Newport Jazz Festival All Stars Explained

Newport Jazz Festival All Stars
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Buck Clayton, Bud Freeman, Vic Dickenson, Champ Jones, George Wein, Jake Hanna, Pee Wee Russell
Cover:	Newport Jazz Festival All Stars.jpg
Released:	1960
Recorded:	June 1959
Venue:	Storyville, Boston, MA
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	35:46
Label:	Atlantic 1331
Producer:	George Wein, Paul Nossiter
Chronology:	Buck Clayton
Prev Title:	Songs for Swingers
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	Copenhagen Concert
Next Year:	1959

Newport Jazz Festival All Stars is a live album by an all star group assembled by pianist/promoter George Wein that featured trumpeter Buck Clayton, saxophonist Bud Freeman, trombonist Vic Dickenson and clarinetist Pee Wee Russell which was recorded in Boston in 1959 in preparation for the Newport Jazz Festival and released on the Atlantic label in 1960.^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

1. "Royal Garden Blues" (Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams) – 4:14
2. "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne) – 4:41
3. "Dinah" (Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young) – 4:20
4. "'Deed I Do" (Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch) – 4:47
5. "Pee Wee Russell's Unique Sound" (Traditional) – 4:46
6. "You Took Advantage of Me" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:56
7. "Rose Room" (Art Hickman, Harry Williams) – 7:02

Personnel

• Buck Clayton – trumpet
• Vic Dickenson – trombone
• Pee Wee Russell – clarinet
• Bud Freeman – tenor saxophone
• George Wein – piano
• Champ Jones – bass
• Jake Hanna – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1300-series/#1331 Atlantic Records catalog
2. http://www.bsnpubs.com/atlantic/atlantic12001463.html Atlantic Album Discography, Part 2: 1200 Jazz Series (1949–1966)