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Newport Jazz Festival, annual summer music festival, held at Newport, R.I. Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lorillard and George Wein, the first performance was held in July, 1954. The festival brings together jazz lovers and great figures of the jazz world. It has presented such performers as Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, and Billie Holliday as well as many European artists. Riots caused performance cancellations in 1960, 1969, and 1971, and in 1972 the festival was moved to New York City. It became a two-site festival in 1981 when it resumed in Newport, and there are now associated U.S. and international tours. Still directed by George Wein and sponsored by JVC since 1984, the festival has been known as the JVC Jazz Festival since 1986. Newport Jazz Festival annual summer jazz celebration. [Am. Mus.: NCE, 1927] See : Festival, Music How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She's been showing off her musical chops with growing conviction over the past several years, from the Newport Jazz Festival to The Rocky Horror Show to her 2001 CD Playing It Cool, in which she jazzed up Broadway show tunes. Jazzing It Up: Terence Blanchard, Cedar Walton and Lew Tabackin celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival at UCLA's Royce Hall on Saturday (13th). Radio and television appearances were followed by tours at home and abroad, including an appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, where she joined with Duke Ellington in his gospel interlude Black, Brown, and Beige. |
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