New York City Mayor Edward Koch, center, joins Jazz veterans Gerry Mulligan, left, and Benny Goodman, right, during their rehearsal, Friday, June 22, 1979 at New York's Gracie mansion for the Newport Jazz festival opening Friday evening at Carnegie Hall. Accompanying the Jazz Greats are the tri-state McDonalds high school Jazz ensembles, background. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)