At Newport 1958 is a live album by the jazz musician Miles Davis featuring the Miles Davis Quintet's complete performance recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958. The album was first released as a single CD in 2001 though four tracks had previously been released in part as one side of the LP Miles & Monk at Newport (Columbia, 1964). The entire concert was given its first complete release as part of The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane box set in 1999, and all tracks were included on the 2015 compilation Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4.

Miles Davis at Newport 1958
Live album by
ReleasedApril 17, 2001 (2001-04-17)
RecordedJuly 3, 1958
VenueNewport Jazz Festival
Newport, Rhode Island
GenreJazz
Length40:20
LabelColumbia/Legacy
ProducerGeorge Avakian, Bob Belden, Michael Cuscuna
Miles Davis chronology
Miles Davis at Newport 1958
(2001)
Super Hits
(2001)
Miles Davis live chronology
Miles & Monk at Newport
(1958)
Miles Davis at Newport 1958
(1958)
Jazz at the Plaza Vol. I
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]

Track listing

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  1. Introduction by Willis Conover - 2:16
  2. "Ah-leu-cha" (Charlie Parker) - 5:53
  3. "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) - 8:48
  4. "Fran-Dance" (Miles Davis) - 7:14
  5. "Two Bass Hit" (John Lewis, Dizzy Gillespie) - 4:11
  6. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) - 9:11
  7. "The Theme" (Davis) - 2:49

Tracks 2-5 originally issued on Miles & Monk at Newport; tracks 6 and 7 originally issued on Newport Jazz Festival Live; John Coltrane appears courtesy of Prestige Records.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Jurek, Thom (2011). "At Newport 1958 - Miles Davis | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 August 2011. Jurek