Newport 1958


Newport 1958 is a 1958 album by Duke Ellington, recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival of that year and later in the Columbia recording studio. The original album, Newport 1958 and the French Columbia CD #COL 468436 2 are mostly studio re-recordings of numbers performed at Newport. There is also dubbed in applause and crowd noise from Newport.
During this time, Duke was frequently re-recording pieces that were performed live in the studio to be included on "live" albums. This was because he felt the live performances were not up to his standards. Only the tracks, "Just Scratchin' the Surface" and "Prima Bara Dubla" are from Newport on the original album. The double CD is all the music performed at Newport on July 3, 1958. The third CD was issued by Mosaic Records and contains all of the original album, minus the dubbed in crowd noise and applause. It also contains select live tracks from Newport to fill out the CD.

Newport 1958 (Original Album)

Track listing

  1. "Just Scratchin' the Surface" - 6:45
  2. "El Gato" - 4:18
  3. "Happy Reunion" - 2:58
  4. "Multi-Colored Blue" - 5:33
  5. "Princess Blue" - 10:33
  6. "Jazz Festival Jazz" - 7:20
  7. "Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool" - 7:06
  8. "Juniflip" - 3:49
  9. "Prima Bara Dubla" - 5:43
  10. "Hi Fi Fo Fum" - 5:58

    Live at Newport 1958

Track listing

;Disc one
  1. Introduction by Willis Conover - 1:12
  2. "Take the "A" Train" - 0:45
  3. "Princess Blue" - 12:18
  4. "Duke's Place" - 2:44
  5. "Just Scratchin' the Surface" - 6:24
  6. "Happy Reunion" - 3:21
  7. "Juniflip" - 4:02
  8. "Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool" - 7:17
  9. "Jazz Festival Jazz" - 7:08
  10. "Feet Bone" - 3:10
;Disc two
  1. "Hi Fi Fo Fum" - 7:52
  2. "I Got It Bad " - 3:42
  3. "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home" - 2:55
  4. "Prima Bara Dubla" - 6:52
  5. "El Gato" - 4:43
  6. "Multi-Colored Blue" - 6:32
  7. Introduction to Mahalia Jackson - 1:54
  8. "Come Sunday" - 7:08
  9. "Keep Your Hand on the Plow" - 5:20
  10. "Take the 'A' Train" - 0:31
  11. "Jones" - 2:28

    Newport 1958 (Mosaic Records Issue)

Track listing

;Studio tracks
  1. "El Gato" - 4:10
  2. "Happy Reunion" - 2:03
  3. "Multi-Colored Blue" - 5:00
  4. "Princess Blue" - 10:26
  5. "Jazz Festival Jazz" - 7:06
  6. "Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool" - 6:59
  7. "Juniflip" - 3:38
  8. "Hi Fi Fo Fum" - 5:42
;Live tracks

  1. "Just Scratchin' the Surface" - 6:24
  2. "Happy Reunion" - 3:23
  3. "Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool" - 7:08
  4. "Jazz Festival Jazz" - 7:06
  5. "Feet Bone" -3:03
  6. "Prima Bara Dubla" - 6:58