Count Basie at Newport

Count Basie at Newport
Live album by
Count Basie and his orchestra
ReleasedEarly November 1957[1]
RecordedJuly 7, 1957
Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport
GenreJazz
Length54:11
LabelVerve
MG VS-6024 (1957)
MGV 8243 (1958)
ProducerNorman Granz
Count Basie and his orchestra chronology
One O'Clock Jump
(1957) 		Count Basie at Newport
(1957) 		The Atomic Mr. Basie
(1957)

Count Basie at Newport is a live album by jazz musician Count Basie and his orchestra.[2][3] It was originally issued as Verve MGV 8243 and included only the tracks 1-7 and 13. Tracks 9-12 originally included in Count Basie & Joe Williams/Dizzy Gillespie & Mary Lou Williams at Newport (Verve MGV 8244).

  1. ^ "Granz Boils Newport Diskings to 11 LP's". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 12, 1957. p. 51 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Palmer, Robert (August 15, 1982). "Count Basie--the Explosive Catalyst". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ "Count Basie at Newport". Retrieved July 13, 2011.