{"id":2977,"date":"2021-07-10T21:23:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T02:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/?p=2977"},"modified":"2021-07-10T22:15:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T03:15:30","slug":"newport-jazz-part-xiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/newport-jazz-part-xiv\/","title":{"rendered":"A History of the Newport Jazz Festival \u2013 Chapter XIV: Destinations, 2005-2009"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the success of the 50th<\/sup> Anniversary event, Festival Productions Inc. quickly began work on the 2005 Festival. Like the immediately preceding year, George Wein would be unable to attend the Fort\u2019s proceedings. This time it was not due to his own health but that of his wife\u2019s. Joyce Wein was a brilliant woman. Originally trained as a biochemist, she became a central part of the Festival production team, serving every role from the organization\u2019s Vice President to a hostess for visitors. She played an immense role in the Festival. Joyce died August 15, 2005, a day after that summer\u2019s Jazz Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like the preceding year, the 51st<\/sup> Newport Jazz Festival began with Thursday festivities away from the Fort. This time, with the special showing of a film at the Jane Pickens Theater. First built as the Zion Episcopal Church in 1834, the building became a live theater in 1918 and began showing silent films in 1922. The Jane Pickens Theater is one of the few places where audiences have watched movies consistently for almost a century. On this occasion, they saw \u201cMiles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue.\u201d Capturing the trumpeter at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, the film\u2019s inclusion as part of the Jazz Festival was a subtle nod to both the concert that half a century early made his career as well as a respect for his constant changes in style and artistic output.<\/p>\n\n\n

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