George Wein, the legendary Newport Jazz and Folk producer who pioneered the modern music festival, has died at age 95.
Wein was hired by festival founder Elaine Lorillard to book the first Newport Jazz Festival, in 1954. From there, it grew into a marquee event, featuring the genre’s biggest names. Bert Stern’s famed documentarychronicled the 1958 edition of the festival, which featured everyone from Louis Armstrong to Mahalia Jackson and Thelonious Monk.
Born in Boston in 1925, Wein grew up playing piano and leading his own band. In the early Fifties, after serving in World War II, he founded his own jazz club and label, both called Storyville.
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