The Newport Jazz Festival

The Newport Jazz FestivalI Was Relishing a tumblerful of fine old Kentucky sour mash at a Boston house party one evening in February, 1954. Present at the gathering were a number of charming couples, among them Louis and Elaine Lorillard of Newport, Rhode Island.The conversation bounded from subject to subject, as it is wont to do at affable gatherings, and finally alighted on music. I heard that the Lorillards had been instrumental in bringing the New York Philharmonic to Newport the previous y...