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21 de ago. de 2023 · Published Aug. 21, 2023 Updated Aug. 22, 2023. Bob Jones, who began as a volunteer at the Newport Folk Festival in the early 1960s before rapidly gaining the trust of its impresario, George...
16 de ago. de 2023 · Robert “Bob” Jones was, for many decades, the producer of the Newport Folk Festival. Yes, including that night Dylan went electric. But even though I heard mention of his time road managing Duke, Sarah and Monk, he never boasted about his credentials. He was a quiet powerhouse.
by Richard Sandomir. NEW YORK, NY.-. Bob Jones, who began as a volunteer at the Newport Folk Festival in the early 1960s before rapidly gaining the trust of its impresario, George Wein, and going on to produce the event over two decades, died Aug. 14 in hospice care in Danbury, Connecticut. He was 86.
21 de ago. de 2023 · Robert L. Jones was the longtime director of the Newport Folk and Newport Jazz festivals and a founding producer of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival. His career as a champion...
In 1981 Wein returned to Newport with his Jazz Festival at a new waterfront site: Fort Adams State Park. Robert L. Jones, Wein's longtime producer, ran the shows. Jones worked for Wein as both a road manager and producer of jazz and blues events.
30 de jul. de 2009 · But, according to longtime Newport producer Bob Jones, it wasn’t loud rock ’n’ roll that led to the festival’s 14-year hiatus—it was the anarchic melée that erupted when an overflow of rowdy...
22 de ago. de 2023 · Robert L. Jones was the longtime director of the Newport Folk and Newport Jazz festivals and a founding producer of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival. His career as a champion and promoter of American music spanned five decades and countless genres: folk, jazz, bluegrass, blues, gospel, soul, R&B, and zydeco, to name a few.
