George Wein

George Wein (October 3, 1925 – September 13, 2021) was an American jazz promoter, pianist, and producer."George Wein: Dinosaur Walks the Earth"  AllAboutJazz.com interview, June 2000, Retrieved on April 1, 2007. He was the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival. He also co-founded the Newport Folk Festival with Peter Seeger and Theodore Bikel. He also founded the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Wein died on September 13, 2021 at his home in New York City at the age of 95.

References

Other websites
Newport Festivals Foundation

Biography from the National Endowment for the Arts
"A Fireside Chat With George Wein", by Fred Jung, AllAboutJazz.com interview from 2003]
Well-Rounded Radio's 2010 interview with George Wein
George Wein: A Conversation with the Father of the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals
George Wein papers, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University

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