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
Jarasum International Jazz Festival Jarasum International Jazz Festival The Jarasum International Jazz Festival () is an annual Jazz Festival in South Korea, the festival began in 2004 with 30 teams of jazz artists from 12 countries. Well established as a significant international festival, every year, over 100,000 people visit this particularly popular festival and 95% of the attendees are actually previous visitors. This 2014, the festival runs from October 3 (Friday) to October 5 (Sunday)at "Jarasum" (which means "terrapin island" in Korean) located in the center of the Korean peninsula. Main line up for 2014 included Maceo Parker, Paquito D’Rivera and Trio Corrente, The