| LC control no. | n 81069187 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML429.W35 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Wein, George |
| See also | Corporate body: Newport All-Stars Founded corporate body of person: Newport Jazz Festival Founded corporate body of person: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (New Orleans, La.) Founded corporate body of person: Montreux Jazz Festival Founded corporate body of person: Playboy Jazz Festival Founded corporate body of person: Kool Jazz Festival Founded corporate body of person: North Sea Jazz Festival |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1925-10-03 |
| Death date | 2021-09-13 |
| Place of birth | Boston (Mass.) Lynn (Mass.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Pianists Singers Impresarios Jazz musicians |
| Found in | Russell, P.W. Salute to Newport [SR] c1978 (a.e.) container (George Wein & the Newport All-Stars; Wein, piano/celeste) Grove music online, July 20, 2007: Jazz (Wein, George (Theodore); b. Oct. 3, 1925, Boston; American pianist, singer, and impresario) Jazz Fest, ℗2019: notes (George Wein; born 1925; jazz pianist; toured with his band the Newport All-Stars; founder of the Newport Jazz Festival in 1954, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 1970, the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Playboy Jazz Festival, the JVC Jazz Festival, the Nice Jazz Festival, the Essence Festival, and the Kool Jazz Festival) Washington post WWW site, viewed Sept. 14, 2021 (in obituary dated "yesterday": George Wein, an impresario whose Newport jazz and folk festivals were the scenes of musical milestones, died Sept. 13 at his apartment in Manhattan. He was 95. George Theodore Wein was born Oct. 3, 1925, in Lynn, Mass.) |
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