Dizzy Gillespie at Newport

Dizzy Gillespie at Newport
Dizzy Gillespie at Newport
Live album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1957
Recorded	July 6, 1957, Newport, Rhode Island
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:59
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology

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Dizzy Gillespie at Newport is a 1957 live album by Dizzy Gillespie, featuring his big band, recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Reception

The AllMusic review states: "This brilliant CD captures one of the high points of Dizzy Gillespie's remarkable career and is highly recommended."^[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
Disc	^[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[7]

Track listing

"Dizzy's Blues" (A. K. Salim) – 11:51
"School Days" (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) – 5:47
"Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) – 7:56
"Manteca" (Gil Fuller, Gillespie, Chano Pozo) – 7:11
"I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 4:48
"Cool Breeze" (Tadd Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Gillespie) – 10:33
"Zodiac Suite: Virgo/Libra/Aries" (Mary Lou Williams) – 10:28 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Carioca" (Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans) – 3:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
"A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 10:00 Bonus track on CD reissue – Lee Morgan feature

Personnel

Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals, arranger (track 4)
Talib Dawud, Lee Morgan, Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick – trumpet
Chuck Connors, Al Grey, Melba Liston – trombone
Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell – alto saxophone
Benny Golson – tenor saxophone, arranger (track 5)
Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Pee Wee Moore – baritone saxophone
Wynton Kelly (tracks 1–6 & 9), Mary Lou Williams (tracks 7 & 8) – piano
Paul E. West – double bass
Charlie Persip – drums
A. K. Salim (track 1), Tadd Dameron (track 6), Quincy Jones (track 2), Ernie Wilkins (track 3) – arranger

References

^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
^ "Dizzy Gillespie Catalog – album index". Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
^ "Top 10 Newport Albums". JazzTimes.
^ Jazz, MATT SCHUDEL, On (18 October 1992). "KING OF THE TRUMPET DESERVES FANFARE THE WORK OF DIZZY GILLESPIE, WHO TURNS 75 THIS WEEK, PRACTICALLY EMBODIES THE DEVELOPMENT OF JAZZ". Sun-Sentinel.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b Scott Yanow (1957-07-06). "At Newport – Dizzy Gillespie | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
^ Hall, Tony (12 April 1958). "Jazz reviews". Disc. No. 10. p. 7.
^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.

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[1] Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.

[Dizzy_Gillespie_discography-2] "Dizzy Gillespie Catalog – album index". Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2016-04-28.

[3] "Top 10 Newport Albums". JazzTimes.

[4] Jazz, MATT SCHUDEL, On (18 October 1992). "KING OF THE TRUMPET DESERVES FANFARE THE WORK OF DIZZY GILLESPIE, WHO TURNS 75 THIS WEEK, PRACTICALLY EMBODIES THE DEVELOPMENT OF JAZZ". Sun-Sentinel.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Allmusic-5] Scott Yanow (1957-07-06). "At Newport – Dizzy Gillespie | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-28.

[6] Hall, Tony (12 April 1958). "Jazz reviews". Disc. No. 10. p. 7.

[7] Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.

