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Count Basie at Newport

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Released
  
Early November 1957

Release date
  
7 September 1957

Label
  
Verve Records

Length
  
54:11

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
July 7, 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport

At Newport (1957)
  
The Atomic Mr. Basie (1957)

Artists
  
Count Basie, Count Basie Orchestra

Similar
  
Count Basie albums, Jazz albums

Count Basie at Newport is a live album by jazz musician Count Basie and his orchestra. It was originally issued as Verve MGV 8243 and included only the tracks 1-8 and 13. Tracks 9-12 originally included in Count Basie & Joe Williams/Dizzy Gillespie & Mary Lou Williams at Newport (Verve MGV 8244).

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album five stars and said that "At the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, the music was consistently inspired and often historic. Count Basie welcomed back tenor great Lester Young and singer Jimmy Rushing for part of a very memorable set...Young plays beautifully throughout and Rushing is in prime form. An exciting full-length version of "One O'Clock Jump" features Young, Illinois Jacquet, and trumpeter Roy Eldridge...It's a great set of music".

Track listing

  1. Introduction by John H. Hammond – 4:52
  2. "Swingin' at the Newport" (Ernie Wilkins) – 8:30
  3. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:33
  4. "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) – 3:02
  5. "Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing) – 4:04
  6. "Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)" (Basie, Rushing) – 3:49
  7. "Evenin'" (Charles Daniels, Mitchell Parish, Harry White, Richard Whiting) – 3:32
  8. "Blee Blop Blues" (Basie, Ahmad Kharab Salim) – 3:32 (this track was originally released on Verve MG VS-6025, Verve MGV-8244; bonus track on CD reissue)
  9. "Alright, Okay, You Win" (Mayme Watts, Sid Wyche) – 2:45 (this track was originally released on Verve MG VS-6025, Verve MGV-8244; bonus track on CD reissue)
  10. "The Comeback" (Charles Frazier, Memphis Slim) – 4:10 (this track was originally released on Verve MG VS-6025, Verve MGV-8244; bonus track on CD reissue)
  11. "Roll 'Em Pete" (Pete Johnson, Joe Turner) – 3:00 (this track was originally released on Verve MG VS-6025, Verve MGV-8244; bonus track on CD reissue)
  12. "Smack Dab in the Middle" (Eddie Calhoun) – 3:44 (this track was originally released on Verve MG VS-6025, Verve MGV-8244; bonus track on CD reissue)
  13. "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie) – 9:26

Personnel

  • Count Basie - piano
    • The Count Basie Orchestra
  • Wendell Culley - trumpet
  • Roy Eldridge - trumpet
  • Reunald Jones - trumpet
  • Thad Jones - trumpet
  • Joe Newman - trumpet
  • Henry Coker - trombone
  • Bill Hughes - trombone
  • Benny Powell - trombone
  • Bill Graham - alto saxophone
  • Marshal Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Frank Foster - tenor saxophone
  • Illinois Jacquet - tenor saxophone (track 13)
  • Lester Young - tenor saxophone (tracks 3-7, 13)
  • Frank Wess - tenor Saxophone, flute
  • Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
  • Freddie Green - guitar
  • Eddie Jones - bass
  • Jo Jones - drums (tracks 3-7, 13)
  • Sonny Payne - drums (tracks 2, 8-12)
  • Jimmy Rushing - vocals (5-7)
  • Joe Williams - vocals (9-12)

    • Songs

    1[introduction by John Hammond]4:52
    2Swingin' at Newport8:30
    3Polka Dots and Moonbeams3:33

    References

    Count Basie at Newport Wikipedia
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