Newport '61

Newport '61 is a live album by Quincy Jones that was recorded on July 3, 1961 at the Newport Jazz Festival.[4]

Newport '61
Live album by Quincy Jones
Released	1961
Recorded	July 3, 1961
Genre	Jazz
Label	Mercury
Producer	Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones chronology
Around the World (1961) Newport '61 (1961) The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones: Live! (1961)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	[1] (Original Lp release)
Allmusic	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

Track listing

1. "Meet B.B." (Quincy Jones) – 3:58
2. "Boy in the Tree" (Jones) – 5:01
3. "Evening in Paris" (Jones) – 5:11
4. "Air Mail Special" (Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy) – 4:25
5. "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) – 6:10
6. "G'won Train" (Patricia Brown) – 6:02
7. "Banja Luka" (Phil Woods) – 5:54
8. "Ghana" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:06

Personnel

• Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor
• Phil Woods, Joe Lopes - alto saxophone
• Jerome Richardson, Eric Dixon - flute, tenor saxophone
• Pat Patrick - baritone saxophone
• Jimmy Nottingham, Jimmy Maxwell, John Bello, Joe Newman - trumpet
• Julius Watkins - French horn
• Curtis Fuller, Melba Liston, Britt Woodman, Paul Faulise - trombone
• Les Spann - flute, guitar
• Patricia Brown - piano
• Art Davis - double bass
• Stu Martin - drums

References

1. Down Beat: March 1, 1962 vol. 29, no. 5
2. Allmusic review
3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
4. Newport '61 at AllMusic