- Source: Newport Suite
Newport Suite is an album recorded by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Roulette label.
Reception
Allmusic reviewer Ken Dryden described it as "one of the trumpeter's very best LPs" and states "Maynard Ferguson's bands of the early '60s produced many memorable albums, including this studio effort".
Track listing
"Jazz Bary" (Willie Maiden) - 4:25
"Foxy" (Slide Hampton) - 5:10
"Newport" (Hampton) - 9:32
"Got the Spirit" (Hampton) - 3:50
"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 2:54
"Ol' Man River" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 6:58
"Three More Foxes" (Maiden) - 8:00
Personnel
Maynard Ferguson - trumpet, valve trombone, baritone horn
Don Ellis, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti, Rick Kiefer - trumpet
Charles Greenlee, Mike Zagatini - trombone
Jimmy Ford - alto saxophone
Joe Farrell, Willie Maiden - tenor saxophone
Frank Hittner - baritone saxophone
Jaki Byard - piano
Aubrey Tobin - bass
Stu Martin - drums
Slide Hampton, Willie Maiden - arranger