Monday, August 16, 2004

50 Years Later, Newport Swings With 'Real Jazz'

During its early years, starting in 1954, the Newport Jazz Festival was post-beat and pre-hippie. The music was probably at its greatest high, but its reach and status in American society and the marketplace hadn't been properly gauged. The words classic, smooth, brunch and cruise were yet to be hooked up to it.

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