King Orchestra, Woody Herman and the Young Thundering Herd, Rodney Franklin and In the Center, Nat Adderley Quartet, Chico Hamilton and the Mellifluous Rhythm Orchestra, Kenny Burrell Trio, Kilimanjaro, and the Count Basie alumni, with Clark Terry, Harry (Sweets) Edison, Joe Newman, Waymon Reed, Snooky Young, Frank Foster, Marshall Royal, Chris Woods, Buddy Tate, Cecil Payne, Al Grey, Benny Powell, Gus Johnson, Nat Pierce, Eddie Jones, Jimmy Witherspoon and others. The wooden chairs which provided most seating at Festival Field and Freebody Park before it were mostly gone, replaced by open spots of grass on which attendees could place blankets and tarps. [50], Two of the most famous performances in the festival's history are Miles Davis' 1955 solo on "'Round Midnight" and the Duke Ellington Orchestra's lengthy 1956 performance of "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue", featuring a 27-chorus saxophone solo by Paul Gonsalves. By 2004, the KOOL MIXX promotion included limited edition cigarette pack art, meant to Celebrate the Soundtrack to the Streets. One advertisement for the special limited edition packs claimed that DJs are the Masters of Hip Hop like KOOL is the Master of Menthol. Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. Collections; Project #ShowUs; . Dorothy Donegan, solo pianist. The legendary jam sessions were also revisited with a pairing of Gilespie, trombonist Al Grey, saxophonist Buddy Tate, and pianist Mike Renzi. At the Grist Mill, the guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and the pianist Dick Wellstood will take turns playing solo sets from 2 to 5 P.M. Back in New York on Sunday evening, there will be a tribute to the blues singer Dinah Washington, a look ahead at jazz in the 80's, and an adventurous program of unaccompanied duets. Come sing along, dance like no one is watching, eat local food and browse craft tents for hours. At the same time that the singers are appearing at Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, the drummer Art Blakey will be honored at Carnegie Hall for his quarter-century as leader of the Jazz Messengers. Announcing the lineup for the 10-day, 1981 version of the. In 1981, it became a two-site festival when it was returned to Newport while continuing in New York. The Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images. And how many people do you know who dont like music? Situated among the historic trees of Manistee National Forest, Camp Greensky is the perfect place to enjoy the great outdoors and great bluegrass music. 8 P.M. Carnegie Hall. Prospect Park Bandshell, Prospect Park West and Ninth Street, Brooklyn. [24] This format continued for the next years, but Wein missed the outdoors of Newport which the venues of New York City failed to duplicate. Other performances that weekend included those by Oscar Peterson, Brazilian vocalist Tania Maria, Carmen McRae and her trio, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, and a trumpet duet between Freddie Hubbard and Jon Faddis. The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Free. Saturday was much worse, with thousands of people unable to enter the sold-out shows roaming the city streets and battling police. The longstanding tradition of having artists sit in with others returned. All the singers are well established except Mr. McFerrin. This was organized by musicians Charles Mingus and Max Roach in protest against the festival paying less to jazz innovators, compared to more mainstream performers;[11] the fact that the innovators were mostly black and the mainstream performers mostly white was also an aggravating factor. PostGenre Media 2021, A History of the Newport Jazz Festival Chapter IX: Homecoming, 1981-1983, Bitches Brew 50th Anniversary Celebration. Consequently, the workshops and receptions were held at Belcourt, while the music was presented at Freebody Park, an arena for sports near the casino. "Some people still call it the Kool Jazz Festival," Santangelo said. [47], The 2020 festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis. An Ella Fitzgerald performance from Carnegie Hall in July 1973 was documented on the album Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall (1973). On Saturday, Zoot Sims joined Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and Art Farmer collaborated with Dexter Gordons Quartet. [6][7], In 1955, organizers were planning a second year for the festival but needed