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Article: GOLDEN MOMENT THE NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL TOASTS 50 YEARS BY LOADING UP ON JAZZ GREATS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 5, 2004
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The big news about this year's 50th anniversary Newport jazz
festival may seem a trifle obvious to those unfamiliar with
festivals past."I'm going back to jazz," says George Wein, the
concert promoter who has been in charge of all of the Newport jazz
festivals to date. "I want to see if there are enough jazz fans,
without bringing in pop or crossover names."Over the years, Wein,
78, has risked (and sometimes reaped) the ire of jazz purists by
booking r&b, fusion, and other popular genres alongside the more
straight-ahead stuff at his many jazz festivals around the world,
including Newport. The idea was to broaden the tent, bring in more
gate receipts, and maybe turn a few ...