Newport Jazz Festival Newport Jazz Festival The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hired George Wein to organize the first festival and bring jazz to Rhode Island. Most of the early festivals were broadcast on Voice of America radio, and many performances were recorded and released as albums. In 1972, the Newport Jazz Festival was moved to New York City. In 1981, it became a two-site festival when it was returned to Newport while continuing in
The Immortal Charlie Parker 12014], and "The Charlie Parker Story" [Savoy MG 12079]) completing the reissue of the previously released master takes, and the original issue of most of the unreleased takes from these seven sessions. Parker's entire Savoy ouvre was finally issued on "Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions" in 1978. Guitarist Tiny Grimes was the leader of the September 14, 1944 session, which produced the songs "Tiny's Tempo" and "Red Cross". This was also Parker's first recording session for the Savoy label. Miles Davis was the leader of the August 14, 1947 session which produced the songs "Milestones", "Little Willie Leaps",