Catalogue: JASCD 633
Price Code: B
Release Date: 01/10/2002
Bar Code: 604988 06332 5
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Frank NEWTONThe Story Of A Forgotten Jazz Trumpeter
 
"Frank Newton had a special sound… he always
believed in giving the people something different," the trombonist Dicky Wells
once observed. Jazz historian Al Rose described Newton as "... an exciting,
inventive trumpet player." Despite such acclaim, the career of one of jazz
trumpet's most individualistic, dynamic stylists has been consigned largely to
the footnotes and margins of the music's history. During his relatively short
life (he died aged 48 in 1954) in a chequered career dogged by frequent bouts of
ill health, Frank Newton still managed to record some 150 titles. Fifty of his
recordings comprise these two JASMINE CDs. The selection has been chosen to
highlight the scope and diversity of the trumpeter's work and a glance at the
personnel details confirms he often recorded in some distinguished company,
something which makes his lack of proper recognition all the more puzzling. At
various times he is to be heard performing alongside soprano saxophonist Sidney
Bechet; alto saxophonist Pete Brown; tenor saxophonists Don Byas and Bud
Freeman; trombonists J.C. Higginbotham and Dicky Wells; pianists James P.
Johnson, Willie "The Lion" Smith and Teddy Wilson; plus the singers Billie
Holiday, Bessie Smith and Maxine Sullivan.
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