Jive at Five is an album by trumpeter Joe Newman featuring tracks recorded with members of the Count Basie Orchestra in 1960 and originally released on the Swingville label.[1][2]

Jive at Five
Studio album by
The Joe Newman Quintet Featuring Frank Wess
Released1960
RecordedMay 4, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length36:09
LabelSwingville
SVLP 2011
ProducerThe Sound of America
Joe Newman chronology
Counting Five in Sweden
(1958)
Jive at Five
(1960)
Good 'n' Groovy
(1961)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Newman and his friends swing their way through four vintage standards and a couple of the leader's original blues in typical fashion".[3]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Joe Newman except where noted

  1. "Wednesday's Blues" - 9:05
  2. "Jive at Five" (Count Basie, Harry Edison) - 5:35
  3. "More Than You Know" (Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose) - 3:59
  4. "Cuein' the Blues" - 4:33
  5. "Taps Miller" (Basie, Luis Russell) - 8:18
  6. "Don't Worry 'bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) - 4:39

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Swingville Label Discography, accessed December 8, 2015
  2. ^ Prestige Records Catalog: Swingville 2000, 4000 series, accessed December 8, 2015
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Jive at Five – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1075. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.