Joe Newman

Joseph Dwight Newman (September 7, 1922 – July 4, 1992) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator, best known as a musician who worked with Count Basie during two periods.

Early life and education Newman was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, of which he became president in 1967.

Discography

As leader 1954: Joe Newman and His Band (Vanguard) 1954: Joe Newman and the Boys in the Band (Storyville) 1955: All I Wanna Do Is Swing (RCA Victor) 1955: The Count's Men (Jazztone) also released as Swing Lightly 1955: I'm Still Swinging (RCA Victor) 1956: New Sounds in Swing (Jazztone) with Billy Byers also released as Byers' Guide 1956: Salute to Satch (RCA Victor) 1956: I Feel Like a Newman (Storyville) 1956: The Midgets (Vik) 1957: Locking Horns (Rama) with Zoot Sims 1957: The Happy Cats (Coral) 1958: Soft Swingin' Jazz (Coral) 1958: Joe Newman with Woodwinds (Roulette) 1958: Counting Five in Sweden (Metronome) also released on World Pacific 1960: Jive at Five (Swingville) 1961: Good 'n' Groovy (Swingville) 1961: Joe's Hap'nin's (Swingville) 1961: Joe Newman Quintet at Count Basie's (Mercury) 1962: In a Mellow Mood (Stash) 196?: Shiny Stockings (Honey Dew) 1975: Satchmo Remembered (Atlantic) 1977: At the Atlantic (Phontastic) 1978: I Love My Baby (Black & Blue) 1984: Hangin' Out (Concord) with Joe Wilder 1989: Midgets (Panton) 1992: A Grand Night for Swingin': The Joe Newman Memorial Album (Natasha) 1994: Jazz for Playboys (Savoy) 1999: In Sweden (Jazz Information) 2003: Jazz in Paris: Jazz at Midnight (Sunnyside)

