In 1956, Langston Hughes appeared at a symposium during the Newport Jazz Festival. He would return regularly, and in 1960, Hughes hosted and curated a blues conversation and concert that found him ...
The very first Newport Jazz Festival in 1954 included London-born pianist George Shearing. The next year, his fellow British pianist — and future NPR host — Marian McPartland was on the bill. More ...
Famed Newport Jazz & Folk Festivals Go Non-Profit NEWPORT, RI, January 25, 2011—The famed Newport Jazz Festival® and Newport Folk Festival ®, held in Newport, RI, since 1954 and 1959 respectively, ...
NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Since 1954, the Newport Jazz Festival has been drawing thousands of people to the City by the Sea. The festival was founded by George Wein, a pianist from Massachusetts who ...
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