Best Of Newport 57:50th Anniversary C(Live) (2007)

Product Summary Label: Universal Music Group UPC: 00602517416109 Release Date: 8/7/2007 Buy.com Sku: 204940410 Item#: M3PEP3 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Bourbon Street Parade - George Lewis ~ Various Artists 2. Blues For Fats - Bobby Henderson ~ Various Artists 3. Basin Street Blues - Jack Teagarden & His Sextet ~ Various Artists 4. Muskrat Ramble - Red Allen/Jack Teagarden/Kid Ory ~ Various Artists 5. Airmail Special - Ella Fitzgerald ~ Various Artists 6. Love For Sale - Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory ~ Various Artists 7. Between Me And Myself - Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio ~ Various Artists 8. I Never Knew - Mat Matthews Quartet ~ Various Artists 9. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Ruby Braff/Pee Wee Russell ~ Various Artists 10. Blue Lou - Leo Sash ~ Various Artists 11. Love is Here To Stay - Carmen McRae ~ Various Artists 12. Moonglow - Coleman Hawkins Newport All Stars ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. There Will Never Be Another You - Eddie Costa Trio ~ Various Artists 2. Nona's Blues - Cecil Taylor ~ Various Artists 3. 'S Wonderful - Don Elliott Quartet ~ Various Artists 4. St. James Infirmary - Turk Murphy Jazz Band ~ Various Artists 5. Lady Sings The Blues - Billie Holiday ~ Various Artists 6. My Funny Valentine - Gerry Mulligan Quartet ~ Various Artists 7. Doodlin' - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists 8. I Got Rhythm - Teddy Wilson Trio/Gerry Mulligan ~ Various Artists 9. Roy's Son - Oscar Peterson Trio ~ Various Artists 10. Swingin at Newport - Count Basie & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists 11. Comeback, The - Count Basie Trio/Joe Williams ~ Various Artists 12. Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) - Count Basie/Jimmy Rushing ~ Various Artists (P) 2007 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 2007 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: George Lewis (clarinet); Jack Willis (trumpet); Bob Thomas (trombone); Joe Robichaux (piano); Joseph "Slow Drag" Pauageau (bass instrument); Joe Watkins (drum). One of the most well-known and highly revered festivals in jazz history is the Newport Jazz Festival. Celebrating its 50th anniversary is this multi-artist collection, which also serves as a nice summation of jazz history until 1957. Virtually all major styles (or "schools") of jazz are represented: iconic singers (Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday), swing (Count Basie), traditional (Turk Murphy, George Lewis), bebop (Dizzy Gillespie), cool (Don Elliott, Gerry Mulligan), New Orleans-via-Chicago/New York (Pee Wee Russell), hard bop (Donald Byrd), and even the beginnings of the avant-garde (Cecil Taylor). From mainstream giants (Oscar Peterson) to lesser-known performers (Leo Sash), NEWPORT '57 has it all--it is perhaps the jazz counterpart to WOODSTOCK. Whether you're a hardcore jazz fan or a novice seeking an overview, this 50th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION is practically essential. By its third year in 1957, the Newport Jazz Festival had doubled its length to four days and had moved from the local casino complex to Newport's more spacious sports stadium, Freebody Park, and expanded its lineup to include virtually every existing jazz niche then in vogue, from New Orleans roots to swing, bop, post-bop, and even the defiantly avant-garde and rather unimaginably named "new thing." Columbia Records had done some hit or miss recording at the previous year's festival, but in 1957 Verve's Norman Granz, never one to think small, opted to record the whole thing from start to finish, and this two-disc set is a wonderful (and wonderfully recorded) snapshot of what may have been the most inclusive and expansive Newport Jazz Festival ever. The list of names appearing is beyond impressive, including horn men Jack Teagarden, Roy Eldridge, Donald Byrd, Pee Wee Russell, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer, Sonny Stitt, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins and a young Steve Lacey, pianists Oscar Peterson, Cecil Taylor and Bill Evans, and vocalists Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Billie Holiday and Joe Williams, among dozens of other noted musicians and singers. Choosing high points with such an array of talent on display is difficult, but several of the performances Granz captured are true treasures, including Jack Teagarden's (with the Red Allen Band) characteristic laconic vocal on yet another version of "Basin Street Blues," Turk Murphy's New Orleans roots revival rendition of "St. James Infirmary," Coleman Hawkins' sweet ballad turn on "Moonglow," the Oscar Peterson Trio's (augmented by Roy Eldridge, Sonny Stitt and Jo Jones) bubbling and bouncing "Roy's Son," and Cecil Taylor's nervous and fascinating (and quite accessible) "Nona's Blues." The sound is marvelous throughout, with the sonic clarity of a studio session yet retaining all the intimacy and freshness of a live outdoor performance. The end result is a timeless look at jazz at its most diverse, before things really began to splinter into non-interacting camps and warring schools of musical thought. Yeah, there was the new thing, which by definition meant there had to be an old thing, and beyond that, an even older thing, but for four days at Newport in 1957 (and thanks to Norman Granz we have the recorded proof), there was just the one thing, and it was called jazz. ~ Steve Leggett Producer: Norman Granz   Technical Info Release Date : 08/07/2007 Original Release Date : 2007 Catalog ID : 0009527 Label : Verve (USA) Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602517416109    Related Videos Randy Jackson: Randy Jack...