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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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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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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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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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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(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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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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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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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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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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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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Barry, Bishop of Southwell; Rosemary Verey; Susana, Lady Walton and George Wein. Retrospective memorials to famous historical figures, including a tablet...
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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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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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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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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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Danish record label Storyville Records (George Wein's), a 1950s American jazz record label founded by George Wein Storyville (album), a 1991 Robbie Robertson...
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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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graduating, Boyd worked as a production and tour manager for music impresario George Wein, which took Boyd to Europe to organise concerts with Muddy Waters, Coleman...
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Ellington at Newport (category Albums produced by George Avakian)
concert which revitalized Ellington's flagging career. Jazz promoter George Wein describes the 1956 concert as "the greatest performance of [Ellington's]...
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Stewart and Cootie Williams The Big Challenge (Jazztone, 1957) With George Wein Newport Jazz Festival All Stars (Atlantic, 1959 [1960]) with Buck Clayton...
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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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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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the acts who appeared at his club and in 1959 he joined forces with George Wein, who had founded the Newport Jazz Festival, to start up the Newport Folk...
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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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Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2015. "George Wein: A Great Day in Washington". Jazztimes.com. June 2003. "The Tonight Show...
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Jones Reissue producer, photography by Richard Weize Liner notes by George Wein Reissue Liner notes by Rich Kienzle Cover art by Jim Flora The Nashville...
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