“‘It’s like a love fest,’ said George Wein as the 60th edition of the Newport Jazz Festival drew to a close . . . . Wein, 88, played at his festival, performing on piano with the Newport All-Stars, winning generous applause when he took a solo. ‘I better quit while I’m ahead,’ Wein said from the stage.”
Wein is the founder of what is probably the best-known jazz festival in the United States, the Newport Jazz Festival, which is held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. (He also co-founded the Newport Folk Festival with Pete Seeger and Theodore Bikel.)
Read more here about this year’s festival. Many great photos on A Blog: Supreme. More about the annual Newport Jazz Festival here.
