A Message from Newport

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A Message from Newport
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Studio album by
Maynard Ferguson
Released1958
RecordedMay 6, 7 & 8, 1958
StudioCapitol Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length40:00
Label Roulette
R 52012
Producer Rudy Traylor
Maynard Ferguson chronology
Boy with Lots of Brass
(1957)		A Message from Newport
(1958)		 Swingin' My Way Through College
(1958)

A Message from Newport is an album by jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in 1958 and originally released on the Roulette label. [1] [2] The album was recorded in the studio but titled to capitalise on the bands successful appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Ron Wynn states, "Trumpeter Maynard Ferguson leads his big band in a fiery date recorded in 1958... He was playing no-holds-barred, straight-ahead jazz at this time, and doing it with gusto". [3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that Ferguson's upper-register playing was executed exceptionally well, but suggested that the effect of this soon became boring. [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Slide Hampton except as indicated

  1. "The Fugue" - 3:36
  2. "Fan It, Janet" (Don Sebesky) - 3:00
  3. "The Waltz" - 4:00
  4. "Tag Team" (Willie Maiden) - 5:05
  5. "And We Listened" (Bob Freedman) - 5:42
  6. "Slide's Derangement" - 7:55
  7. "Frame for the Blues" - 6:54
  8. "Humbug" (Sebesky) - 3:28
  9. "Three Little Foxes" - 4:04

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed October 30, 2015
  2. ↑ Minn, M. [michaelminn.net/discographies/maynard/?releases#Roulette-52012 Maynard Ferguson discography], accessed October 30, 2015
  3. 1 2 Wynn, Ron. A Message from Newport – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. pp. 367–368. ISBN   978-0-14-015364-4.


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