At Newport

by Dizzy Gillespie

At Newport cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1957
  • Label: Verve
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:12:19
  • Community rating: 4.09/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Featuring his acclaimed orchestra, this vibrant set caught the bebop pioneer infusing his intricate large-ensemble arrangements with distinctly Afro-Cuban rhythms. Showcasing blazing trumpet acrobatics alongside star soloists like Lee Morgan, the recording exemplifies the joyful, high-energy peak of post-war big band jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, acoustic, technical

Tracklist

  1. Dizzy's Blues
  2. School Days
  3. Doodlin'
  4. Manteca
  5. I Remember Clifford
  6. Cool Breeze
  7. Selections From "Zodiac Suite"
  8. Carioca
  9. A Night In Tunisia - Live At Newport Jazz Festival, 1957

Credits

  • Dizzy Gillespie - primary artist, trumpet [gillespie band], soloist [trumpet], vocals, arranged by, soloist [trumpet], written-by
  • Dizzy Gillespie Big Band - band
  • Paul West - bass [gillespie band]
  • Charlie Persip - drums [gillespie band]
  • Wynton Kelly - piano [gillespie band], soloist [piano]
  • Benny Golson - saxophone [gillespie band], tenor saxophone, arranged by, written-by
  • Billy Mitchell - saxophone [gillespie band], tenor saxophone
  • Ernie Henry - saxophone [gillespie band]

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