Collectables Jazz Classics (series)

At Newport '63 / Jump For Joy

Description by OLDIES.com:

To many people in the business and in the record buying public, there was just no better male jazz singer than Joe Williams. Here are two of the great Williams albums, both originally recorded for RCA Records: "At Newport '63" captures a sizzling live performance, while the talent joining Williams on "Jump For Joy" reads like a Who's Who in the world of jazz.

Product Description:

2 LPs on 1 CD: AT NEWPORT '63 (1963)/JUMP FOR JOY (1963).

AT NEWPORT '63:

Personnel: Joe Williams (vocals); Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims (tenor saxophone); Clark Terry (trumpet, flugelhorn); Howard McGhee (trumpet); Junior Mance (piano); Bob Cranshaw (bass); Mickey Roker (drums).

Recorded live in Newport, Rhode Island on July 5, 1963. Includes liner notes by George Avakian and Mark Marymont.

JUMP FOR JOY:

Personnel includes: Joe Williams (vocals); Jimmy Jones, Oliver Nelson (arranger).

Producer: George Avakian.

Recorded at Webster Hall, New York, New York.