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. ~ Scott Yanow