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At Newport (Cecil Taylor and Gigi Gryce album)

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Released
  
1958

At Newport (1958)
  
Looking Ahead! (1959)

Release date
  
1958

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
July 5 & 6 1957

Artists
  
Gigi Gryce, Donald Byrd

Label
  
Verve Records

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Similar
  
Gigi Gryce albums, Jazz albums

At Newport is a live album by the Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory and the Cecil Taylor Quartet recorded for the Verve label at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1957. The original LP album featured one side of performances by Taylor with Buell Neidlinger, Denis Charles and Steve Lacy and the other by Gryce, Byrd, Hank Jones, Wendell Marshall, and Osie Johnson.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden states "At first combining a set by Cecil Taylor with another by the Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory seems like an odd pairing, but it ends up working rather well. These live recordings, which come from the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, have stood the test of time rather well".

Track listing

The Cecil Taylor Quartet:

  1. "Johnny Come Lately" (Billy Strayhorn) - 7:13
  2. "Nona's Blues" (Cecil Taylor) - 7:40
  3. "Tune 2" (Taylor) - 10:26

The Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory:

  1. "Splittin' (Ray's Way)" (Ray Bryant) - 8:32
  2. "Batland" (Lee Sears) - 7:21
  3. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 7:34
  • Recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 5 (tracks 4-6) and 6 (tracks 1-3), 1957

    • Personnel

  • Cecil Taylor: piano (tracks 1-3)
  • Steve Lacy: soprano saxophone (tracks 1-3)
  • Buell Neidlinger: bass (tracks 1-3)
  • Denis Charles: drums (tracks 1-3)
  • Gigi Gryce: alto saxophone (tracks 4-6)
  • Donald Byrd: trumpet(tracks 4-6)
  • Hank Jones: piano (tracks 4-6)
  • Wendell Marshall: bass (tracks 4-6)
  • Osie Johnson: drums (tracks 4-6)

    • Songs

    1Johnny Come LatelyCecil Taylor7:13
    2Nona's BluesCecil Taylor7:40
    3Tune 2Cecil Taylor10:26

    References

    At Newport (Cecil Taylor & Gigi Gryce album) Wikipedia
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