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Bigger and Better

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Released
  
1968

Release date
  
1968

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Artist
  
David "Fathead" Newman

Producer
  
Joel Dorn

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
March 5, 6 & 7, 1968 NYC

Bigger & Better (1968)
  
The Many Facets of David Newman (1968)

Similar
  
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Bigger & Better is an album by saxophonist David Newman featuring performances recorded in 1968 for the Atlantic label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "The sessions that resulted in Bigger & Better feature Newman with a string section and studio musicians for forgettable versions of two Beatles songs, a pair of Sam Cooke R&B pieces and a couple of lesser items".

Track listing

  1. "Yesterday" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 4:03
  2. "And I Love Her" (Lennon, McCartney) - 5:46
  3. "The Thirteenth Floor" (David Newman) - 5:56
  4. "Ain't That Good News" (Sam Cooke) - 3:46
  5. "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Cooke) - 5:35
  6. "For Sylvia" (William S. Fischer) - 6:43

Personnel

  • David Newman - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
  • Melvin Lastie (tracks 1-5), Joe Newman (tracks 1 & 2), Jimmy Owens (tracks 3-5) - trumpet
  • Benny Powell - trombone (tracks 1-5)
  • Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-5)
  • Henry Haywood (tracks 1 & 2), Jerome Richardson (tracks 3-5) - baritone saxophone
  • George Stubbs - piano (track 6)
  • Billy Butler (tracks 1, 2 & 6), Eric Gale (tracks 3-6) - guitar
  • Richard Davis - bass (tracks 1-5)
  • Chuck Rainey - electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie - drums
  • Winston Collymore, Leo Cruczek, Richard Elias, Emanuel Green, Leo Kahn, Gene Orloff, Matthew Raimondi - violin (tracks 1-3, 5 7 6)
  • Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke - viola (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
  • Kermit Moore - cello (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)

    • Songs

    1Yesterday4:04
    2And I Love Her5:40
    3The Thirteenth Floor5:47

    References

    Bigger & Better Wikipedia
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