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by Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ Appoints Bassist Christian McBride As Artistic Director of Newport Jazz Festival® NEW YORK, NY, March 10, 2016 – For the first time in its 62-year history, the world-renowned Newport Jazz Festival® will have a...

BY MICHELLE R. SMITH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Jazz impresario George Wein took another step to secure the future of his 62-year-old Newport Jazz Festival on Thursday, as the nonprofit foundation that runs it named Grammy-winning bassist Christian McBride...

In this Feb. 12, 2012, file photo, Christian McBride, of the Christian McBride Big Band, poses backstage with the award for best large jazz ensemble for “The Good Feeling” at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The Newport Festivals Foundation...

Fifty years ago, on July 25, 1965, the tousle-headed poet who had voiced his generation’s loftiest ideals of nonviolent protest came back to his spiritual home of many years, the Newport Folk Festival; strapped on an electric guitar for the first time...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Grammy-winning bassist Christian McBride has been named artistic director of the Newport Jazz Festival as impresario George Wein moves to secure his legacy at the festival he founded 62 years ago. The Newport Festivals Foundation...