About Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hired George Wein to organize the first festival and bring jazz to Rhode Island.
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8:09AdvisoryChico Hamilton, Gretsch Drums, The Legacy of “That Great Gretsch Sound”
Head, Newport Jazz Festival, Thelonious Monk, Eric Dolphy, Y&T
1990sInterviewRare
9:11Mostly Other People Do the Killing at Newport Jazz Festival 2011
Newport Jazz Festival
2010sInterviewBackstage
4:33Pianist/composer Fred Hersch on "Coma Dreams"
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InterviewBackstage
7:36Interview with Ambrose Akinmusire at Newport Jazz Festival in 2011
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2010sInterviewBackstage
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1:21:02Jazz Icons Duke Ellington - Live in '58
Rhythm section, duke ellington s, Newport Jazz Festival, Duke Ellington, Clark Terry, Jimmy Hamilton, duke ellington re, Songwriter, Y&T
1950sRareLive
2:11George Wein on the Origins of Newport Jazz Festival - PBS 'In Performance at the White House' 1993
Newport Jazz Festival, NME
1990sRareLive
3:54Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow (1970)
Willie Dixon, Newport Jazz Festival, Muddy Waters, Son House, Robert Johnson, Little Walter, Songwriter, Otis Spann, Walter Jacobs
1950sRareLive
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9:40Jamie Cullum - Newport Jazz Festival 2010 - Behind The Scenes - Newport, RI
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0:32JOHN BETSCH Drummer American
Newport Jazz Festival, John Thomas, Ride, Max Roach
1940sTourRare
1:21Buddy Rich '' rehearsal '' w. Gillespie ,&, Mel Tormè ,1978..
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1970sTV AppearanceRehearsal