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v t e Dizzy Gillespie
Studio albums	Bird and Diz (1952) Afro (1954) Diz and Getz (1955) Dizzy and Strings (1954) Roy and Diz (1954) Jazz Recital (1956) The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956) World Statesman (1956) Dizzy in Greece (1956) For Musicians Only (1956) Birks' Works (1957) Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith (1957) Sittin' In (1957) Duets (1957) The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (1957) Sonny Side Up (1959) The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (1959) Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (1959) A Portrait of Duke Ellington (1960) Gillespiana (1960) Perceptions (1961) The New Continent (1962) New Wave (1963) Something Old, Something New (1963) Dizzy Goes Hollywood (1964) Jambo Caribe (1964) I/We Had a Ball (1965) Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (1965) The Melody Lingers On (1966) It's My Way (1969) Cornucopia (1969) The Real Thing (1970) Portrait of Jenny (1970) Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (1974) The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (1974) Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie (1974) Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974) The Bop Session (1975) Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (1975) Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1975) Bahiana (1975) Carter, Gillespie Inc. (1976) Dizzy's Party (1976) Free Ride (1977) The Gifted Ones (1977) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980) The Alternate Blues (1980) To a Finland Station (1983) Closer to the Source (1984) New Faces (1985) Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet (1986) Endlessly (1988) Oop-Pop-A-Da (1988)
Live albums	Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (1957) An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (1961) Carnegie Hall Concert (1961) Dizzy on the French Riviera (1962) Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963) Live at the Village Vanguard (1967) Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (1967) The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968) Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert (1971) Giants (1971) The Giants of Jazz (1971) The Giant (1973) The Source (1973) The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975) The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975) Dizzy Gillespie Jam (1977) Digital at Montreux, 1980 (1980) Musician, Composer, Raconteur (1981) One Night in Washington (1983) Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989) Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (1989) Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (1992) To Bird with Love (1992) To Diz with Love (1992)
Compilation albums	Modern Jazz Trumpets (1951) Groovin' High (1955) Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (1976) The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995) The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952–1953 (2004) Dizzy Digs Paris (2006)
Soundtracks	The Cool World (1964) The Winter in Lisbon (1990)
Compositions	"Anthropology" "Birks' Works" "Blue 'n' Boogie" "Con Alma" "Dizzy Atmosphere" "Groovin' High" "Manteca" "A Night in Tunisia" "Oop Bop Sh'Bam" "Salt Peanuts" "Woody 'n' You"
Books	To Be or Not to Bop (1979)
Related articles	List of works Bird (1988 film)

v t e Lee Morgan
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956) Introducing Lee Morgan (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Dizzy Atmosphere (1957) Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (1957) City Lights (1957) The Cooker (1957) Candy (1957–58) Peckin' Time (1958) Monday Night at Birdland (1958) Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959) Here's Lee Morgan (1960) Lee-Way (1960) Expoobident (1960) The Young Lions (1960) Take Twelve (1962) The Sidewinder (1963) Search for the New Land (1964) Tom Cat (1964) Cornbread (1965) Infinity (1965) The Gigolo (1965) The Night of the Cookers (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965) The Rumproller (1965) Delightfulee (1966) Charisma (1966) The Rajah (1966) Standards (1967) Sonic Boom (1967) The Procrastinator (1967–69) The Sixth Sense (1967) Taru (1968) Caramba! (1968) Live at the Lighthouse (1970) The Last Session (1971)
With Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Theory of Art (aka, A Night in Tunisia, 1957) Drums Around the Corner (1958–59) Moanin' (1958) 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958) Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958) Les Liaisons dangereuses (1958) Africaine (1959) At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959) Paris Jam Session (1959) The Big Beat (1960) A Night in Tunisia (1960) Like Someone in Love (1960) Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961) The Freedom Rider (1961) The Witch Doctor (1961) Roots & Herbs (1961) Pisces (1961–64) Indestructible (1964) Golden Boy (1964) 'S Make It (1964) Soul Finger (1965) Hold On, I'm Coming (1965)
With Hank Mobley	Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (1956) No Room for Squares (1963) Dippin' (1965) A Caddy for Daddy (1965) A Slice of the Top (1966) Straight No Filter (1966) Third Season (1967)
With others	Minor Move (Tina Brooks, 1958) Blue Train (John Coltrane, 1957) Intensity (Charles Earland, 1972) Charles III (Charles Earland, 1972) Brass Shout (Art Farmer, 1959) Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959) The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (1959) Images of Curtis Fuller (1960) Dizzy in Greece (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Birks' Works (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (Benny Golson, 1958) A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin, 1957) Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966) Last Chorus (Ernie Henry, 1957) Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968) Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969) Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971) The Prime Element (Elvin Jones, 1969) Drums Around the World (Philly Joe Jones, 1959) The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959) Cliff Jordan (Clifford Jordan, 1957) Kelly Great (Wynton Kelly, 1959) Greasy Kid Stuff! (Harold Mabern, 1970) Jacknife (Jackie McLean, 1965) Consequence (Jackie McLean, 1965) Evolution (Grachan Moncur, 1963) Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959) Night Dreamer (Wayne Shorter, 1964) House Party (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) The Sermon! (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) Mr. Natural (Stanley Turrentine, 1964) Tender Moments (McCoy Tyner, 1967) Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967) Mother Ship (Larry Young, 1969) Love Bug (Reuben Wilson, 1969)
Discography