As sideman With Manny Albam The Drum Suite (RCA Victor, 1956) with Ernie Wilkins Brass on Fire (Sold State, 1966) The Soul of the City (Solid State, 1966) With Lorez Alexandria Early in the Morning (Argo, 1960) With Gene Ammons Twisting the Jug (Prestige, 1961) - with Jack McDuff With the Count Basie Orchestra The Count! (Clef, 1952 ) Basie Jazz (Clef, 1952 ) The Swinging Count! (Clef 1952 ) Dance Session (Clef, 1953) Dance Session Album#2 (Clef, 1954) Basie (Clef, 1954) Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (Clef, 1955) with Joe Williams April in Paris (Verve, 1956) The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards with Joe Williams Metronome All-Stars 1956 (Clef, 1956) with Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Williams Hall of Fame (Verve, 1956 ) Basie in London (Verve, 1956) One O'Clock Jump (Verve, 1957) with Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald Count Basie at Newport (Verve, 1957) The Atomic Mr. Basie (Roulette, 1957) aka Basie and E=MC2 Basie Plays Hefti (Roulette, 1958) Sing Along with Basie (Roulette, 1958) - with Joe Williams and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Basie One More Time (Roulette, 1959) Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (Roulette, 1959) Everyday I Have the Blues (Roulette, 1959) - with Joe Williams Dance Along with Basie (Roulette, 1959) Not Now, I'll Tell You When (Roulette, 1960) The Count Basie Story (Roulette, 1960) Kansas City Suite (Roulette, 1960) Back with Basie (Roulette, 1962) High Voltage (MPS, 1970) With Louis Bellson and Gene Krupa The Mighty Two (Roulette, 1963) With Bob Brookmeyer Jazz Is a Kick (Mercury, 1960) Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Verve, 1961) With Ray Bryant Dancing the Big Twist (Columbia, 1961) MCMLXX (Atlantic, 1970) - guest on 1 track With Benny Carter 'Live and Well in Japan! (Pablo Live, 1978) With Buck Clayton The Huckle-Buck and Robbins' Nest (Columbia, 1954) How Hi the Fi (Columbia, 1954) Jumpin' at the Woodside (Columbia, 1955) All the Cats Join In (Columbia 1956) Jam Session #1 (Chiaroscuro, 1974) Jam Session #2 (Chiaroscuro, 1975) With Arnett Cobb Keep On Pushin' (Bee Hive, 1984) With Al Cohn Mr. Music (RCA Victor, 1955) The Natural Seven (RCA Victor, 1955) That Old Feeling (RCA Victor, 1955) Four Brass One Tenor (RCA Victor, 1955) With Hank Crawford Double Cross (Atlantic, 1968) Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Atlantic, 1969) With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Count Basie Presents Eddie Davis Trio + Joe Newman (Roulette, 1958) with Count Basie With Bo Diddley Big Bad Bo (Chess, 1974) With Dexter Gordon Swiss Nights Vol. 3 (SteepleChase, 1975 ) - guest on 1 track With Freddie Green Mr. Rhythm (RCA Victor, 1955) With Al Grey The Last of the Big Plungers (Argo, 1959) The Thinking Man’s Trombone (Argo, 1960) With Eddie Harris The Electrifying Eddie Harris (Atlantic, 1967) Plug Me In (Atlantic, 1968) Silver Cycles (Atlantic, 1968) With Coleman Hawkins Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Swingville, 1961) as part of the Prestige Swing Festival With Johnny Hodges Sandy's Gone (Verve, 1963) With Milt Jackson Plenty, Plenty Soul (Atlantic, 1957) With Illinois Jacquet The King! (Prestige, 1968) The Soul Explosion (Prestige, 1969) With Eddie Jefferson Things Are Getting Better (Muse, 1974) With Budd Johnson Off the Wall (Argo, 1964) With J. J. Johnson Broadway Express (RCA Victor, 1965) With Etta Jones Etta Jones Sings (Roulette, 1965) With Quincy Jones The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1959) Golden Boy (Mercury, 1964) I/We Had a Ball (Limelight, 1965) Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1959–65 ) With Irene Kral SteveIreneo! (United Artists, 1959) With Yusef Lateef Part of the Search (Atlantic, 1973) With Mundell Lowe Satan in High Heels (soundtrack) (Charlie Parker, 1961) With Junior Mance I Believe to My Soul (Atlantic, 1968) With Herbie Mann Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965) Our Mann Flute (Atlantic, 1966) With Jack McDuff The Fourth Dimension (Cadet, 1974) With Gary McFarland The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Verve, 1962) Tijuana Jazz (Impulse!, 1965) with Clark Terry Profiles (Impulse!, 1966) With Jimmy McGriff The Big Band (Solid State, 1966) A Bag Full of Blues (Solid State, 1967) With Jay McShann The Last of the Blue Devils (Atlantic, 1978) With the Modern Jazz Quartet Plastic Dreams (Atlantic, 1971) With James Moody Moody and the Brass Figures (Milestone, 1966) With Oliver Nelson Main Stem (Prestige, 1962) Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (Impulse!, 1966) Happenings with Hank Jones (Impulse!, 1966) Encyclopedia of Jazz (Verve, 1966) The Sound of Feeling (Verve, 1966) With David "Fathead" Newman Bigger & Better (Atlantic, 1968) With Buddy Rich The Wailing Buddy Rich (Norgran, 1955) With Jerome Richardson Groove Merchant (Verve, 1968) With Shirley Scott Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966) With Jimmy Smith Hoochie Coochie Man (Verve, 1966) With Dakota Staton I Want a Country Man (Groove Merchant, 1973) With Sonny Stitt Kaleidoscope (Prestige, 1952 ) Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (Roost, 1955) The Matadors Meet the Bull (Roulette, 1965) I Keep Comin' Back! (Roulette, 1966) The Champ (Muse Records, 1973) With Clark Terry and Chico O'Farrill Spanish Rice (Impulse!, 1966) With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson Clean Head's Back in Town (Bethlehem, 1957) With Frank Wess Jazz for Playboys (Savoy, 1957) With Larry Willis A New Kind of Soul (LLP, 1970) With Kai Winding Kai Olé (Verve, 1961)