JULY 7

               COUNT BASIE
              At Newport

                 Recording Date:
                          July 7, 1957

                Personnel:
                      John Hammond Intro
                      Count Basie      O,P
                      Roy Eldridge    TP
                      Jimmy Rushing  Vo
                      Frank Wess   FL,TS  
                      Joe Williams     Vo
                      Lester Young    TS
                      Henry Coker    TB
                     Wendell Culley  TP 

 

 Frank Foster      TS

 Charlie Fowlkes BS

 Bill Graham        AS 

 Freddie Green   G,P  

 Bill Hughes         TB 

 Illinois Jacquet    TS 

 Ed Jones             B

 Eddie Jones         B 

 Jo Jones              D 

 Reunald Jones     TP 

 Thad Jones          TP 

 Joe Newman       TP

 Sonny Payne       D 

 Benny Powell     TB 

 Marshall Royal   CL,AS 

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Review by Scott Yanow

At the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, the music was consistently inspired and often historic. Count Basie welcomed back tenor great Lester Young and singer Jimmy Rushing for part of a very memorable set highlighted by "Boogie Woogie" and "Evenin'"; Young plays beautifully throughout and Rushing is in prime form. An exciting full-length version of "One O'Clock Jump" features Young, Illinois Jacquet, and trumpeter Roy Eldridge; the Basie band stretches out on "Swingin' at Newport"; and five previously unreleased selections (put out for the first time on this CD) include four Joe Williams vocals. It's a great set of music.