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Muddy Waters: At Newport 1960

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On November 15, 1960, “Chess” label released “At Newport 1960”, album by Muddy Waters. It was recorded in July 1960, at “Newport Jazz Festival”, in Newport, Rhode Island, and was produced by Leonard Chess. “Rolling Stone” magazine included it at number 348 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”.

Personnel:

  • Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) – vocals, guitar
  • Otis Spann – vocals, piano
  • Pat Hare – guitar
  • James Cotton – harmonica
  • Andrew Stephens – bass
  • Francis Clay – drums
  • Jack Tracy – liner notes
  • Burt Goldblatt – photography
  • Mary Katherine Aldin – liner notes
  • Bob Schnieders – liner notes, coordination, research
  • Geary Chansley – photo research

Track listing:

All tracks by McKinsley Morganfield, executive producer.

  • I Got My Brand on You – McKinley Morganfield
  • I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
  • Baby, Please Don’t Go
  • Soon Forgotten – James Oden
  • Tiger in Your Tank – Willie Dixon
  • I Feel So Good – Big Bill Broonzy
  • Got My Mojo Working
  • Got My Mojo Working, Part 2
  • Goodbye Newport Blues – Langston Hughes, McKinley Morganfield

Dinnah Washington: Newport 58

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In July 1958, “EmArcy” label released “Newport ’58”, the ninth Dinnah Washington album. It was recorded in July 1958, at the “Newport Jazz Festival”, in Newport, Rhode Island, and was produced by Jack Tracy.

Personnel:

  • Dinah Washington – vocals, vibraphone
  • Harold Ousley – tenor saxophone
  • Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone
  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Melba Liston – trombone, arrangements
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Terry Gibbs – vibraphone
  • Don Elliott – vibraphone, mellophone
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul West – bass
  • Max Roach – drums

Track listing:

  1. Lover, Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
  2. Backwater Blues – Bessie Smith
  3. Crazy Love – Sammy Cahn, Phil Tuminello
  4. All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
  5. Backstage Blues (instrumental) – Don Elliott, Terry Gibbs, Urbie Green
  6. Julie and Jake (instrumental) – Terry Gibbs

Max Roach: Max Roach + 4 at Newport

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In July 1958, “EmArcy” label released “Max Roach + 4 at Newport”, the eight Max Roach album. It was recorded in June 1958, at “Newport Jazz Festival” in Newport, Rhode Island.

Personnel:

  • Max Roach – drums
  • George Coleman – tenor saxophone
  • Booker Little – trumpet
  • Ray Draper – tuba
  • Art Davis – bass

Track listing:

  1. La Villa – Kenny Dorham
  2. A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  3. Deeds, Not Words – Bill Lee
  4. Minor Mode – Booker Little
  5. Tune-Up – Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
  6. Love for Sale – Cole Porter

Manic Street Preachers: Resistance Is Futile

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On April 13, 2018, “Columbia” label released “Resistance Is Futile”, the thirteenth Manic Street Preachers album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Door to the River Studios” in Newport, Wales, “Faster Studios” in Cardiff, Wales, and was produced by Dave Eringa, Gavin Fitzjohn and Guy Massey.

Personnel:

  • James Dean Bradfield– lead vocals, lead and acoustic guitar, keyboards, lyrics, string arrangements
  • Nicky Wire– vocals, bass guitar, baritone guitar
  • Sean Moore– drums, keyboartds, soundscapes, machines, sequencers, percussion
  • The Anchoress– vocals, backing vocals
  • Nick Nasmyth – keyboards
  • Gavin Fitzjohn – keyboards, string arrangements
  • Dave Eringa– keyboards, engineer, mixing
  • Loz Williams – keyboards, engineer
  • Vulcan String Quartet – strings
  • Guy Massey – engineer
  • Chris Lord-Alge– mixing

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nicky Wire except where noted, all music by James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire.

  1. People Give In
  2. International Blue
  3. Distant Colours – lyrics by James Dean Bradfield
  4. Vivian
  5. Dylan & Caitlin
  6. Liverpool Revisited
  7. Sequels of Forgotten Wars
  8. Hold Me Like a Heaven
  9. In Eternity
  10. Broken Algorithms
  11. A Song for the Sadness
  12. The Left Behind