The Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport

The Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport
The Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport
Live album by Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Released	1957
Recorded	July 6, 1957; Newport Jazz Festival, RI
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve; MGV 8235
Producer	Norman Granz
Teddy Wilson chronology
Gerry Mulligan chronology

The Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport is a live album by Teddy Wilson's Trio and Gerry Mulligan's Quartet recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1957 and released on the Verve label.^[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]

Allmusic stated "Although in 1957 some listeners considered swing and cool jazz to be at the extreme poles of the jazz world, this LP, recorded at that year's Newport Jazz Festival, shows just how similar the two idioms were".^[2]

Track listing[edit]

"Stompin' at the Savoy" (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf) - 3:40
"Airmail Special" (Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Charlie Christian) - 3:47
"Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) - 5:07
"I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:20
"Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) - 6:00
"My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 4:50
"Utter Chaos" (Gerry Mulligan) - 4:35

Personnel[edit]

Teddy Wilson - piano (tracks 1-5)
Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone (tracks 5-7)
Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone (tracks 6 & 7)
Joe Benjamin (tracks 6 & 7), Milt Hinton (tracks 1-5) – bass
Dave Bailey, (tracks 6 & 7), Specs Powell (tracks 1-5) - drums

References[edit]

^ Verve Records Catalog: 8200 series accessed June 14, 2016
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Teddy Wilson & Gerry Mulligan at Newport – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[Verve_Records_discography-1] Verve Records Catalog: 8200 series accessed June 14, 2016

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, Scott. Teddy Wilson & Gerry Mulligan at Newport – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 14, 2016.

[3] Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

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v t e Teddy Wilson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	The Creative Teddy Wilson (1955) Pres and Teddy (1956) I Got Rhythm (1956) These Tunes Remind Me of You (1956) The Impeccable Mr. Wilson (1956) The Touch of Teddy Wilson (1957) Gypsy in Jazz (1959) With Billie in Mind (1972)
Live albums	The Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport (1957)

v t e Gerry Mulligan
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release. Some of the titles have been shortened.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953) Paris Concert (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1954) California Concerts (1954) Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955) Mainstream of Jazz (1956) At Storyville (1956) The Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport (split album, 1957) Jazz Giants '58 (with Harry Edison, Stan Getz, 1958) Mulligan Meets Monk (with Thelonious Monk, 1957) Blues in Time (with Paul Desmond, 1957) Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz Jazz Concerto Grosso (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1957) The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1957) Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! (1957–58) What Is There to Say? (1958–59) Meets Johnny Hodges (1959) Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959) The Concert Jazz Band (1960) The Concert Jazz Band on Tour (1960) The Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960) Holliday with Mulligan (with Judy Holliday, 1961) Presents a Concert in Jazz (1961) The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1962) Jeru (1962) Two of a Mind (with Paul Desmond, 1962) Spring Is Sprung (1962) Gerry Mulligan '63 (1962) Night Lights (1963) Butterfly with Hiccups (1963–64) If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! (1965) Feelin' Good (1965) Something Borrowed - Something Blue (1966) Summit (with Astor Piazzolla, 1974) Walk on the Water (1980)
With Chet Baker	Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1 (1952) Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 2 (1953) Gene Norman Presents the Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet and Quartet (1953) Reunion (1957) Carnegie Hall Concert (1974)
With Dave Brubeck	Live at the Berlin Philharmonie (1970) The Last Set at Newport (1971) We're All Together Again for the First Time (1972)
With others	Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50) 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (Barry Manilow, 1984) Pelé (Sérgio Mendes & Pelé, 1977) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972) The Classic Concert Live (with Mel Tormé & George Shearing, 1982)
Soundtracks	The Sound of Jazz (1957) I Want to Live! (1958) The Subterraneans (1960) The Hot Rock (Quincy Jones, 1971)