FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Giving Credit Where It is Due - And then Some...

When you've made an indelible imprint on an art form—people take notice. particularly when that effort has helped fuel their own successes. such is the case with george wein, the producer of the first jazz festival as we know it today back in 1954 in newport ri. in june 2009, as part of the montreal international jazz festival's 30th anniversary, founders alain simard and andre menard honored wein (right) as the "father of all jazz festivals" at a news conference before his newport all-sta...

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