{"id":1210,"date":"2020-07-23T09:25:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2022-01-30T08:19:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T14:19:54","slug":"newport-jazz-history-chapter-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/newport-jazz-history-chapter-i\/","title":{"rendered":"A History of the Newport Jazz Festival – Chapter I: A New Tradition, 1954-1955"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By 9:18 PM on the evening of July 17, 1954, Eddie Condon\u2019s tribute to Dixieland finally began its delayed performance. Next was vocalist Lee Wiley, a jam session, and then a series of musicians who in hindsight left an indelible mark of music: the Modern Jazz Quartet with Horace Silver filling in for John Lewis, the Oscar Peterson Trio with Ray Brown and Herb Ellis, Billie Holiday, Dizzie Gillespie\u2019s Quintet with Hank Mobley, and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. Further elaborating on the collaborative nature of the music, the night\u2019s performers joined in a massive jam session in which they delivered an empowered version of \u201cI Got Rhythm.\u201d It was well worth the $3 to $5 ticket price. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later that evening, Louis and Elaine Lorillard hosted a gathering at their Quartrel mansion in which musicians mingled among Newport\u2019s high society until the early morning. In addition to continuing the Festival’s work towards eradicating walls of social division, it set the stage for its annual gala, a tradition that continues. The gala has proven to be such a significant part of the Newport Jazz Festival that even in a year of shutdowns and social distancing, they are continuing the tradition online. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

<\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>