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With the success of the 50th Anniversary event, Festival Productions Inc. quickly began work on the 2005 Festival. Like the…
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After a year canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the historic Newport Jazz Festival has announced it will be presenting the…
In the four decades since the Newport Jazz festival first took place in 1954, it became a global brand with…
In 1960, Creed Taylor founded Impulse! Records, which he dubbed "The New Wave in Jazz." While over time, Impulse! established…
The 1990s was a period of change. The geopolitical order in place for nearly half a century ended with the…
An artist’s final recording is often an unusual gift to the world. In large part, this derives from the fact…