Music: Jam in Newport

Cats, hipsters, vipers, and even a few moldy figs swarmed last weekend among the stately mansions of Newport, R.I. for the second Newport Jazz Festival. Neckties were not worn and tea was not drunk; cries of "Go, go, go!" burned the sea-cooled air, and other un-Newportian manifestations jarred the Old Guard as they had last year (TIME, Aug. 2) and probably would again. But the general consensus on Bailey's Beach and along Bellevue Avenue was that this year's foreigners were considerably more "dignified" than before.

Newport had taken no chances. The board of governors...

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