Newport Suite

1960 studio album by Maynard Ferguson

Newport Suite

Studio album by

Maynard Ferguson

Released

1960

Recorded

March 15, 16 & 22, 1960
Capitol Studios, New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

40:49

Label

Roulette
R 52047

Producer

Teddy Reig

Maynard Ferguson chronology

Maynard Ferguson Plays Jazz for Dancing
(1959)

Newport Suite
(1960)

Let's Face the Music and Dance
(1960)

Newport Suite is an album recorded by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Roulette label.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Allmusic reviewer Ken Dryden described it as "one of the trumpeter's very best LPs" and states "Maynard Ferguson's bands of the early '60s produced many memorable albums, including this studio effort".^[3]

Track listing

"Jazz Bary" (Willie Maiden) - 4:25
"Foxy" (Slide Hampton) - 5:10
"Newport" (Hampton) - 9:32
"Got the Spirit" (Hampton) - 3:50
"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 2:54
"Ol' Man River" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 6:58
"Three More Foxes" (Maiden) - 8:00

Personnel

Maynard Ferguson - trumpet, valve trombone, baritone horn
Don Ellis, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti, Rick Kiefer - trumpet
Charles Greenlee, Mike Zagatini - trombone
Jimmy Ford - alto saxophone
Joe Farrell, Willie Maiden - tenor saxophone
Frank Hittner - baritone saxophone
Jaki Byard - piano
Aubrey Tosin - bass
Stu Martin - drums
Slide Hampton, Willie Maiden - arranger

References

^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed October 30, 2015
^ Minn, M. [michaelminn.net/discographies/maynard/?releases#Roulette-52047 Maynard Ferguson discography], accessed October 30, 2015
^ ^a ^b Dryden, Ken. Newport Suite – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 30, 2015.

Maynard Ferguson

Studio albums

EmArcy	Maynard Ferguson's Hollywood Party Jam Session featuring Maynard Ferguson Maynard Ferguson Octet Dimensions Around the Horn with Maynard Ferguson Boy with Lots of Brass
Roulette	Swingin' My Way Through College Maynard Ferguson Plays Jazz for Dancing Newport Suite Let's Face the Music and Dance Maynard '61 "Straightaway" Jazz Themes Maynard '62 Si! Si! M.F. Maynard '63 Message from Maynard Maynard '64
Cameo	The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson Come Blow Your Horn
Mainstream	Color Him Wild The Blues Roar The Maynard Ferguson Sextet
Columbia	The Ballad Style of Maynard Ferguson M.F. Horn Maynard Ferguson M.F. Horn Two M.F. Horn 3 Chameleon Primal Scream Conquistador New Vintage Carnival Hot It's My Time Hollywood
Concord	These Cats Can Swing! One More Trip To Birdland Brass Attitude
Other labels	Ridin' High Trumpet Rhapsody Storm Body & Soul High Voltage High Voltage 2 Big Bop Nouveau The One and Only Maynard Ferguson

Live albums

A Message from Newport
A Message from Birdland
M.F. Horn 4&5: Live At Jimmy's
Live from San Francisco
Footpath Café
Live from London
One More Trip to Birdland
M.F. Horn VI: Live at Ronnie's
The Lost Tapes Volume One
The Lost Tapes Volume Two
The Lost Tapes Volume Three

Compilations

Maynard Ferguson
The Big Band Sound of Maynard Ferguson
The World of Maynard Ferguson
The Maynard Ferguson Years
The Big 'F'
Stratospheric
The Best of Maynard Ferguson
Maynard
The Essence of Maynard Ferguson
This Is Jazz 16
The Essential Maynard Ferguson
On a High Note: The Best of the Concord Jazz Recordings

