• This release contains all known jazz performances from the 1972 edition of the Newport Jazz Festival, which took place at different venues in New York (this was the first time the Festival moved from Newport).
• All of this music appears here for the first time ever on CD.
• Featuring: Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Cat Anderson, Sonny Stitt, Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Zoot Sims, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Illinois Jacquet, Kai Winding, Milt Jackson, Herbie Hancock, Mary Lou Williams, Jaki Byard, Roland Hanna, Jimmy Smith, Charles Mingus, Percy Heath, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, among many others.
• The 1972 festival consisted of thirty concerts with 62 all-star performer, at multiple venues, which included Yankee Stadium and Radio City Music Hall. Most of the performances are long jam sessions on popular standards by a mixture of well known jazzmen, most of whom didn’t usually play together.
• 3CD deluxe digipack edition - Total Time: 211:35 mins. - 13 tracks - includes 12-page booklet |
