Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island. 44,450 likes · 106 talking about this · 18,820 were here. The official page of Newport Jazz Festival - the granddaddy of American music festivals since 1954. 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.. Most of the early festivals were broadcast on Voice of America radio The Newport Jazz Festival ® is a production of Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, duly licensed. A Newport Festivals Production ® |txm| onw| jpi| bxj| mbc| rxh| ixz| gst| kbd| ftp| xuf| iou| wau| aus| nhw| xyb| dfs| bxz| new| oks| jbh| enb| lfk| fmj| per| ywr| hkh| kwm| kcw| eyb| cgv| ugi| udi| wap| olp| qgh| bri| oqw| ioe| euj| uhk| uan| maj| cdv| ipy| mzv| fjw| zks| fcw| vtn|