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This stream: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/23/894579168/the-golden-age-a-newport-jazz-festival-special << The Newport Jazz Festival was just one year old when the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet blazed onto its stage in 1955. By 1960, when pianists Dave Brubeck and Horace Silver each played a rollicking set, the event was an institution, known all over the world. And so it remains today — though there's something to be said about the fest in that formative era, when every step forward was historic. For all of us at Jazz Night in America, the Newport Jazz Festival is both hallowed ground and a cherished hang. Our host, Christian McBride, is the festival's artistic director. (Call that a disclosure, if you like; we think of it as a heavy asset.) So this summer, in the absence of a physical gathering, we've set out to lovingly recreate the festival experience, Jazz Night-style. Our three-part series begins with The Golden Age — a jump back to the mid-to-late '50s, featuring McBride's selection of rare and unreleased Newport recordings by Brown and Roach, Brubeck and Silver, along with a killer festival house band. (Will there also be a taste of Muddy Waters? You'll have to listen to know for sure.) Musicians Newport House Band: Joe Zawinul, piano; Howard McGhee, trumpet; Clark Terry, trumpet; Zoot Sims, tenor saxophone; Wendell Marshall, bass; Roy Haynes, drums. Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet: Clifford Brown, trumpet; Max Roach, drums; Harold Land, tenor sax; Richie Powell, piano; George Morrow, bass. Dave Brubeck Quartet: Dave Brubeck, piano; Paul Desmond, alto saxophone; Eugene Wright, bass; Joe Morello, drums. Horace Silver Quintet: Horace Silver, piano; Blue Mitchell, trumpet; Junior Cook, tenor saxophone; Gene Taylor, bass; Roy Brooks, drums. Set List "Chasin' At Newport" (Newport House Band) "Jaquis" (Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet) "I Get A Kick Out Of You" (Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet) "Swanee River Boogie" (Dave Brubeck Quartet) "Blue Rondo À La Turk" (Dave Brubeck Quartet) "Señor Blues" (Horace Silver Quintet) "Sister Sadie" (Horace Silver Quintet) "Goodbye Newport Blues" (Muddy Waters) >>

In some ways, as much an article about photographer Ming Smith as it is Sun Ra. But for anyone so inclined... https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/07/23/sun-ra-everything-nothing/

Ruminative.

Is tolerance love? In all seriousness, it depends. Just about anything with vibes, we're good. Skronk? No.

Exploratory to the end. There are moments here that are almost "out."

Elmo was heading out as he was heading out, if you know what I mean.

So deep.

Some nice footage of Carlos Ward with Rashied Ali, Dave Burrell, and Sirone, circa 1972.

That is my recollection.

I'd forgotten about those unreleased tracks. They are also listed in the Mosaic booklet of Nichol's complete BN recordings. But I could swear someone on the old BN board debunked their existence?

Or Mike Bloomfield.

Dude could groove. Articulation! The way we would alternately snap notes off, let others ring out/sustain, even flirt with feedback. Not many other jazz guitarists of his generation explored the electric qualities of his instrument like he did.

In the words of Mark E. Smith, I am Damo Suzuki.

Somehow, I am just now learning that you can listen to this interview from the WFMT archives. https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/charles-mingus-discusses-his-book-beneath-underdog 35 minutes of conversation from May 1971.

Was aware of the Judee Sill connection (pun intended) but not the rest of this story. Also, not sure of their availability, but the two volumes of Jazz Corps archival recordings Cadence put out several years back are worth hearing. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_CJR2.htm.

We're a long way from Tommy Peltier's Jazz Corps here... or are we?