Talk:Vernon Story

This is a preliminary posting. I will make it fully compliant with Wikipedia guidelines as soon as possible. I am the Son-in-Law of this Jazz musician and believe all of the information that I have posted to be correct, but I hope that family members, colleagues and fans will post additions and (if necessary) corrections. Leon Guzenda. Lguzenda 07:26, 25 April 2007 (UTC)Lguzenda

Somebody flagged the assertion that the 1948 International Jazz Festival was the World’s first. ChatGPT agrees:

"The **first international jazz festival** is widely considered to be the **Nice Jazz Festival**, which was held in **Nice, France**, in **1948**.

Details: - 📍 **Location:** Nice, on the French Riviera - 📅 **Date:** February 22 – March 4, 1948 - 🎷 **Notable Performers:** Louis Armstrong and his All Stars were the headliners, marking a major event in jazz history. - 🌍 **Significance:** This was the first time a jazz festival had been organized on such an international scale, drawing artists and fans from across the globe.

It set the stage (literally!) for the many jazz festivals that would follow worldwide, like the Newport Jazz Festival (U.S., 1954) and Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland, 1967)."

Also from ChatGPT: The first International Jazz Festival is generally recognized as having taken place in Nice, France, from February 22–28, 1948. The City of Nice itself describes it as the first jazz festival in the world, and contemporary [March 1948] TIME coverage called it the “first International Jazz Festival.”

If anybody can find documented evidence of an earlier International Jazz festival, I'll happily remove the "first" claim. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lguzenda (talk • contribs) 18:17, 20 August 2026 (UTC)