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 Charlie Parker Story precise personnel of this album remains unknown. For completeness, we list the personnel as presented on the label of the album—which is almost certainly incorrect in that it credits Bud Powell on piano—as well as the personnel as listed on "Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions" (the only other complete chronicle of this session), which also may be incorrect. The Charlie Parker Story The Charlie Parker Story is an LP record by Charlie Parker, released posthumously by Savoy Records. While many of the tracks on this album had been previously released on other formats (78 rpm records, 7-inch EPs