Newport '61

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Newport '61
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Live album by
Released1961
RecordedJuly 3, 1961
Genre Jazz
Label Mercury
Producer Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones chronology
Around the World
(1961)
Newport '61
(1961)
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones: Live!
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Newport '61 is a live album by Quincy Jones that was recorded on July 3, 1961, at the Newport Jazz Festival. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Meet B.B." (Quincy Jones) – 3:58
  2. "Boy in the Tree" (Jones) – 5:01
  3. "Evening in Paris" (Jones) – 5:11
  4. "Air Mail Special" (Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy) – 4:25
  5. "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) – 6:10
  6. "G'won Train" (Patricia Bown) – 6:02
  7. "Banja Luka" (Phil Woods) – 5:54
  8. "Ghana" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:06

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 AllMusic review
  2. DownBeat : March 1, 1962 vol. 29, no. 5
  3. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.