Various Artists

5 LPs ON 3 CDs --------- FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CD !!

FEATURING:

· ART BLAKEY · HARRY “SWEETS” EDISON · STAN GETZ · DIZZY GILLESPIE
· DEXTER GORDON · MILT JACKSON · CHARLES MINGUS · GERRY MULLIGAN
· MAX ROACH · JIMMY SMITH · ZOOT SIMS · SONNY STITT · CLARK TERRY
· MARY LOU WILLIAMS...and others.

This release contains all known jazz performances from the 1972 edition of the Newport Jazz Festival, which took place at different venues in New York (this was the first time the Festival moved from Newport).

PERSONNEL & DATES:

CD1 (1-2):

Dizzy Gillespie (tp); Benny Green (tb); Stan Getz (ts); Milt Jackson (vib); John Blair (vln); Kenny Burrell
(g); Mary Lou Williams (p); Percy Heath (b); Big Black (congos); Max Roach (d)

Radio City Music Hall, New York, July 3, 1972.
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CD 1 (3-4):
Billy Eckstine (voc); Bobby Tucker (p); Art Koeing (b); Charlie Persip (d)
Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Sonny Stitt (ts) & Kai Winding (tb) added on 4.

Phillarmonic Hall, New York, July 1, 1972.

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CD 1 (5):
Clark Terry, Howard McGhee (tp); Dexter Gordon, Sony Stitt (ts); Gary Burton (vib)
Jimmy Smith (org); George Duke (p); Al McKibbon (b); Art Blakey (d).

Radio City Music Hall, New York, July 6, 1972.

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CD 2 (1):
Harry “Sweets” Edison (tp); Dexter Gordon, Zoot Sims, James Moody, Flip Phillips (ts)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, stritch, manzello & whistle); Kai Winding (tb); Chick Wayne (g)
Herbie Hancock (p); Larry Ridley (b); Tony Williams (d).

Radio City Music Hall, New York, July 3, 1972.

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CD 2 (2-3)
Cat Anderson, Jimmy Ownes (tp); Charles McPherson (as); Buddy Tate (ts); Milt Buckner (org); Roland Hanna (p); Charles Mingus (b); Allan Dawson (d).

Radio City Music Hall, New York, July 6, 1972.

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CD 3 (1-3)
Joe Newman, Nat Adderley (tp); Illinois Jacquet, Budd Johnson (ts); Tyree Glenn (tb)
Gerry Mulligan (bar); Jaki Byrad (p); Chubby Jackson (b); Elvin Jones (d).

Radio City Music Hall, New York, July 6, 1972.

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CD 3 (4-5):
Clark Terry, Joe Newman (tp); Zoot Sims, Jacquet (ts); Jimmy Smith (org)
Kenny Burrell, B.B. King (g); Roy Haynes (d).

Yankee Stadium, New York, July 7, 1972.

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Soloists on the Ballad Meddly: CD 3 [5] :
What's New?: Zoot Sims.
Since I Fell For You: Clark Terry.
The Man I Love: Illinois Jacquet.
Ode to Billie Joe: Joe Newman.
Please Send Me Someone to Love: Kenny Burrell, B.B. King

TRACKS:

CD1:

01 Bags' Groove 16:33
02 A Night in Tunisia 18:41
03 Apologize 3:02
04 Jelly Jelly 6:05
05 Blue ‘N' Boogie 28:25

Total Time: 72:48

CD2:

01 Impressions 25:27
02 Jumpin' at the Woodside 21:44
03 Lo-slo Bluze 22:42

Total Time: 69:53

CD3:

01 Perdido 18:46
02 Misty 3:31
03 Now's The Time 13:37
04 Blue ‘N' Boogie 15:14
05 Ballad Medley:
What's New?
Since fell For You
The Man Love
Ode to Billie Joe
Please Send Me Someone to Love 17:12

Total Time: 68:22