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The Midgets

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Released
  
1956

Producer
  
Jack Lewis

Artist
  
Joe Newman

Label
  
AVID Entertainment

Length
  
37:21

The Midgets(1956)
  
The Happy Cats(1957)

Release date
  
1956

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
July 8, 10 & 13, 1956Webster Hall, New York City

Similar
  
Joe Newman albums, Jazz albums

Joe newman the midgets 1961


The Midgets is an album by jazz trumpeter Joe Newman's Septet recorded in 1956 for the RCA Records subsidiary Vik label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Ernie Wilkins except as indicated

  1. "The Midgets" (Joe Newman) - 6:09
  2. "The Late, Late Show" (Roy Alfred, Murray Berlin) - 2:58
  3. "Really? Healy!" - 2:52
  4. "One Lamper" - 3:04
  5. "She Has Red Hair" - 3:29
  6. "Valerie" - 2:55
  7. "No Moon at All" (Redd Evans, Dave Mann) - 2:46
  8. "Indeed the Blues" - 3:39
  9. "Living Dangerously" - 2:50
  10. "Scooter" - 2:54
  11. "My Dog Friday" - 3:28
  • Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on July 8 (tracks 6, 7, 10 & 11), July 10 (tracks 1, 2 & 8) and July 13 (tracks 3-5 & 9), 1956

    • Personnel

  • Joe Newman- trumpet
  • Frank Wess - flute
  • Hank Jones - piano, organ
  • Freddie Green - guitar
  • Eddie Jones - bass
  • Osie Johnson - drums
  • Ernie Wilkins - arranger

    • Songs

    1The Midgets6:16
    2The Late Late Show3:04
    3Really? Healy!2:56

    References

    The Midgets Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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