Newport '58 is the second live album by vocalist Dinah Washington. It was recorded on July 6, 1958, at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, and arranged by Melba Liston.
Track listing "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:16 "Backwater Blues" (Bessie Smith) – 4:33 "Crazy Love" (Sammy Cahn, Phil Tuminello) – 3:27 "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 5:18 "Backstage Blues" (Instrumental) (Don Elliott, Terry Gibbs, Urbie Green) – 9:10 "Julie and Jake" (Instrumental) (Gibbs) – 8:40
Outtakes 2 previously unreleased tracks included in The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Vol. 5 (1956–1958) CD (1991). "Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair" (George Brooks, Fletcher Henderson) – 3:53 "Me and My Gin" (Harry Burke) – 3:26
Personnel
Dinah Washington – vocals, vibraphone Blue Mitchell – trumpet Melba Liston – trombone, arranger Urbie Green – trombone Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone Harold Ousley – tenor saxophone Terry Gibbs – vibraphone Don Elliott – vibraphone, mellophone Wynton Kelly – piano Paul West – bass Max Roach – drums Jack Tracy – producer
See also "Jazz on a Summer's Day" – the film also features "All of Me" performed by Washington.
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