Newport 1958

Trumpeter Maynard Ferguson leads his big band in a fiery date recorded in 1958, not at the Newport Festival but in New York. He was playing no-holds-barred, straight-ahead jazz at this time, and doing it with gusto. The band included Bill Chase in his pre-fusion period, Slide Hampton, and Carmen Leggion, and had a good mix between veterans and emerging youngsters.

This release presents all existing material related to the legendary 1958 Newport performances by the great Duke Ellington. Eight of the ten tracks present on the original "Newport 1958" LP (Columbia CS 8072) were in fact studio recordings made shortly after the actual concert. This set combines the complete authentic live sets with the eight studio songs, reuniting for the first time ever all existing material related to the Newport 1958 Ellington performances. Among the evening's impressive guests are Gerry Mulligan (playing a duet with Harry Carney) and Mahalia Jackson, who sings "Come Sunday" with the band, from Black, Brown and Beige. As a bonus, the original 1956 studio versions of two of the concert tunes, "Feet Bone" and "Just Scratchin' the Surface".

Ella Fitzgerald didn't lack for live recording opportunities in the late '50s, which on the surface, would make this first issue of a 1958 Chicago live club date an easy one to pass on. Verve label head Norman Granz recorded her often in the '50s with an eye to releasing live albums, which he did with her shows at Newport in 1957 and Los Angeles' Opera House in 1958 (not to mention another 1958 concert in Rome that was released 30 years later to wide acclaim). Those shows, however, differed widely from this one, which found her in front of a very small audience at Chicago's jazz Mecca Mister Kelly's (Sarah Vaughan's landmark At Mister Kelly's was recorded there four months earlier)…

Jimmy Giuffre - Hollywood & Newport 1957-1958 (1992) {Fresh Sound Records ‎FSCD-1026}
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© 1957-58, 1992 Fresh Sound Records ‎| FSCD-1026
Jazz / Cool / West Coast Jazz / Clarinet / Saxophone

This Fresh Sound CD compiles three separate broadcasts by the Jimmy Giuffre 3. The first three songs come from a 1957 appearance on the Stars of Jazz television show, featuring guitarist Jim Hall and bassist Ralph Pena. Giuffre plays baritone sax in his slippery "Gotta Dance," switching to tenor sax for a blistering take of "Four Brothers" and clarinet for his subtle yet spacious "Two Kind of Blues." Valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer had taken Pena's place in the group by the time of the trio's return to the program the following year, which resulted in a great deal more freedom, as there was less emphasis on a pure timekeeping role for any one musician.

Miles Davis & Thelonious Monk - Miles & Monk At Newport (1991) {Sony Music Japan SRCS 5698 rec 1958, 1963}
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© 1991 Sony Music Japan | SRCS 5698
Jazz / Modal Music / Hard Bop / Trumpet / Piano

This CD is masterful. A wonderful opportunity for those who already know Miles and Monk to hear more of the kind of sound you love. Two giants at their best in a live recording. If you are unfamiliar with the music of these two greats, this CD is a fantastic introduction to their sound. One word of caution, however, though this is a great CD recording of Miles and Monk together, it is by no means the last word, or note, on the kind of music the artists are, or were, capable of. This CD only demonstrates a tiny facet of the broad repertoires of Miles and Monk.