With
Chris Connor

Double Exposure
Two's Company

With
Michael Feinstein

Big City Rhythms

With
Diane Schuur

Swingin' for Schuur

v t e Jaki Byard
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except in most cases where this was long delayed
As leader or co-leader	Here's Jaki (1961) Hi-Fly (1962) Out Front! (1964) Jaki Byard Quartet Live! (1965) The Last from Lennie's (1965 [2003]) Freedom Together! (1966) On the Spot! (1967) Sunshine of My Soul (1967) Jaki Byard with Strings! (1968) The Jaki Byard Experience (1968) Live at the Jazz'Inn (1971) Duet! (1972) Family Man (1978) Improvisations (1981) The Magic of 2 (1982 [2013]) Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1984) Phantasies (1984) Phantasies II (1988) Foolin' Myself (1988) The Changes of Life (1996) This Happening (1997) Night Leaves (1997) July in Paris (1998)
Solo piano	Blues for Smoke (1960 [1988]) Solo Piano (1969) Parisian Solos (1971) The Entertainer (1972) There'll Be Some Changes Made (1972) Flight of the Fly (1976) Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner (1978 [2007]) A Matter of Black and White (1978–79 [2011]) The Late Show: An Evening with Jaki Byard (1979 [2014]) To Them – To Us (1982) Jaki Byard at Maybeck (1991)
With Charles Mingus	The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962) The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963) Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963) Town Hall Concert (1964) The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964) Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964) Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964) Mingus at Monterey (1964) Astral Weeks (1964) Cornell 1964 (1964) Revenge! (1964) Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (1970) Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970)
With others	Live in '65 (Art Blakey DVD, 1965) Body and Soul (Al Cohn & Zoot Sims, 1973) Double Exposure (Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson), 196061) Far Cry (Eric Dolphy, 1961) Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1961) How Time Passes (Don Ellis, 1960) New Ideas (Don Ellis, 1961) The Freedom Book (Booker Ervin, 1963) The Space Book (Booker Ervin, 1964) Groovin' High (Booker Ervin, 1963–64) The Trance (Booker Ervin, 1965) Setting the Pace (Dexter Gordon & Booker Ervin, 1965) Heavy!!! (Booker Ervin, 1966) Newport Suite (Maynard Ferguson, 1960) Let's Face the Music and Dance (Maynard Ferguson, 1960) Maynard '61 (Maynard Ferguson, 1960–61) Two's Company (Maynard Ferguson and Chris Connor, 1960–61) "Straightaway" Jazz Themes (Maynard Ferguson, 1961) Maynard '64 (Maynard Ferguson, 1961) Manhattan Plaza (Ricky Ford, 1978) Manhattan Blues (Ricky Ford, 1989) Ebony Rhapsody (Ricky Ford, 1990) American-African Blues (Ricky Ford, 1991) Honi Gordon Sings (Honi Gordon, 1962) Smackwater Jack (Quincy Jones, 1971) Five on Eight (Rufus "Speedy" Jones, 1964) Dr. Chicago (Clifford Jordan, 1984) Rip, Rig and Panic (Roland Kirk, 1965) Here Comes the Whistleman (Roland Kirk, 1966) Grits & Gravy (Eric Kloss, 1966) Sky Shadows (Eric Kloss, 1968) In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969) Involution (Michael Marcus, 1998) Charlie Mariano with His Jazz Group (Charlie Mariano, 1950) Modern Saxophone Stylings of Charlie Mariano (Charlie Mariano, 1951) Year of the Iron Sheep (Ken McIntyre, 1962) Home (Ken McIntyre, 1975) Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988) Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2, 1988) Body and Soul (Ray Nance, 1969) Life Is a Many Splendored Gig (Herb Pomeroy, 1957) "In" Jazz for the Culture Set (Dannie Richmond, 1965) Fuchsia Swing Song (Sam Rivers, 1964) Rhythm Is Our Business (Jordan Sandke, 1985) Lady Bird (Archie Shepp, 1978) Amarcord Nino Rota (Hal Willner, 1981) Musique du Bois (Phil Woods, 1974)