![]() ![]() I didn't know much about what I was going to do for my life. GEORGE WEIN: I guess I wanted to make a living. Terry asked him how his experiences as a musician helped shape what he wanted out of his club. But he set that aside to open the Boston Jazz Club called Storyville where he first worked with many of the artists he later booked for his festivals. Wein fell in love with jazz as a teenager, becoming a professional piano player. ![]() ![]() Wein also produced the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and other festivals and tours worldwide. The festival continued, more or less, for nearly 40 years, eventually moving to New York City then back to Newport. It rained the second day, but the audience stayed. Weins' first Newport Folk Festival, somewhat of a novelty at the time because it was held outdoors over two days, featured such artists as Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald. We're going to listen to Terry's 2003 interview with George Wein, recorded at the time of the publication of his autobiography, which was called "Myself Among Others: A Life In Music." Early on, Wein's Newport Jazz Festival helped rejuvenate Duke Ellington's career and revived the career of Miles Davis after years of decline from heroin addiction. George Wein, the pioneering music impresario who created the Newport Jazz Festival in 1954 and the Newport Folk Festival in 1959, died Monday. ![]()
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