Newport Jazz Festival gets new leader, $10M promise

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2012, file photo, Christian McBride, of the Christian McBride Big Band, poses backstage with the award for best large jazz ensemble for "The Good Feeling" at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The Newport Festivals Foundation announced Thursday, March 10, 2016, that McBride has been named artistic director of the Newport Jazz Festival. McBride will work side-by-side with George Wein at the Rhode Island festival in 2016, and take the reins for the 2017 festival. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)