to find a new venue. The 1982 event - now retitled The Kool Jazz Festival - prominently featured duets with pianists. Copy. ''The Blakey Legacy,'' with Art Blakey, Donald Byrd, Walter Davis, Curtis Fuller, Johnny Griffin, Bill Hardman, Billy Harper, Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, Jymie Merritt, Woody Shaw, Victor Sproles, Cedar Walton and the Jazz Messengers. Located on the banks of the Detroit River, Mo Pop is more than a music festival. Kool Jazz Festival (San Diego) 1981 Setlists Jun 5 1981 Date Friday, June 5, 1981 - Saturday, June 6, 1981 Venue Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, CA, USA Report festival So far there are setlists of 9 gigs. BB King / Robert Randolph & The Family Band. Part of this response included the emergence of a neotraditionalist school which argued that jazz had strayed artistically sometime in the 1960s and should be returned to sounds more reminiscent of its origins. King and Nat Adderley. The New Jazz Philosophy Tour 2006 RJ Reynolds. Eubie Blake Theater Workshop, directed by Ray Abrahams, featuring music by Eubie Blake, Thelonious Monk, Wynton Kelly, Earnie Henry, Duke Jordan, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie and Randy Weston. It incorporated academic panel discussions and featured live musical performances. Brown & Williamson readily agreed and the event was renamed the Newport Jazz Festival once more. 8 P.M. Town Hall. Fare, $9.50. ''The Art of Jazz Singing'' will go from the early days of blues and vaudeville to today's style of jazz ballad singing and the individualistic singing of Sheila Jordan. Among many other gigs the band has played, they were selected to play at the 1982 Kool Jazz Festival as a front act to both the Red . Tickets, $8.50-$12.50. Poet Langston Hughes, on the grounds, wrote an impromptu lyric called "Goodbye Newport Blues" and brought it to Muddy Waters, who was headlining the Sunday blues presentation. Ram Ramirez, solo pianist. Joanne Brackeen, solo pianist. George Wein again reformed a Newport All-Star Band, this time dubbed George Weins Kool Jazz Festival All-Stars and featuring Scott Hamilton, Oliver Jackson, Warren Vache, Vic Dickenson, and Slam Stewart. He has an amazing ability to imitate the sounds of string instruments, and he's unusually rhythmic. The first official event of the 10-day Kool Jazz Festival, formerly the Newport in New York Jazz Festival, will take place at Carnegie Recital Hall today at 5 P.M., when the veteran jazz pianist Cedar Walton will give a one-hour solo program in a series that will continue every day through July 4, except this Sunday. 2019 Featured Artists: Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, Ella Mai, Kali Uchis, Lizzo, As an Americana and Roots Festival, Hoxeyville Music Festival places you in farmland at the heart of the Manistee National Forest, surrounding you with trees and an unrivaled country-music-loving community. Another noted drummer, Max Roach, will head still another program tonight at 8 P.M., this one at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue and 112th Street. Herbie Hancock Quartet, featuring Ron Carter and Tony Williams with Wynton Marsalis and the Terumasa Hino Group. [30] The festival was immediately successful upon returning to Newport, although no longer quite the draw it had been in its first years, owing to shifting interests and to the proliferation of competing festivals. The festival was halted after the stage was rushed and equipment destroyed. Wiki User. Saturday, August 21 paired George Shearing with Don Thompson and Dorothy Donegan with Page Cavanaugh. ''Big Band Jazz on Film,'' David Chertok's big band collection, featuring Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and others. The 1964 festival was the last at Freebody Park, since the event had outgrown that venue also. [22] Many more fans were drawn than Festival Field could accommodate. Search Year . 1981 Kool Jazz Festival Program Condition: -- "Very good. In 1981, the Steve Wright Big Band took a month long tour of the Midwest with a concert entitled "Sounds of the Big Bands", playing both big band standards and compositions and arrangements by the leader. In 1983, this approach was represented by the band Spyro Gyra, fresh off of their album City Kids (MCA, 1983), the second-highest-grossing album on that years Billboard jazz charts. ''Kool was going on a national level with jazz festivals, and. He was a music festival pioneer and would run many festivals besides the Newport Jazz Festival during his career. Davis remarked that the various artists involved were highly encouraging to each other and that he enjoyed the festival more than ever before. The performance of Count Basie was issued as Count Basie at Newport in 1958. From arcade games to artist meet-and-greets, you will never be bored at Mo Pop. 2:30 P.M. