New Thing at Newport

New Thing at Newport
Live album by John Coltrane and Archie Shepp
Recorded	July 2, 1965
Genre	Avant-garde jazz Free jazz Hard bop
Label	Impulse!
John Coltrane chronology
Ascension (1965) New Thing at Newport (1965) Kulu Sé Mama (1965)
Archie Shepp chronology
On This Night (1965) New Thing at Newport (1965) Archie Shepp Live in San Francisco (1966)

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New Thing at Newport is a 1965 live album featuring two sets from that year's Newport Jazz Festival, by musicians John Coltrane and Archie Shepp.

Track listing

Original LP release

Side One

1. Spoken introduction to John Coltrane's set by Father Norman O'Connor - 1:08
2. "One Down One Up" - 12:28 (from Coltrane's set)
3. "Rufus (Swung His Face at Last to the Wind, Then His Neck Snapped)" - 4:58 (from Shepp's set)

Side Two (from Shepp's set)

1. "Le Matin des Noire" [sic] - 7:39
2. "Scag" - 3:04
3. "Call Me by My Rightful Name" - 6:19

CD release

From notes: For the first time, the pieces within each set appear here in the order in which they were performed.

1. Spoken introduction to John Coltrane's set by Father Norman O'Connor - 1:08
2. "One Down One Up” - 12:42
3. "My Favorite Things” - 15:14; Spoken conclusion to John Coltrane's set by Father Norman O'Connor
4. Spoken introduction to Archie Shepp's set by Billy Taylor - 1:41
5. "Gingerbread, Gingerbread Boy” - 10:26
6. "Call Me by My Rightful Name” - 6:38
7. "Scag” - 3:19
8. "Rufus (Swung His Face at Last to the Wind, Then His Neck Snapped)” - 5:17
9. "Le Matin des Noire” - 8:20

Personnel

Recorded July 2, 1965, at Newport Jazz Festival.

• John Coltrane – tenor saxophone on "One Down One Up", soprano saxophone on "My Favorite Things"
• Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone, except "Scag", recitation
• McCoy Tyner – piano
• Bobby Hutcherson – vibes
• Jimmy Garrison – double bass
• Barre Phillips – double bass
• Elvin Jones – drums
• Joe Chambers – drums

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