NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — The Newport Jazz Festival is this weekend, and it’s following in the Folk Festival’s footsteps, selling out all three days of the festival. Newport police are taking steps to ...
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 ...
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 ...