VA - Happy Birthday Newport - 50 Swinging Years - 2004

VA - Happy Birthday Newport - 50 Swinging Years - 3CD - 2004

CD1
01. Louis Armstrong & His All Stars--Tin Roof Blues 04:33
02. Louis Armstrong & His All Stars--Mack The Knife 04:01
03. Eddie Condon & His All Stars--Bye An' Bye 05:20
04. Willie 'The Lion' Smith--Echoes Of Spring 03:28
05. The Newport All-Stars--Just You, Just Me 07:08
06. Louis Armstrong with The Newport International Jazz Band--On The Sunn 06:21
07. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra--Diminuendo In Blue 14:19
08. Count Basie & His Orchestra (plus guests)--One O'Clock Jump 09:20
09. Muddy Waters Band--Tiger In Your Tank 04:17

CD2
01. The Buck Clayton All-Stars--Newport Jump 05:47
02. Ben Webster & Billy Strayhorn--Chelsea Bridge 03:37
03. The Newport 'House' Band--Undecided 10:49
04. The Jazz At Carnegie Hall All-Stars--Avalon 13:14
05. Billie Holiday--Lover, Come Back To Me 02:05
06. Dinah Washington--Back Water Blues 04:42
07. Ella Fitzgerald--Good Morning Heartache 05:27
08. Ella Fitzgerald--I've Got A Crush On You 02:21
09. Mahalia Jackson--I'm Goin' To Live The Life I Sing About In My Song 04:23

CD3
01. Miles Davis--'Round Midnight 06:00
02. Jay & Kai--Lover, Come Back To Me 05:25
03. The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band--I Remember Clifford 04:21
04. The Dave Brubeck Quartet--Jump For Joy 05:21
05. Sarah Vaughan--Black Coffee 03:42
06. The Miles Davis Sextet--Fran Dance 07:08
07. The Thelonius Monk Quartet (with Pee Wee Russell)--Blue Monk 11:22
08. The John Coltrane Quartet--My Favorite Things 17:23
09. V.S.O.P. The Quintet--Maiden Voyage 13:13

"The mother of all open-air jazz extravaganzas
began as a dream. George Wein, the doctor's son
from Boston who played swing piano, ran a club
called Storyville. One evening he was approached
by Louis and Elaine Lorillard, of the tobacco
Lorillards. Summers in Newport, Rhode Island,
were terribly boring, they said. Couldn't George
liven up the scene?

Into this bastion of Gilded Age splendor and
discreet New England practicality, George
presented the inaugural Newport Jazz Festival in
July 1954. Soon, Duke, Monk, Miles, Trane, Pops,
Prez, Pee Wee, Shorty, Cootie, Clark, Benny,
Dave, Zoot, Hawk and Mother Mahalia were
the new face of American royalty; Count Basie and
Lady Day became as famous as Commodore Vanderbilt
and Lady Astor.

Fifty years later, Newport is still swinging.
These 28 songs are a testament not only to
George's discerning taste but also his keen ear
and appreciation for the musicians that fans
wanted to see."

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