Newport Rebels

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

Type: Album
Released: July 1961
Label: Candid
Country: United States
Length: 38:56
Community rating: 4.02/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Jo Jones, Eric Dolphy, Max Roach, Roy Eldridge

Album Notes & Community Reviews

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

Descriptors: acoustic, instrumental, complex, improvisation, avant-garde

Tracklist

Credits

Charles Mingus - primary artist, bass, written-by
Max Roach - primary artist, drums
Eric Dolphy - primary artist, alto saxophone
Roy Eldridge - primary artist, trumpet, written-by
Jo Jones - primary artist, drums, written-by
Peck Morrison - bass
Nat Hentoff - liner notes
Kenny Dorham - piano
Tommy Flanagan - piano, written-by
Walter Benton - tenor saxophone
Jimmy Knepper - trombone
Julian Priester - trombone
Benny Bailey - trumpet
Booker Little - trumpet, written-by
Abbey Lincoln - vocals
Billy Moll - written-by
Harry Barris - written-by
Ted Koehler - written-by
Everett Robbins - written-by
Porter Grainger - written-by