George Wein (October 3, 1925 – September 13, 2021) was an American jazz promoter, pianist, and producer. He was the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival...
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George Wein, jazz pianist Glynis Wein, colorist in the comics industry, first wife of Len Len Wein (1948–2017), American comic book writer Der Wein,...
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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. Most of...
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activities". The founders of the organization included pianist and promoter George Wein, producer Quint Davis and the late Allison Miner. In addition to the...
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The festival was founded by music promoter and Jazz Festival founder George Wein, music manager Albert Grossman, and folk singers Pete Seeger, Theodore...
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Leonard Norman Wein (/wiːn/; June 12, 1948 – September 10, 2017) was an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp...
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Theodore Bikel, Bruce Jackson, Alan Lomax, festival MC Peter Yarrow, and George Wein) over the scheduling of performers and other matters. Two days earlier...
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often played at jazz festivals and international tours organized by George Wein, including an appearance with Thelonious Monk with an extended solo on...
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Ruby Braff (section With George Barnes)
With George Wein Wein, Women and Song and More, George Wein Plays and Sings (Arbors) George Wein & the Newport All-Stars (Impulse!, 1962) George Wein's Newport...
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Caldwell, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Aaron Richmond, and jazz festival producer George Wein. Bill Graham, who produced music shows at The Fillmore Auditorium in...
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(Columbia, 1963) Pee Wee Russell, Ask Me Now! (Impulse!, 1966) George Wein, George Wein & the Newport All-Stars (Impulse!, 1963) Colin Larkin, ed. (1992)...
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Repertory Company was a jazz big band ensemble founded in 1974 by George Wein. Wein organized the group to play at the Newport Jazz Festival, which they...
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album by Michel Petrucciani. It was recorded in 1983 and released by George Wein Collection before being reissued by Blue Note Records. The solo piano...
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at Newport was cut short after 15 minutes, when festival co-founder George Wein announced on stage that the Apollo 11 astronauts had landed on the moon...
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jazz nightclub organized by Boston-native, jazz promoter and producer George Wein during the 1940s. In 1929, WNAC Radio moved to new studios inside the...
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Forbes. Retrieved July 25, 2018. Belmore, Ryan M. (April 12, 2017). "George Wein, Jon Batiste to Receive Honorary Degrees from Salve Regina; Batiste to...
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and music promoter George Wein. It was held annually until 1971, and was re-established in Newport in 1981. In 1959, George Wein, folk singer Pete Seeger...
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Storyville Records was a jazz record company and label founded by George Wein in Boston in the 1950s. It is not related to the Danish record label of...
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Bobby Hackett, Jack Teagarden, Eddie Condon, Ruby Braff, Anita O'Day, George Wein, the Newport All-Stars, Lee Konitz, Sidney Bechet, PeeWee Russell and...
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and accompanied on piano by Cousin Joe Pleasant. Under the auspices of George Wein, the Caravan was stage-managed by Joe Boyd. A concert, in the rain, was...
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Chuck Wein (March 24, 1939 – March 18, 2008) was an American promoter and manager of entertainment acts whose celebrity stemmed from his five-year (1964–1969)...
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Peters with his group of seven musicians. The festival was organized by George Wein. Reinhardt is celebrated annually in the village of Liberchies, his birthplace...
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beyond the curfew time despite urgent pleas from festival organizer George Wein to bring the program to an end. The concert made international headlines...
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producer of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Jazz Fest) founded by George Wein. Davis has been involved in the production of the event from its start...
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(Verve, 1956) George Shearing & Red Norvo, Midnight On Cloud 69 (Savoy, 1956) Clark Terry, Clark Terry (Verve, 1997) George Wein, George Wein's Newport All-Stars...
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liner notes to Boston 1950, Uptown CD George Wein, sleeve note to Serge and Boots, Storyville 1954 George Wein, sleeve note to The Fable of Mabel, Storville...
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Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals (category Comics by Len Wein)
issue comic book story arc plotted and drawn by George Pérez, with scripting by Greg Potter and Len Wein. Released in 1987, this was the first arc of the...
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attendance record. The first annual Astrodome Jazz Festival presented by George Wein and the Newport Jazz Festival took place on July 7–8, 1972. Performers...
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and rehearsed that night at a mansion being used by festival organizer George Wein. On the night of Sunday, July 25, Dylan's appearance was between Cousin...
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president of Warner Bros. Records and co-chairman of DreamWorks Records George Wein (1925–2021), music producer, impresario, and founder of the Newport Jazz...
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