George Wein, Newport Jazz co-founder and pioneer of modern music festival, dies at 95

George Wein, Newport Jazz co-founder and pioneer of modern music festival, dies at 95

George Wein, an impresario of 20th-century music who helped found the Newport Jazz and Folk festivals and set the template for gatherings everywhere from Woodstock to the south of France, died Monday. Wein, 95, died “peacefully in his sleep” in his New York City apartment, said Carolyn McClair, a family spokesperson.

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