When the Count Basie band walked onto the stage at Newport in 1957, the very air was saturated with electricity. The nearly 8,000 fans in the audience could feel it, too—a sense of history in the making. The crowd was there to see a reconstituted version of the original Basie band, with luminous sidemen like Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Jo Jones, and Jimmy Rushing on the stand, alongside the updated edition—a sleek, sophisticated unit that was a hotbed for ascending stars like Thad Jones and Frank Foster. Basie's set goes on record as the most exciting and hard-swinging performance of one extraordinary night.
Recorded July 1957 in Newport, Rhode Island. Original recordings produced by Norman Granz
TRACKS
1. Introduction By John Hammond
2. Swingin At Newport
3. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
4. Lester Leaps In
5. Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today
6. Boogie Woogie I May Be Wrong
7. Evenin'
8. Blee Blop Blues
9. All Right Okay You Win
10. The Comeback
11. Roll 'Em Pete
12. Smack Dab In The Middle
13. One O'Clock Jump
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
Marshal Royal Alto Saxophone, Clarinet
Frank Foster Tenor Saxophone
Illinois Jacquet Tenor Saxophone
Lester Young Tenor Saxophone
Frank Wess Tenor Saxophone, Flute
Charlie Fowlkes Baritone Saxophone
Freddie Green Guitar
Eddie Jones Bass
Jo Jones Drums
Sonny Payne Drums
Jimmy Rushing Vocal
Joe Williams Vocal
Count Basie At Newport
Catalog #B000161502
Album Length Compact Disc
reissue release date 2/10/2004
original releasing label Verve Records
Exact Audio Copy / Monkey's Audio / covers
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