- Count Basie at Newport
-
Count Basie at Newport 
Live album by Count Basie and his orchestra Released September 7, 1957 Recorded July 7, 1957
Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, NewportGenre Jazz Length 54:11 Label Verve
MGV 8243Producer Norman Granz Count Basie and his orchestra chronology The Swinging Count
(1956)At Newport
(1957)The Atomic Mr. Basie
(1957)Count Basie at Newport is a live album by Jazz musician Count Basie and his orchestra. [1] It was originally issued as Verve MGV 8243 and included only the tracks 1-8 and 13. Tracks 9-12 originally included in Count Basie & Joe Williams/Dizzy Gillespie & Mary Lou Williams at Newport (Verve MGV 8244).
Contents
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]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". [1]
Track listing
- Introduction by John H. Hammond – 4:52
- "Swingin' at the Newport" (Ernie Wilkins) – 8:30
- "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:33
- "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) – 3:02
- "Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing) – 4:04
- "Boogie Woogie I May Be Wrong" (Basie, Rushing) – 3:49
- "Evenin'" (Charles Daniels, Mitchell Parish, Harry White, Richard Whiting) – 3:32
- "Blee Blop Blues" (Basie, Ahmad Kharab Salim) – 3:32
- "Alright, Okay, You Win" (Mayme Watts, Sid Wyche) – 2:45
- "The Comeback" (Charles Frazier, Memphis Slim) – 4:10
- "Roll 'Em Pete" (Pete Johnson, Joe Turner) – 3:00
- "Smack Dab in the Middle" (Eddie Calhoun) – 3:44
- "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie) – 9:26
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano
- 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
- Marshall 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 Greene - guitar
- Eddie Jones - bass
- Jo Jones - drums (tracks 3-7, 13)
- Sonny Payne - drums
- Jimmy Rushing - vocals (5-7)
- Joe Williams - vocals (9-12)
References
- ^ a b c "Count Basie at Newport". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r135056. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
Members Sammy Nestico (Tenor Sax) · Joe Williams (Vocals) · Earle Warren (Alto Sax/Occasional Singer) · Preston Love (Alto Sax) · Reunald Jones (Trumpet) · Neal Hefti, (Trumpet) · Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet) · Joe Newman (Trumpet) · Lester Young (Tenor Sax) · Herschel Evans (Tenor Sax) · Jo Jones (Drums) · Walter Page (Bass) · Freddie Green (Guitar) · Billie Holiday (Vocals) · Buck Clayton (Trumpet) · Jimmy Rushing (Vocals) · Marshall Royal (Alto Sax) · Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Tenor Sax) · Thad Jones (Trumpet) · Al Grey (Trombone) · John Clayton (Bass) · Cleveland Eaton (Bass) · Dennis Rowland (Vocals) · Chris Murrell (vocals) Dave Gibson (Drums) Rich Thompson (Drums) · Jack Washington (Baritone Sax) · Butch Miles (Drums) · Sonny Payne (Drums) · Frank Foster (Tenor Sax) · George Caldwell (Piano) • Charlton Johnson (Guitar) • Tony Suggs (Piano) • Scotty Barnhart (Trumpet) • James Leary (Bass) • Brian Gryce (Drums) • Will Matthews (guitar)
1951–1960 Dance Session (1952–54, Clef) · Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (with Joe Williams|) (1955, Clef) · April in Paris (1955–56, Verve) · The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards (with Joe Williams) (1956, Verve) · Basie in London (live) (1956, Verve) · One O'Clock Jump (with Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald) (1957, Verve) · Count Basie at Newport (live) (1957, Verve) · E = MC² (1958, Roulette) · Basie Plays Hefti (1958, Roulette) · No Count Sarah (with Sarah Vaughan) (1958, EmArcy) · Chairman of the Board (1958, Roulette) · Welcome to the Club (Nat King Cole) (1959, Capitol) · Basie and Eckstine, Inc. (with Billy Eckstine) (1959, Roulette) · Strike Up the Band (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Roulette) · In Person! (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Columbia) · Everyday I Have the Blues (with Joe Williams) (1959, Roulette) · The Count Basie Story (1960, Roulette)
