George Wein, Newport Jazz co-founder and pioneer of modern music festival, dies at 95
Celebrities | September 14, 2021 6:22 ISTA former jazz club owner and aspiring pianist, Wein launched the Newport Jazz Festival in 1954 under pouring rain and with a lineup for the heavens — Billie Holliday and Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald and Lester Young.