Count Basie at Newport explained

Count Basie at Newport
Type:	live
Artist:	Count Basie and his orchestra
Cover:	At Newport The Count.jpg
Released:	Early November 1957^[1]
Recorded:	July 7, 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	54:11
Label:	Verve MG VS-6024 (1957) MGV 8243 (1958)
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	One O'Clock Jump
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	The Atomic Mr. Basie
Next Year:	1957

Count Basie at Newport is a live album by jazz musician Count Basie and his orchestra.^{[2] [3]} It was originally issued as Verve MGV 8243 and included only the tracks 1-7 and 13. Tracks 9-12 originally included in Count Basie & Joe Williams/Dizzy Gillespie & Mary Lou Williams at Newport (Verve MGV 8244).

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".^[3]

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)

See also

• 1957 in music

Notes and References

1. Granz Boils Newport Diskings to 11 LP's . Billboard . August 12, 1957 . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . 51 . Google Books.
2. News: Count Basie--the Explosive Catalyst. Robert. Palmer. The New York Times . August 15, 1982. NYTimes.com.
3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r135056|pure_url=yes}} Count Basie at Newport]. July 13, 2011.