Jazz is a business too, and that takes all kinds of entrepreneurs. George Wein started out as a jazz pianist but in 1950 at age 25 he became a jazz and record producer and a jazz club owner by starting Storyville in Boston and Storyville records. The first act he booked there had Bob Wilber (soprano sax) and Big Sid Catlett (drummer) in it. Every top  jazz performer passed through Storyville, such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Bobby Hackett, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, and Billie Holiday. This was the beginning. Four years later, Wein organized the first Newport … Continue reading Jazz Birthday: George Wein (1925)