Artist.......: Joe Newman Quintet
Album........: At Count Basie's
Label........: Verve
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: SR-60696
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Mar-12-2006
str.date.....: Apr-11-2005
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Caravan 09:51
02. Love Is Here To Stay 04:39
03. Please Send Me Someone to Love 05:52
04. The Midgets 04:28
05. On Green Dolphin Street 05:59
06. Wednesday'S Blues 08:13
Runtime 39:02 min
Size 56,0 MB
Release Notes:
Joe Newman, one of the very few musicians (other
than Freddie Green) to play for long periods with
Count Basie's orchestras of both the 1940s and
'50s, had an unclassifiable trumpet style.
Influenced early on by Louis Armstrong and more
prominently by Harry "Sweets" Edison, Newman was a
mainstream player who was versatile enough to hold
his own with Count Basie's younger (and generally
boppish) sidemen. Born to a musical family in New
Orleans, Newman not only played with the college
band at Alabama State College, but took over its
leadership. He gained important early experience
playing with Lionel Hampton's big band (1941-43)
before joining Basie (1943-47). He was a featured
sideman with Illinois Jacquet's popular group and
also worked with J.C. Heard. Newman's second period
with Basie (1952-61) gave him his greatest fame, as
he shared solo space with Thad Jones. The trumpeter
also recorded extensively during this era a leader
for Vanguard, Storyville, Jazztone, Savoy, Coral,
Roulette, Swingville and Mercury; his four
near-classic RCA sessions have been reissued as a
two-CD set. After leaving Basie, Newman toured the
Soviet Union with Benny Goodman (1962), freelanced
around New York, and became involved with Jazz
Interactions (a nonprofit organization that
educated youth about jazz), serving as its
president starting in 1967. In later years, Joe
Newman fared well at the 1972 Newport in New York
jam sessions, guested with the New York Jazz
Repertory Company, toured with Benny Carter, and
led sessions for Black & Blue and Concord. He also
founded Jazz Interactions, a New York-based
organization that educated children about jazz and
promoted concerts.