Newport Jazz Festival

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The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every August in Newport, Rhode Island. It was established in 1954 by the jazz pianist George Wein. Two of the most famous performances in the festival's history include Miles Davis's 1955 solo on "'Round Midnight" and the Duke Ellington Orchestra's lengthy 1956 performance of "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue". The festival was originally held at the Bellevue Avenue estate of Louis and Elaine Lorillard, Belcourt, now called Belcourt Castle and owned by the Tinney Family.

The film "Jazz_on_a_Summer's_Day" documented the 1958 festival.

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