Za swoją działalność i twórczość został odznaczony, oraz uhonorowany wieloma wyróżnieniami.
Zmarł we śnie w swoim nowojorskim domu. Miał 95 lat.
Wybrana dyskografia 1953 George Wein Presents Jazz at Storyville, Vol. 1 – Sidney Bechet–Vic Dickenson (Storyville) 1954 George Wein Presents Jazz at the Boston Arts Festival (Storyville) 1955 Wein, Women & Song (Atlantic) 1960 Metronome Presents Jazz at the Modern – George Wein and the Storyville Sextet (Bethlehem) Newport Jazz Festival All Stars – Buck Clayton–Vic Dickenson–Pee Wee Russell–Bud Freeman–George Wein–Champ Jones–Jake Hanna (London Records) 1963 George Wein & The Newport All-Stars (Impulse! Records) George Wein’s Newport Jazz Festival All Stars – Midnight Concert in Paris (Mercury International) 1968 George Wein and His All-Stars – George Wein is Alive and Well in Mexico (Columbia) 1969 George Wein’s Newport All-Stars (Atlantic) 1972 The Newport All Stars – Tribute To Duke (MPS) 1988 The Newport Jazz Festival All-Stars – European Tour (Concord Jazz) 1990 The Newport Jazz Festival All-Stars – „Bern Concert ’89” (Concord Jazz) 1993 George Wein & The Newport All-Stars – Swing That Music (Columbia) 2001 George Wein Presents Jazz at Storyville, Vol.