1961–1970 First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (with Duke Ellington) (1961, Columbia) · The Legend (1961, Roulette) · Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan (with Sarah Vaughan) (1961, Roulette) · Basie at Birdland (live) (1961, Roulette) · On My Way and Shoutin' Again! (Verve, 1963) · Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (with Frank Sinatra) (1962, Reprise) · Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie! (1963, Verve) · This Time by Basie: Hits of the '50s and '60s (1963, Verve) · Ella and Basie! (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1963, Verve) · Basie Land (1964, Verve) · It Might as Well Be Swing (with Frank Sinatra) (1964, Reprise) · Basie Picks the Winners (1965, Verve) · Our Shining Hour (with Sammy Davis, Jr.) (1965, Verve) · Arthur Prysock and Count Basie (with Arthur Prysock) (1965, Verve) · Basie's Beatle Bag (1965, Verve) · Basie Meets Bond (1966, Capitol) · Sinatra at the Sands (live, with Frank Sinatra) (1966, Reprise) · Basie's Beat (1967, Verve) · Half a Sixpence (1967, Dot) · The Board of Directors (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) · The Board of Directors Annual Report (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) · Basie Straight Ahead (1969, Dot) · Standing Ovation (1969, Dot) · Afrique (1970, RCA Victor)
1971–1980 Bing 'n' Basie (with Bing Crosby) (Daybreak, 1972) · Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (live) (1972, Pablo) · The Bosses (with Big Joe Turner) (1973, Pablo) · Basie Big Band (1975, Pablo) · Fun Time (1975, Pablo) · I Told You So (1976, Pablo) · Prime Time (1977, Pablo) · Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) · Live in Japan '78 (live) (1978, Pablo) · On the Road (1979, Pablo) · Digital III at Montreux (live) (1979, Pablo) · A Classy Pair (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) · A Perfect Match (live, with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) Kansas City Shout (1980, Pablo) ·
1981–1990 Warm Breeze (1981, Pablo) · Send in the Clowns (Sarah Vaughan) (1981, Pablo) · Farmer's Market Barbecue (1982, Pablo) · 88 Basie Street (1983, Pablo) · Me and You (1983, Pablo) · Fancy Pants (final album with Count Basie) (1983, Pablo) · Long Live the Chief (1987, Denon) · Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra (live, with Diane Schuur) (1987, GRP) · The Legend, the Legacy (1990, Denon) ·
1991–2000 The George Benson Big Boss Band featuring The Count Basie Orchestra (1991, Warner Bros.) · The Count Basie Orchestra Live at El Morocco (1992, Telarc) · Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra (1993, Telarc) · Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: The Count Basie Orchestra (1997, Blue Jackel) · At Long Last (with Rosemary Clooney) (1998, Concord) Count Plays Duke (1998, MAMA) · Swing Shift (1999, MAMA)
2001–present Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006, Concord) · Basie is Back (2007, MAMA) · Midnight in Manhattan (2007, Aspirion) A Swingin' Christmas (Featuring The Count Basie Big Band) (with Tony Bennett) (2008, Columbia)
Small group sessions Basie Jam (1973, Pablo) · For the First Time (1974, Pablo) · Basie & Zoot (with Zoot Sims) (1975, Pablo) · For the Second Time (1975, Pablo) · Basie Jam 2 (1976, Pablo) · Basie Jam 3 (1976, Pablo) · Kansas City 5 (1977, Pablo) · The Gifted Ones (with Dizzy Gillespie) (1977, Pablo) · Basie Jam: Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) · Satch and Josh...Again (with Oscar Peterson) (1977, Pablo) · Night Rider (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) · Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) · Yessir, That's My Baby (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) · Kansas City 7 (1980, Pablo) · Kansas City 6 (1981, Pablo) · Mostly Blues...and Some Others (1983, Pablo) ·
Categories:- Count Basie Orchestra live albums
- Albums recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival
- Albums produced by Norman Granz
- 1957 live albums
- Verve Records live albums
- 1950s jazz album stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
