Newport Rebels

by Charles Mingus / Max Roach / Eric Dolphy / Roy Eldridge / Jo Jones

Newport Rebels cover art

Organized by Charles Mingus and Max Roach in protest of the mainstream Newport Jazz Festival, this Candid Records release documents the alternative festival held at Cliff Walk Manor. The session brings together veteran swing musicians like Roy Eldridge with avant-garde figures like Eric Dolphy, explicitly bridging generational divides within jazz.

Genres

  • Post-Bop
  • Hard Bop

Tracklist

  1. Mysterious Blues
  2. Cliff Walk
  3. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
  4. Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
  5. Me And You