His precise role in the worldwide festival operation he helped create may be a little fuzzy these days, but George Wein is determined to remain active — with or without the help of his new employer, Festival Network.

Wein remains an executive of Festival Network, which bought his company, Festival Productions, last year. But he no longer has total control over the Newport Jazz Festival, the JVC New York Jazz Festival, or any of the other properties that were once his. He is, however, free to present music under other organizations’ auspices, and that is what he will be doing, beginning later this year, at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall’s intimate underground performance space.  Read more »