Media Type: VINYL x1
Performer: "Newport Rebels" - Abbey Lincoln (voc); Booker Little, Benny Bailey, Roy Eldridge (tr); Jimmy Knepper, Julian Priester (tb); Eric Dolphy (as); Walter Benton (ts); Kenny Dorham, Tommy Flanagan (p); Charles Mingus, Peck Morrison (b); Max Roach, Jo Jones (dr)
Genre: Jazz
Label: Candid

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The jazz experience just doesn't get any better than this! "Newport Rebels" was nominated for Sterophile's "Records To Die For" because of Roy Eldridge's ballsy, all-out trumpet playing on "Mysterious Blues" and "Me and You." Eldridge approached the horn as if neither he nor it had limits - his electrifying, perfectly paced solos prove him right. Neither do the other musicians disappoint. The result is jazz tastefully stretched beyond traditional roots. And the late-1960s, direct-to-two-track recording guarantees a natural sound with few production artifacts. Recording: November 1960 at the Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, and Nola Penthouse Studios, New York City Production: Nat Hentoff

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