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, between 88th and 89th Streets. Tickets, $6.50. Bring your kayak, hiking shoes and hammock because there will be plenty of time for adventure and leisure to go with amazing music. Kool Jazz Festival (San Diego) 1975 Setlists Jul 25 1975 Date Friday, July 25, 1975 - Saturday, July 26, 1975 Venue San Diego Stadium, San Diego, CA, USA Report festival So far there are setlists of 10 gigs. Prospect Park Bandshell, Prospect Park West and Ninth Street, Brooklyn. ''Portrait of Art Tatum,'' with Tiny Grimes, Hank Jones, John Lewis, Adam Mackowicz, Dick Wellstood, Slam Stewart, Barry Harris, Billy Taylor, Dick Hyman, Ellis Larkins and Eddie Daniels. About Hampton Jazz Festival Hampton Jazz Festival has brought the best of jazz, pop, blues, soul, and R&B for more than five decades, with each year more exciting than the last. Next Friday 5 P.M. Carnegie Recital Hall. Date Friday, June 6, 1980 - Saturday, June 7, 1980 Venue. Friday, June 5, 1981 Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, CA Kool & the Gang The Crusaders The Isley Brothers The Manhattans Tierra Add Setlist KOOL MIXX Special Edition Packs are our mark of respect for these Hip Hop Players. This national release of limited edition KOOL MIXX packs caught the attention of regulators, who filed lawsuits against B&W asserting that the KOOL MIXX campaign was in violation of the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) because it explicitly targeted black youth. [4], The festival was hailed by major magazines and newspapers, and some 13,000 people attended between the two days. The headliners will be Nell Carter, Linda Hopkins and Sippie Wallace, backed by Dick Hyman's Classic Jazz Band, which boasts such personnel as Doc Cheatham, Kenny Davern, Vic Dickenson, Major Holley, Jay Berliner and Connie Kay. This included sponsoring the 1982 Newport Jazz Festival. New Orleans Fairgrounds & Racetrack. 16 June 2005. http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/wwr27a00, 8. King and Ray Charles in 1984, and blues rock guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band Double Trouble in 1985. Friday afternoon featured a rock-oriented bill featuring the jazz-fusion group Blood, Sweat & Tears, eclectic jazz saxophonist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and the rock acts The Jeff Beck Group, Ten Years After, and Jethro Tull. "[19] On the first day there was a tribute to Louis Armstrong featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Hackett, Joe Newman, Wild Bill Davison, Jimmy Owns, and Ray Nance. 7 and 10:30 P.M. Avery Fisher Hall. ''He's a very unusual singer,'' Mr. Giddins said. ''But most of it has taken place in the recording studio and is not often presented in public. The Kool Nu Jazz Festival Adult Smoker Engagement Training Program. RJR. Admission to grounds, $11 ($6 for those younger than 12); reserved seating in amphitheater, $7 and $8.50. "Historic Sounds of Newport, Newly Online", Newport Jazz Festival: Saturday, August 7, 2010, Newport Jazz Festival: Sunday, August 8, 2010, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Newport_Jazz_Festival&oldid=1137527826, This page was last edited on 5 February 2023, at 02:48. the Gil Evans Big Band. [20][21], The 1970 festival was three days instead of the usual four with an estimated attendance of 40,400. [10] By Sunday word circulated that the Festival would be cancelled. ''The idea that you need a rhythm section for everything in jazz sometimes becomes a crutch,'' he said. July 4 Noon to midnight. '', Part of the program will be examples of jazz singing on film. [29], The festival continued to take place annually at Fort Adams through the 1990s and 2000s. In 1972, the Newport Jazz Festival was moved to New York City. