It’s a gloomy day at Newport It’s a gloomy, gloomy day. The music’s going away. When Jazz Impresario George Wein heard these lines, hastily composed by Poet Langston Hughes last week, he “bawled like ...

In 1956, Langston Hughes appeared at a symposium during the Newport Jazz Festival. He would return regularly, and in 1960, Hughes hosted and curated a blues conversation and concert that found him ...

Christian McBride, photo by Evelyn Freja The Newport Festivals Foundation has announced Christian McBride’s resignation as Artistic Director of the ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Since 1954, the Newport Jazz Festival has been drawing thousands of people to the City by the Sea. The festival was founded by George Wein, a pianist from Massachusetts who ...

Christian McBride, the renowned bassist, composer, and nine-time GRAMMY Award winner, has resigned as Artistic Director of the Newport Jazz Festival. McBride, who was personally appointed to the role ...