. ... Miles Davis at Newport 1955–1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4;
Newport Jazz Festival, Aug. 2-4, Fort Adams, Newport (newportjazz.org). Celebrate the event’s 70th anniversary with single- or multi-day tickets. Celebrate the event’s 70th anniversary with ...
The Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals will both be returning to their home fort in Rhode Island in late July (overlapping into August by one day), although organizers caution that the two landmark ...
The Aug. 2-4 event at Rhode Island’s Fort Adams State Park will feature André 3000, Elvis Costello, Brittany Howard, Sun Ra Arkestra and Nile Rodgers & CHIC, along with a host of jazz ...
The festival, which ends Sunday, is also one of the biggest multi-day jazz festivals in the world. It has brought legions of people to the coastal Rhode Island community over the decades. Held at Fort Adams State Park, festivalgoers benefited from a cool ocean breeze, a sprinkling of rain and misting fans.
George Wein (October 3, 1925 – September 13, 2021) was an American jazz promoter, pianist, and producer. [1] He was the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, which is held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island.