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Noon to midnight. Money from a show featuring drummer Max Roach at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine -- a new Newport setting -- will go to a children's home. Over the years, because of several factors, the event has evolved from that of a music genre of pure jazz to one predicated by the lyrics of rhythm & blues. Information: 662-2133. Music genres vary, with everything from EDM to indie and rock to disco. Jun 6 1980. Among the performers are Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, the Oscar Peterson Trio, Roland Kirk, Duke Ellington, and the Count Basie Orchestra featuring Jimmy Rushing, at the closing.[53]. There will be a concert of duets at Carnegie Hall at 8 P.M., played by Herbie Hancock, piano, and Ron Carter, bass; by the saxophonists Lee Konitz and Zoot Sims; by John Lewis, piano, and Milt Jackson, vibes; by Red Rodney, trumpet and Flugelhorn, and Ira Sullivan, a man of many instruments; by the humming bassists, Slam Stewart and Major Holley; by the singer Carol Sloan and Norman Simmons, piano, and by the guitarists Wayne Wright and Marty Grosz. In a National Sales Meeting speech, a B&W exec explained their music-oriented approach: Thats not advertising for Blacks or Whites or Hispanics, thats advertising for everyone who likes music. Drummer J.R. Mitchell in an appearance with his quintet at the 1982 Kool Jazz Festival in New York. 1981 Live Performances | The Weather Report Annotated Discography 1981 Live Performances 1980 | HOME | 1982 Lineup Joe Zawinul (keyboards), Wayne Shorter (saxophones), Jaco Pastorius (electric bass), Peter Erskine (drums), Robert Thomas Jr. (percussion). 2014-02-09 11:53:29. Kool: The Revitalization of an Image. B&W. Dave Brubeck, one of the last artists to perform before 1971s riot brought his quartet. Speech for National Sales Meeting. B&W. The notable film Jazz on a Summer's Day was made from footage of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival featuring such performers as Louis Armstrong, Anita O'Day and Mahilia Jackson. Information: (516) 292-9000. Rose Murphy, solo pianist. The 1981 bill featured a lineup entirely of jazz performers, including McCoy Tyner, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, and Art Blakey. People ; Anthony, Paul Shearing, George Torff, Brian . Topics: Wednesday 5 P.M. Carnegie Recital Hall. The series grew to 22 cities when in 1986 B&W decided to downsize to 3 cities and focus on other musical avenues like KOOL Country Shindig due to growing concern that the more successful the [Jazz] Festivals became, the blacker the [Kool brand] image would become (1). The festival will stage two theme shows saluting women in jazz -- 'Women who Blow Their Own Horns' and 'Wild Women Don't Have the Blues,' the latter a retooled version of a blues concert that met with critical and commercial success last year. The program is called ''Stompin' at the Savoy,'' and it honors the renowned Harlem ballroom where Mr. Calloway and his orchestra frequently played, where the original Savoy Sultans led by Al Cooper were the house band for many years and where Mr. Francis, as the drummer in Lucky Millinder's orchestra, which often played opposite the Savoy Sultans, had an opportunity to study the group whose style and arrangements he revived two years ago. Likewise the Nashville All-Stars retreated to their rented mansion and recorded a live album on its porch, called After the Riot at Newport. Saturdays performers included Nina Simone and the Herbie Mann Quintet with Ike & Tina Turner closing out the night. 1. 2004. http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/zpl77a00, 5. Walk through the SHIPYARD to get some Detroit eats, or head to Craft Bazaar to buy some local, handmade goods. Tickets, $9.50-$15.50. Sunday's bill featured a morning performance of Brubeck's oratio The Light in the Wilderness, an afternoon set by James Brown, and an evening finale headlined by the British rock band Led Zeppelin, jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock, blues guitarists B.B King and Johnny Winter, and jazz drummer Buddy Rich and his orchestra.[17][18]. Tickets, $9.50-$15.50. 