B B King and Johnny Winter is a photograph by William Rose which was uploaded on March 19th, 2013.
Title
B B King and Johnny Winter
Artist
William Rose
Medium
Photograph - Print
Description
Newport 1969: The Year Rock Invaded Jazz
The Newport Jazz Festival was no exception to this phenomenon. The extraordinary performances that took place at the 1969 Newport Jazz Festival represented a departure from anything the festival had embodied before, or since. This was the the year that rock bands played the same bill as notable jazz musicians. George Wein, tired of the avant-garde jazz movement, envisioned rock music as a translation of the blues, and thus an extension (although distant) of the roots of jazz. For the festival he labeled this music as �Jazz-Rock.� What transpired was a line up placing Led Zeppelin alongside the likes of Herbie Hancock and B.B. King, Johnny Winter or Jeff Beck and Jethro Tull with Rashaan Roland Kirk. Anita O� Day played the same evening as Sun Ra. And James Brown took over an entire Sunday Afternoon.
Also stated about the festival;
The festival's 1969 program was an experiment in fusing jazz, soul and rock music and audiences. Its lineup included, besides jazz, Friday evening appearances by rock groups Jeff Beck, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Ten Years After. Saturday's schedule mixed jazz acts such as Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck with others including John Mayall and Sly and the family Stone James Brown was among those who appeared Sunday afternoon followed in the evening by Herbie Hancock, blues musicians Johnny Winter, B.B.King and English rock group Led Zepplin.
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March 19th, 2013
