Newport Jazz Festival
Artist
LeRoy Neiman
United States, 1921 - 2012
Printer
Felicie, Inc NY
Date1974
MediumOffset Lithograph
Dimensions38 x 23 3/4 in. (96.5 x 60.3 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LineGift of the LeRoy Neiman and Jane Byrne Neiman Foundation
Object numberPH.6499
DescriptionFounded in Newport, Rhode Island in 1954, the Newport Jazz Festival gradually outgrew its original home and moved to New York in 1972. Neiman would create numerous posters for the associated events at several Manhattan venues, including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, the Roseland Ballroom, and the Nassau Coliseum in nearby Uniondale, New York. Like athletes, jazz musicians are constantly in motion, their explosive movements an extension of a given score. Neiman’s rapid application of paint and gestural brushwork here perfectly encapsulates the essence of such a performance. The 1974 festival included performances by Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, and the New Orleans Preservation Hall Jazz Band.On View
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