2019 Featured Artists:Stanley Clarke, Cameron Graves Quartet, Chucho Valdes, Connie Han. Tickets, $6.50. In advertising KOOL Milds, B&W positioned the brand as Groovin: High Notes, Tasty Beats, and a Smooth Vibe. He established the Newport Jazz Festival-Saratoga and remained in New York City, retaining the Newport Jazz Festival-New York in what amounted to an expansion. Saturday evening's disturbances were particularly significant, prompting producer George Wein, who feared a riot, to announce that the Sunday evening Led Zeppelin appearance was cancelled. Rob is also a Tax and Estate Planning Attorney and CPA. The next day, Chick Corea with vibraphonist Gary Burton. Throw on your cowboy boots and hat and be prepared for a weekend of unforgettable entertainment. Enter the Japan Victor Corporation.The 2021 Edition of the Newport Jazz Festival will take place from July 30th to August 1st at Fort Adams State Park. We plan to have live coverage of the event. While the 1983 Festival was another success, by 1984 Brown & Williamson began to feel that its sponsorship of jazz festivals had run its course. ''He's the guy I'm excited about,'' said the program's co-producer, Gary Giddins. ''Mel, Gerry and George: The Great Songs,'' with Mel Torme and trio, Gerry Mulligan and his orchestra and the George Shearing Duo, with Brian Torff. In the main tent, Ed Polcer and his jazz band and Bill Pemberton and His Friends will be on stage between noon and 3 P.M., Jim Cullum's Happy Jazz Band and Bob Wilber and his jazz band will take over from 3 to 6, the Don Elliott Quartet will play from 6 to 7, and the Air Force Jazzmen of Note, the band started by Maj. Glenn Miller during World War II, will finish the evening from 7 to 8:30. Bernstein announced that he would not seek to return to Newport in 1962.[15]. Tickets, $6-$10. Oct 1981. http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/crj40f00, 4. 2nd Annual Milwaukee Kool Jazz Festival: 07/29/1977: The Dramatics Aretha Franklin The Spinners: Albert King Wild Cherry: The Grand Slam Jam: 06/30/1978: Ted Nugent: Cheap Trick Heart Journey: Milwaukee Kool Jazz Festival: 06/02/1979: Marvin Gaye: The Bar-Kays The Manhattans Rose Royce Carnegie Hall Concert of Duets. Mr. McFerrin first came to New York last winter from San Francisco, where he had been performing for several years, to join the Jon Hendricks family group as a replacement for Mr. Hendricks's son, who was ill. 1982 in music. The 1957 performances of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Carmen McRae were released on the album Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport (1958). Two night of this "jazz" at $9 or so a pop makes a lot. On Monday the 4th the last two days of the festival were indeed cancelled. They hired George Wein to organize the first festival and bring jazz to Rhode Island. Tickets, $9.50-$16.50. Singer Mel Torme, saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and pianist George Shearing will pay tribute June 30 to an equally important locale in jazz history -- Manhattan's 'Tin Pan Alley,' once home to a crowded, bustling cluster of songwriters' offices. . Friday, July 25, 1975 San Diego Stadium, San Diego, CA Bobbi Humphrey Donald Byrd Freddie Hubbard Gladys Knight & the Pips in a 1929 movie, 'On With the Show,' and a Jimmy Rushing clip in which he falls asleep on the bandstand and imagines himself courting a woman.'' Albert Ayler's performance at the 1967 festival was released as part of the Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (196270) box set (2004). Kool Jazz Festival - 1987 - Riverfront Stadium Kool Jazz Festival - 1983 - Baltimore Civic Center The 12th Annual Atlanta X-Ceptional Jazz Festival - 1983 - Atlanta Stadium July 16, 2020 In Event, Music Cincinnati Kool Jazz Festival Ohio Previous post Next post Leave a Reply You must be logged in to post a comment. A schedule of events, with times, places, performers and ticket prices, follows for the Kool Jazz Festival, which begins today and continues until July 5. Faster Horses - Brooklyn. Each Labor Day weekend people from all over gather to enjoy the rich talent of leading jazz performers, as well as the innovation of up-and-coming artists. Although many giants of the music remained, throughout the 1970s, several of its heavyweights Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington chief among them passed away. Tickets, $8.50-$14.50. But then I heard a tape by Bobby McFerrin, who is in his 20's, and it really knocked me out.''. List of albums released. 9 P.M. ''Salute to Sophisticated Ladies,'' Roseland Ballroom. Some 200 people were arrested, a town record. Concord Pavilion. Standards. Today 5 P.M. Carnegie Recital Hall. Enregistrements sonores live Jazz Jazz -- 1981-1990 Live sound recordings . Tickets, $9.50-$15.50. 