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George Wein and the Newport All Stars

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Released
  
1962

Length
  
37:57

Producer
  
Bob Thiele

Genre
  
Dixieland

Recorded
  
October 12, 1962

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
Impulse! Records

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George Wein & The Newport All-Stars

George Wein & the Newport All-Stars is an album by the American jazz pianist and entrepreneur George Wein featuring performances recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "this definitive set features one of the strongest versions of George Wein's Newport All-Stars... Highly recommended for Dixieland and small-group swing fans".

Track listing

  1. "At the Jazz Band Ball" (Nick LaRocca, Larry Shields) - 4:27
  2. "The Bends Blues" (Pee Wee Russell) - 4:49
  3. "Crazy Rhythm" (Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn) - 2:28
  4. "Slowly" (David Raksin, Kermit Goell) - 4:34
  5. "Ja-Da" (Bob Carleton) - 2:51
  6. "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) - 7:14
  7. "Blue Turning Grey Over You" (Waller, Razaf) - 3:58
  8. "Lulu's Back in Town" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 7:36

Personnel

  • George Wein - piano, celeste
  • Ruby Braff - cornet
  • Marshall Brown - bass trumpet, valve trombone
  • Pee Wee Russell - clarinet
  • Bud Freeman – tenor saxophone
  • Bill Takas – double bass
  • Marquis Foster – drums

    • Songs

    1At the Jazz Band Ball4:27
    2The Bends Blues4:49
    3Crazy Rhythm2:28

    References

    George Wein & the Newport All-Stars Wikipedia
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