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

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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

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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

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References

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  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.