Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport

Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport
Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport
Live album by Dave Brubeck Quartet / J. J. Johnson-Kai Winding Quintet
Released	1956
Recorded	July 6, 1956
Venue	Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:15
Label	Columbia; CL 932
Producer	George Avakian
Dave Brubeck chronology
J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding chronology

Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport is a split live album featuring selections from Dave Brubeck's Quartet with Paul Desmond and the J. J. Johnson/Kai Winding Quintet performances at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival which was released on the Columbia label.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars and stated "Overall, this album gives one a good look at two of the most popular jazz groups of 1956".^[4]

Track listing

"In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck) - 9:31
"Two Part Contention" (Brubeck) - 11:11
"Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 6:04
"I'm in a Dancing Mood" (Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman, Maurice Sigler) - 4:36
"Lover, Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 5:32
"True Blue Tromboniums" (Kai Winding) - 4:17
"NWPT" (J. J. Johnson) - 3:04

Personnel

Tracks 1-4

Tracks 5-7

J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding – trombone, trombonium
Dick Katz – piano
Bill Crow – bass
Rudy Collins – drums

References

^ Payne, D. Kai Winding discography accessed July 11, 2016
^ Watts, R., Callahan, M., Edwards, D. and Eyries, P. Columbia Main Series, Part 5: CL 900-999 (1956-1957), accessed July 12, 2016
^ Dave Brubeck Catalog, accessed July 12, 2016
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Dave Brubeck/Jay & Kai at Newport – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2016.

v t e Kai Winding
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	K + J.J. (1955) Trombone for Two (1955) Jay and Kai + 6 (1956) Jay and Kai (1955, 1956, & 1957) The Trombone Sound (1956) Trombone Panorama (1956 & 1957) The Swingin' States (1958) Dance to the City Beat (1958 & 1959) The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones (1960) The Great Kai & J. J. (1960) Kai Olé (1961) Suspense Themes in Jazz (1962) Soul Surfin' (1963) Solo (1963) Kai Winding (1963) Mondo Cane No. 2 (1963 & 1964) Modern Country (1964) Rainy Day (1964 & 1965) The In Instrumentals (1965) Dirty Dog (1966) More Brass (1966) Penny Lane & Time (1967) Israel (1968) Betwixt & Between (1968 & 1969) Stonebone (1969) Giant Bones '80 (1979)
Live albums	Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (1956)
Songs	"More" "Time Is on My Side"
Related articles	The Giants of Jazz

v t e Dave Brubeck
Solo albums	Brubeck Plays Brubeck (1956) Plays and Plays and... (1957) Just You, Just Me (1994) A Dave Brubeck Christmas (1996) One Alone (2000)
As leader	Dave Brubeck Octet (1950) Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (1956) Brubeck à la mode (1960) Take Five Live (with Carmen McRae, 1961) The Real Ambassadors (with Louis Armstrong, 1962) Jazz Impressions of New York (1964) Time In (1966) Bravo! Brubeck! (1967) Jackpot! (1968) Two Generations of Brubeck (1973) Brother, the Great Spirit Made Us All (1974) 1975: The Duets (with Paul Desmond, 1975) All the Things We Are (1976) In Their Own Sweet Way (1995) Young Lions & Old Tigers (1995) To Hope! A Celebration (1996) The 40th Anniversary Tour of the U.K. (1998)
Dave Brubeck Quartet	The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952) Jazz at Oberlin (1953) Jazz at the College of the Pacific (1953) Jazz Goes to College (1954) Brubeck Time (1955) Jazz: Red Hot and Cool (1955) Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A. (1956) Dave Digs Disney (1957) The Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe (1958) Jazz Impressions of Eurasia (1958) Newport 1958 (1958) Gone with the Wind (1959) Time Out (1959) Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein (1960) Brubeck and Rushing (with Jimmy Rushing, 1960) Tonight Only! (with Carmen McRae, 1960) Brandenburg Gate: Revisited (1961) Time Further Out (1961) Brubeck in Amsterdam (1962) Countdown—Time in Outer Space (1962) Bossa Nova U.S.A. (1963) At Carnegie Hall (1963) Jazz Impressions of Japan (1964) Time Changes (1964) Dave Brubeck in Berlin (1964) Angel Eyes (1965) My Favorite Things (1965) Anything Goes! (1966) Buried Treasures (1967) The Last Time We Saw Paris (1967) 25th Anniversary Reunion (1977) Tritonis (1980) Paper Moon (1982) The Great Concerts (1988) So What's New? (1998) The Crossing (2000) Park Avenue South (2002) London Flat, London Sharp (2005)
With Gerry Mulligan	Live at the Berlin Philharmonie (1970) The Last Set at Newport (1971) We're All Together Again for the First Time (1973)
Compositions	"In Your Own Sweet Way" "Blue Rondo à la Turk" "Unsquare Dance"
Other works	The Real Ambassadors
Related articles	Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way 5079 Brubeck

v t e J.J. Johnson
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release (except for the film scores)
As leader or co-leader	J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1946–49) Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown/The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1/ The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (1953–55) The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 3 (1955) J Is for Jazz (1956) First Place (1957) Blue Trombone (1957) Dial J. J. 5 (1957) Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957) J. J. in Person! (1957) Really Livin' (1959) Trombone and Voices (1960) J.J. Inc. (1960) A Touch of Satin (1960–61) André Previn and J. J. Johnson (1961) J. J.'s Broadway (1963) Proof Positive (1964) J.J.! (1964) Goodies (1965) Broadway Express (1965) The Total J.J. Johnson (1966) The Yokohama Concert (with Nat Adderley, 1977) Chain Reaction: Yokohama Concert, Vol. 2 (with Nat Adderley, 1977) Pinnacles (1979) Concepts in Blue (1980)
With Kai Winding	K + J.J. (aka, Nuf Said, 1955) Trombone for Two (1955) Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (one side each, 1956) Jay and Kai + 6 (1956) Jay and Kai (1955–57) The Great Kai & J. J. (1960) Israel (1968) Betwixt & Between (1968) Stonebone (1969)
Albums as sideman or arranger/ composer	Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1955) Sayin' Somethin' (Nat Adderley, 1966) The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966) Basie Jam (Count Basie, 1973) The Bosses (Count Basie/"Big Joe" Turner, 1973) Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1969) I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd, 1964) New York Slick (Ron Carter, 1979) Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50) Young Man with a Horn/Miles Davis Volume 1/Miles Davis Volume 2 (1952) Summertime (Paul Desmond, 1968) Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955) At the Opera House (Ella Fitzgerald, 1957) The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1949) Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Dizzy Gillespie, 1951) Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954) Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954) Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie, a/c only, 1960) The Modern Touch (Benny Golson, 1957) The Hawk Flies High (Coleman Hawkins, 1957) Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958) And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965) The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (John Lewis, 1955) The Big Band (Jimmy McGriff, 1966) Happenings (Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson, 1966) Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson, 1965–66) Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966) Charlie Parker on Dial (1947) Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957) Alfie (Sonny Rollins, 1966) Carnival of the Spirits (Moacir Santos, 1975) New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964) Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965) The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965) Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955) The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965) What's New!!! (Sonny Stitt, 1966) Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965)
Film scores	Man and Boy (1971) Across 110th Street (1972) Top of the Heap (1972) Cleopatra Jones (1973) Willie Dynamite (1974)
Discography

Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport

Critical reception

Track listing

Personnel

Tracks 1-4

Tracks 5-7

References

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