George Wein (born October 3, 1925) is an American jazz promoter, pianist, and producer. He is the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, which is held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. He also co-founded the Newport Folk Festival with Peter Seeger and Theodore Bikel and was instrumental in the founding of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
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Buzzy Drootin
American musician
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Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
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Pee Wee Russell
American musician
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Barbara Lea
American jazz singer (1929-2011)
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Ruby Braff
American musician
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Bud Freeman
American musician
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What Cheer? Brigade
brass band with approximately 18 active members from Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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Serge Chaloff
American musician
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Jake Hanna
American drummer
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Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
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Jon Batiste
American cross-genre musician
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Marshall Brown
American musician
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Theodore Bikel
Austrian-American actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist and political activist (1924-2015)
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Mark Whitfield
American musician
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Snooks Eaglin
American musician
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Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
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Ward Pinkett
American jazz trumpeter and scat vocalist
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Charles Davis
American musician
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Sammy Price
American pianist
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Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
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Ted Rosenthal
American musician
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Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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George Lewis
American musician
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Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Bai Konte
Gambian musician
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Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
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Don Ewell
American musician
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Fred Hersch
American musician
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Ken Colyer
British musician
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Eddie Palmieri
American recording artist; pianist
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Michał Urbaniak
Polish musician
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Martial Solal
French-Algerian jazz pianist
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Dakota Staton
American jazz vocalist
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Bobby Broom
American musician
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Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Stuff Smith
American musician
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Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
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Wallace Davenport
American musician
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Papa Bue
Danish trombonist and bandleader
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Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
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Terry Waldo
American musician
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Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi