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At Newport

Dizzy Gillespie

Recorded	Jul 6, 1957
Label	Verve Records
Released	1957
Personnel	15 credited players
Discogs	master 319028

The record

Golson and Mitchell trade tenor lines over Melba Liston's charts while Kelly's piano keeps the rhythm section limber. Verve catches the orchestra live at the festival, Gillespie the bandleader sharing the spotlight with his sidemen.

Session personnel

Pee Wee Moore — baritone saxophone
Paul West — bass
Charlie Persip — drums
Wynton Kelly — piano
Ernie Henry — saxophone
Jimmy Powell — saxophone
Benny Golson — tenor saxophone
Billy Mitchell — tenor saxophone
Al Grey — trombone
Chuck Connors — trombone
Melba Liston — trombone
Carl Warwick — trumpet
Dizzy Gillespie — trumpet
Lee Morgan — trumpet
Talib Daawud — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 37 pressings on file.

1957	Verve Records · MG V-8242 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1957	Columbia · 33CX 10111 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
1957	Verve Records · MG V-8242 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1957	Columbia · 33CX 10105 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1957	Verve Records · MG V-8242 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1957	Verve Records · MG V-8242 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1957	Verve Records · MG V-8242 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1958	Verve Records · MGV-8244 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1958	Verve Records · MGV-8244 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1960	Verve Records · MGV-8242 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1960	Verve Records · MGV-8242 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1963	Verve Records · V-8244 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1977	Verve Records · MV 2604 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1978	Verve Records · MV 2620 — Vinyl, LP, Promo, Reissue, Mono