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| Born | October 3, 1925 |
| Hometown | Lynn, Massachusetts, United States |
| Net worth | $10 million |
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NJ's new North to Shore Festival is in expert hands
- No surprise that New Jersey's new festival is being compared to Newport and the New Orleans Jazz fest: John Schreiber is behind them all.
- The Newport Daily News
SPARE CHANGE: Where Joni Mitchell's appearance ranks among Newport Folk Festival moments
- The Providence Journal
Opinion/Lofgren: Ready for another transcendent Newport Jazz Festival
- The Newport Daily News
Folk legend Pete Seeger is getting his own USPS stamp, and it'll start in Newport
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'Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story': Documentary gives viewers a front-row seat to the show
Music documentary 'Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story' weaves together live performances and interviews from the 50th anniversary of the festival.
- U.S.Associated Press
Jazz Fest remembers Wein, Dr. John, Neville brothers, more
The memorial garden at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is about to get a lot more crowded as fellow musicians honor the many musical icons — known as “Ancestors” — who have passed since the festival was last held three years ago. Jazz Fest, which began Friday and will conclude on May 8, will feature on-stage tributes, as well as jazz funeral processions that will cross the Fair Grounds and conclude with the unveiling of the honoree’s likenesses alongside the other Ancestors at the rear
- EntertainmentThe Newport Daily News
See who is headlining this year's Newport Jazz Festival
The 2022 Newport Jazz Festival is set to take place July 29-31 at Fort Adams State Park.
- EntertainmentVariety
‘Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story’ Review: Salute to a Unique and Enormous Music Festival Lets the Good Times Roll
Let’s not mince words: “Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” is a high-stepping, hand-waving, spirit-lifting gas. Co-directors Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern, with the invaluable assistance of editor Martin Singer, have fashioned an infectiously exuberant overview of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the Big Easy’s unique and enormous celebration of its music, cuisine […]
- EntertainmentVariety
George Wein, Who Led Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals from the 1950s Forward, Dies at 95
George Wein, who set the standard for what outdoor music gatherings would become with his leadership of the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals from the 1950s into the 21st century, died Monday at his home in New York City. He was 95. Wein produced the first Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island in 1954 and […]
- EntertainmentAssociated Press
George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95
George Wein, an impresario of 20th century music who helped found the Newport Jazz and Folk festivals and set the template for gatherings everywhere from Woodstock to the south of France, died Monday. Wein, 95, died “peacefully in his sleep” in his New York City apartment, said Carolyn McClair, a family spokesperson. A former jazz club owner and aspiring pianist, Wein launched the Newport Jazz Festival in 1954 under pouring rain and with a lineup for the heavens — Billie Holiday and Dizzy Gill
- EntertainmentAssociated Press
'You call this jazz?' Jazz Fest celebrates 50 eclectic years
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — If your tastes are eclectic, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival poses a problem: Which of a dozen acts do you want to hear? Earth, Wind & Fire, Alanis Morissette, or Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band? Van Morrison, Al Green, Johnny Rivers, or all five Marsalis jazzmen playing together?
- NewsBillboard
Jazz Fest Producer Quint Davis on Surviving Katrina, the 'Economics of Creativity' and Making an Eclectic Lineup Work
With Jazz Fest’s 47th edition kicking off April 22, the event’s longtime producer talks about surviving Katrina, “the economics of creativity” and how he makes the famously eclectic lineup work
- U.S.ABC News
Newport Jazz Festival Gets New Leader, $10M Promise
Jazz impresario George Wein took another step to secure the future of his 62-year-old Newport Jazz Festival on Thursday, as the nonprofit foundation that runs it named Grammy-winning bassist Christian McBride as artistic director
- NewsBillboard
Newport Jazz Festival 2015 Day 2 Highlights: Jonathan Batiste, Jose James, Jack DeJohnette & More
The 2015 Newport Jazz Festival heated up on Day 2 with some of today's best jazz vocalists, including Cassandra Wilson and Jose James, as well as a selection of both the genre's most staunch traditionalists and committed forward-thinkers.
