Newport Suite

Newport Suite is an album released by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Roulette label.[1][2]

Newport Suite
Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedMarch 15, 16 & 22, 1960
Capitol Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length40:49
LabelRoulette
R 52047
ProducerTeddy Reig
Maynard Ferguson chronology
Maynard Ferguson Plays Jazz for Dancing
(1959)
Newport Suite
(1960)
Let's Face the Music and Dance
(1960)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "one of the trumpeter's very best LPs" and states "Maynard Ferguson's bands of the early '60s produced many memorable albums, including this studio effort".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Jazz Bary" (Willie Maiden) - 4:25
  2. "Foxy" (Slide Hampton) - 5:10
  3. "Newport" (Hampton) - 9:32
  4. "Got the Spirit" (Hampton) - 3:50
  5. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 2:54
  6. "Ol' Man River" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 6:58
  7. "Three More Foxes" (Maiden) - 8:00

Personnel

References

  1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed October 30, 2015
  2. Minn, M. [michaelminn.net/discographies/maynard/?releases#Roulette-52047 Maynard Ferguson discography], accessed October 30, 2015
  3. Dryden, Ken. Newport Suite – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
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