Newport Jazz Festival: Tribute to John Coltrane Produced by George Wein Entered from listing and review. Performances by the the Elvin Jones Quartet and the McCoy Tyner Quintet opened the program; the second half featured the New York Repertory Jazz Ensemble performing "A Newport Tribute to John Coltrane," arranged by Andrew White, which featured transcriptions of many of John Coltrane's improvised solos. 1976-06-27T23:30:00