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Fact #215

When:

03101925

Short story:

Impresario and jazz pianist George Wein is born in Boston, Massachusetts. Described variously as “the most famous jazz impresario" and "the most important non-player... in jazz history", he will found the most well-known jazz festival in the United States, The Newport Jazz Festival, and follow-up with the Newport Folk Festival.