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A Message from Newport

{{Infobox album

| name = A Message from Newport

| type = Studio

| artist = Maynard Ferguson

| cover = A Message from Newport.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1958

| recorded = May 6, 7 & 8, 1958

| venue =

| studio = Capitol Studios, New York City

| genre = Jazz

| length = 40:00

| label = Roulette
R 52012

| producer = Rudy Traylor

| chronology = Maynard Ferguson

| prev_title = Boy with Lots of Brass

| prev_year = 1957

| next_title = Swingin' My Way Through College

| next_year = 1958

}}

A Message from Newport is an album by jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in 1958 and originally released on the Roulette label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/roulette/roulettec.html Roulette Album Discography, Part 3], accessed October 30, 2015Minn, M. [michaelminn.net/discographies/maynard/?releases#Roulette-52012 Maynard Ferguson discography], accessed October 30, 2015 The album was recorded in the studio but titled to capitalise on the bands successful appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev2Score = {{rating|2.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette |year=1992 |edition=1st |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-015364-4 |pages=367–368 }}

}}

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Ron Wynn states, "Trumpeter Maynard Ferguson leads his big band in a fiery date recorded in 1958... He was playing no-holds-barred, straight-ahead jazz at this time, and doing it with gusto".{{AllMusic|first=Ron |last=Wynn |class=album |id=mw0000187990 |title=A Message from Newport – Review |accessdate=October 30, 2015}} The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that Ferguson's upper-register playing was executed exceptionally well, but suggested that the effect of this soon became boring.

Track listing

All compositions by Slide Hampton except as indicated

  1. "The Fugue" - 3:36
  2. "Fan It, Janet" (Don Sebesky) - 3:00
  3. "The Waltz" - 4:00
  4. "Tag Team" (Willie Maiden) - 5:05
  5. "And We Listened" (Bob Freedman) - 5:42
  6. "Slide's Derangement" - 7:55
  7. "Frame for the Blues" - 6:54
  8. "Humbug" (Sebesky) - 3:28
  9. "Three Little Foxes" - 4:04

Personnel

References

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Category:1958 albums

Category:Maynard Ferguson albums

Category:Roulette Records albums