888-784-7328, Crowd enjoying performance at Movement Music Festival | Photo Courtesy of Douglas Wojciechowski, Bluegrass under blue skies atCamp Greensky| Photo by ontheDLphoto courtesy of Greensky Bluegrass, Common Ground Music Fest | Photo Courtesy of Pure Michigan, Blissfest in Harbor Springs | Photo Courtesy of Pure Michigan, Faster Horses Festival | Photo Courtesy of Pure Michigan, Detroit Jazz Festival | Photo courtesy of Visit Detroit, Unplug and Reconnect with a Great Family Camping Adventure. Tickets, $9.50-$15.50. [46], Wein began running the festival again in 2009 after the company that owned the event experienced financial difficulty. KOOL Nu Jazz artists included contemporary hip-hop, R&B, and soul artists including Erykah Badu, The Roots, and Big Boi of Outkast. The venue also played a critical role in maintaining order. Along with established jazz performers such as Wynton Marsalis and George Benson, the festival also featured contemporary jazz musicians, as well as appearances from artists who performed other, related genres. Tickets, $9.50-$15.50. Tickets, $6.50. The band's performance of "Let's Spend the Night Together," recorded. Whereas the older incarnation mostly scheduled nighttime events, the new one would take place from noon to 6:30 PM. Sunday also brought The Great Quartet a special offering that Kool booked for its festivals featuring Ron Carter, Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, and McCoy Tyner. Kool Jazz Festival 1982-05-30, 2nd concert performance, Kennedy Center Concert Hall . 8 P.M. Avery Fisher Hall. Gonsalves, it turned out, stepped up to the wrong microphone to play his legendary solo; he stepped up to the VOA's microphone and not the band's. The festival was begun in 1954 in Newport, R.I., by George Wein and moved to New York in 1972, although it retained the world-famous Newport Jazz Festival name. [25][26] The Saratoga addition began a trend of using the "Newport Jazz Festival" name outside of Newport, as in the Newport Jazz Festival in Madarao, Japan, from 1982 to 2004. 8 P.M. Carnegie Hall. By 1980, KOOL industry documents described KOOL Jazz Festivals as the premier events in Black soul music, and cites the attending audience as 90% Black (http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/ofn14f00). Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis performing onstage at the Kool Jazz Festival, Houston, TX, 1981. Tickets, $15 (some children's tickets, $7.50). Weather Report, with Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Peter Erskine and Bobby Thompson Jr. Tickets, $9.50-$15.50. The group also performed at that years Newport Jazz branded Festival in Madaro, Japan, an event that occurred annually until 2004. Announcing the lineup for the 10-day, 1981 version of the festival, Wein said sponsorship by the Louisville-based cigarette maker was 'a gift from Kool to the people of New York.'. Celebrate festival season with a lineup of must-see music festivals in Michigan stacked with amazing acts. No rips or tears." Price: US $15.00 Add to cart Best Offer: Make Offer Add to Watchlist Ships from United States Shipping: US $12.41Standard Shipping | See details Located in: Rialto, California, United States Delivery: Estimated between Mon, May 2 and Thu, May 5 to 98837 The campus of the State University of New York at Purchase also joins the roster of new sites for the festival. He is a proud member of the Jazz Journalists Association. BB King. [19] The festival concluded on Sunday with performances from Roberta Flack, Gene McDaniels, Buddy Rich and Ella Fitzgerald. 1982 in jazz. The Louis Hayes Quartet. The school's modern concert hall will enable producers to stage simultaneous, 1-to-11-p.m. events at six different sites over the July Fourth weekend. Perhaps the best known of these advocates being the critic Stanley Crouch and a young trumpeter, Wynton Marsalis. Festival backer Elaine Lorillard, with her husband, purchased "Belcourt", a large estate which was available locally, in hopes of hosting the festival there. The festival features two stages, 18 campgrounds, a car show and a lineup like no other. Boatride on the Staten Island Ferry; the Lawson/Haggart Jazz Band with Bob Haggart, Yank Lawson, George Masso, Johnny Mince, Bobby Rosengarden, Lou Stein and Jim Cullum's Happy Jazz Band. [19] Promoter George Wein reverted to an all-jazz policy after he stated the previous year had "maybe too much rock. In 1960, local papers on July 1 noted a string of violent, but minor, incidents in town on the opening Friday. 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