Jazz Artists Guild Newport Rebels

Featured in Michael Fremer's Heavy Rotation in the October 2005 Issue of Stereophile! Pressed at Pallas in Germany!
The jazz experience can't get any better than in this case! "Newport Rebels" was nominated as a "Record to Die For" by the leading American hi-fi magazine Stereophile, largely because of Roy Eldridge's daredevil trumpet playing on "Mysterious Blues" and "Me And You". Eldridge treats the trumpet as if neither he nor she had any limits – his ravishing and perfectly running solos prove him right. Nor do the other musicians disappoint. The result is jazz that has been tastefully shifted beyond its traditional roots. The two-track recording from the late 60s guarantees a natural sound thanks to simple technology.
"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. The rebels set up their own tents for sleeping quarters, even stitching the canvas themselves; handled advertising and promotion; alternated as announcers of the rebels; and took tickets. (Mr. Mingus roamed the grounds besides, asking for payment from freeloaders outside the fence)." - from the original 1961 liner notes by Nat Hentoff

Features:

• 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl
• Pressed at Pallas in Germany

Musicians:

• Mysterious Blues: (Recorded November 11, 1960)
• Charles Mingus, bass
• Roy Eldridge, trumpet
• Eric Dolphy, alto saxophone
• Jimmy Knepper, trombone
• Tommy Flanagan, piano
• Jo Jones, drums
• Cliff Walk: (Recorded November 1, 1960)
• Maz Roach, drums
• Jo Jones, drums
• Booker Little, trumpet
• Julian Priester, trombone
• Walter Benton, tenor saxophone
• John "Peck" Morrison, bass
• Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams: (Recorded November 11, 1960)
• Charles Mingus, bass
• Roy Eldridge, trumpet
• Tommy Flanagan, piano
• Jo Jones, drums
• Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do: (Recorded November 1, 1960)
• Abbey Lincoln, vocal
• Eric Dolphy, alto saxophone
• Benny Bailey, trumpet
• Kenny Dorham, piano
• John "Peck" Morrison, bass
• Jo Jones, drums
• Me And You: (Recorded November 11, 1960)
• Charles Mingus, bass
• Roy Eldridge, trumpet
• Tommy Flanagan, piano
• Jo Jones, drums

Selections:

Side A
1. Mysterious Blues
2. Cliff Walk
Side B
1. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
2. Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
3. Me And You