The one positive accomplishment of the 1960 Newport Festival was the creation in rebellion of a musicians’ festival at Cliff Walk Manor.  As the “official” rites were ending because of ugly rioting in the streets several hundred people were listening in calm and pleasure to the rebels at Cliff Walk.  The dissidents had been organized by Charles Mingus and  Max Roach in protest against the accelerating commercialization of the annual Ben-Hur-with-a-horn production of Freebody Park.  It was exhilarating for the musicians involved to realize that for once in their careers, they were capable of formulating and sustaining their own ground rules without booking agents, impressarios, and other middlemen.

PERSONNEL:

ROY ELDRIDGE, BOOKER LITLLE, BENNY BAILEY, trumpet
JIMMY KNEPPER, JULIAN PRIESTER, trombone
ERIC DOLPHY, alto sax
WALTER BENTON, tenor sax
TOMMY FLANAGAN, KENNY DORHAM, piano
CHARLES MINGUS, PECK MORRISON, bass
JO JONES, MARX ROACH, drums
ABBEY LINCOLN, vocals

Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, November 1st 1960 & new York, November 11th 1960

SIDE 1:

01. Mysterious Blues
02. Cliff Walk

SIDE 2:

01. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)
02. ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
03. Me and You