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The Ruby Braff Octet with Pee Wee Russell and Bobby Henderson at Newport

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Released
  
1957

The Ruby Braff Octet with Pee Wee Russell & Bobby Henderson at Newport (1957)
  
Easy Now (1958)

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
39:13

Release date
  
1957

Label
  
Hallmark Records

The Ruby Braff Octet with Pee Wee Russell & Bobby Henderson at Newport httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumb4

Recorded
  
July 4 & 5, 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, RI

The Ruby Braff Octet with Pee Wee Russell & Bobby Henderson at Newport (1957)
  
Call House Blues (1958)

The Ruby Braff Octet with Pee Wee Russell & Bobby Henderson at Newport is a live album by Ruby Braff's Octet with Pee Wee Russell and solo pianist Bobby Henderson recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1957 and released on the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.

Track listing

  1. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 7:52
  2. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" (Jack Strachey, Eric Maschwitz) - 4:53
  3. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 7:14
  4. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) - 3:33
  5. "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" (Waller, Andy Razaf) - 2:26
  6. "Blues for Louis" (Bobby Henderson) - 5:00
  7. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Waller, Razaf) - 3:08

Tracks 1-3

  • Ruby Braff - trumpet
  • Pee Wee Russell - clarinet
  • Jimmy Welch - valve trombone
  • Sam Margolis - tenor saxophone
  • Nat Pierce - piano
  • Steve Jordan - guitar
  • Walter Page - bass
  • Buzzy Drootin - drums

    • Tracks 4-7

  • Bobby Henderson - piano

    • Songs

    1It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)Ruby Braff9:42
    2These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)Ruby Braff6:31
    3Oh Lady Be GoodRuby Braff7:48

    References

    The Ruby Braff Octet with Pee Wee Russell & Bobby Henderson at Newport Wikipedia
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