| A Message from Newport | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Maynard Ferguson |
| Cover: | A Message from Newport.jpg |
| Released: | 1958 |
| Recorded: | May 6, 7 & 8, 1958 |
| Studio: | Capitol Studios, New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 40:00 |
| Label: | Roulette R 52012 |
| Producer: | Rudy Traylor |
| Chronology: | Maynard Ferguson |
| Prev Title: | Boy with Lots of Brass |
| Prev Year: | 1957 |
| Next Title: | Swingin' My Way Through College |
| Next Year: | 1958 |
A Message from Newport is an album by jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in 1958 and originally released on the Roulette label.[1] [2] The album was recorded in the studio but titled to capitalise on the bands successful appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Ron Wynn states, "Trumpeter Maynard Ferguson leads his big band in a fiery date recorded in 1958... He was playing no-holds-barred, straight-ahead jazz at this time, and doing it with gusto". The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that Ferguson's upper-register playing was executed exceptionally well, but suggested that the effect of this soon became boring.
All compositions by Slide Hampton except as indicated