Joe Newman (trumpeter)

Joseph Dwight Newman (September 7, 1922 – July 4, 1992) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator, best known as a musician who worked with Count Basie during two periods.

Early life and education
Newman was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Dwight, (pianist) and Louise Newman, a musical family, having his first music lessons from David Jones. He attended Alabama State College, where he joined the college band (the Bama State Collegians), became its leader, and took it on tour.

Career
In 1941, he joined Lionel Hampton for two years, before signing with Count Basie, with whom he stayed for a total of thirteen years, interrupted by short breaks and a long period (1947–1952) spent first with saxophonist Illinois Jacquet and then drummer J. C. Heard. During his second period with Basie, which lasted for about nine years, he made a number of small-group recordings as the leader. He also played on Benny Goodman's 1962 tour of the Soviet Union.

In 1961, Newman left the Basie band and helped to found Jazz Interactions, of which he became president in 1967. His wife, Rigmor Alfredsson Newman, was the Executive Director. Jazz Interactions was a charitable organization which provided an information service, brought jazz master classes into schools and colleges, and later maintained its own Jazz Interaction Orchestra (for which Newman wrote).

In the 1970s and 1980s, Newman toured internationally and recorded for several record labels.

Personal life
Newman suffered a stroke in 1991, however, which seriously disabled him, and he died of complications from the condition in 1992.

As leader

 * 1954: Joe Newman and His Band (Vanguard)
 * 1954: Joe Newman and the Boys in the Band (Storyville)
 * 1955: All I Wanna Do Is Swing (RCA Victor)
 * 1955: The Count's Men (Jazztone) also released as Swing Lightly
 * 1955: I'm Still Swinging (RCA Victor)
 * 1956: New Sounds in Swing (Jazztone) with Billy Byers also released as Byers' Guide
 * 1956: Salute to Satch (RCA Victor)
 * 1956: I Feel Like a Newman (Storyville)
 * 1956: The Midgets (Vik)
 * 1957: Locking Horns (Rama) with Zoot Sims
 * 1957: The Happy Cats (Coral)
 * 1958: Soft Swingin' Jazz (Coral)
 * 1958: Joe Newman with Woodwinds (Roulette)
 * 1958: Counting Five in Sweden (Metronome) also released on World Pacific
 * 1960: Jive at Five (Swingville)
 * 1961: Good 'n' Groovy (Swingville)
 * 1961: Joe's Hap'nin's (Swingville)
 * 1961: Joe Newman Quintet at Count Basie's (Mercury)
 * 1962: In a Mellow Mood (Stash)
 * 196?: Shiny Stockings (Honey Dew)
 * 1975: Satchmo Remembered (Atlantic)
 * 1977: At the Atlantic (Phontastic)
 * 1978: I Love My Baby (Black & Blue)
 * 1984: Hangin' Out (Concord) with Joe Wilder
 * 1989: Midgets (Panton)
 * 1992: A Grand Night for Swingin': The Joe Newman Memorial Album (Natasha)
 * 1994: Jazz for Playboys (Savoy)
 * 1999: In Sweden (Jazz Information)
 * 2003: Jazz in Paris: Jazz at Midnight (Sunnyside)

As sideman
With Manny Albam With Lorez Alexandria With Gene Ammons With the Count Basie Orchestra With Louis Bellson and Gene Krupa With Bob Brookmeyer With Ray Bryant With Benny Carter With Buck Clayton With Arnett Cobb With Al Cohn With Hank Crawford With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Bo Diddley With Dexter Gordon With Freddie Green With Al Grey With Eddie Harris With Coleman Hawkins With Johnny Hodges With Milt Jackson With Illinois Jacquet With Eddie Jefferson With J. J. Johnson With Etta Jones With Quincy Jones With Irene Kral With Yusef Lateef With Mundell Lowe With Junior Mance With Herbie Mann With Jack McDuff With Gary McFarland With Jimmy McGriff With Jay McShann With the Modern Jazz Quartet With James Moody With Oliver Nelson With David "Fathead" Newman With Buddy Rich With Jerome Richardson With Shirley Scott With Jimmy Smith With Dakota Staton With Sonny Stitt With Clark Terry and Chico O'Farrill With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson With Frank Wess With Larry Willis With Kai Winding
 * The Drum Suite (RCA Victor, 1956) with Ernie Wilkins
 * Brass on Fire (Sold State, 1966)
 * The Soul of the City (Solid State, 1966)
 * Early in the Morning (Argo, 1960)
 * Twisting the Jug (Prestige, 1961) - with Jack McDuff
 * The Count! (Clef, 1952 [1955])
 * Basie Jazz (Clef, 1952 [1954])
 * The Swinging Count! (Clef 1952 [1956])
 * Dance Session (Clef, 1953)
 * Dance Session Album (Clef, 1954)
 * Basie (Clef, 1954)
 * Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (Clef, 1955) with Joe Williams
 * April in Paris (Verve, 1956)
 * The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards with Joe Williams
 * Metronome All-Stars 1956 (Clef, 1956) with Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Williams
 * Hall of Fame (Verve, 1956 [1959])
 * Basie in London (Verve, 1956)
 * One O'Clock Jump (Verve, 1957) with Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald
 * Count Basie at Newport (Verve, 1957)
 * The Atomic Mr. Basie (Roulette, 1957) aka Basie and E=MC2
 * Basie Plays Hefti (Roulette, 1958)
 * Sing Along with Basie (Roulette, 1958) - with Joe Williams and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
 * Basie One More Time (Roulette, 1959)
 * Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (Roulette, 1959)
 * Everyday I Have the Blues (Roulette, 1959) - with Joe Williams
 * Dance Along with Basie (Roulette, 1959)
 * Not Now, I'll Tell You When (Roulette, 1960)
 * The Count Basie Story (Roulette, 1960)
 * Kansas City Suite (Roulette, 1960)
 * Back with Basie (Roulette, 1962)
 * High Voltage (MPS, 1970)
 * The Mighty Two (Roulette, 1963)
 * Jazz Is a Kick (Mercury, 1960)
 * Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Verve, 1961)
 * Dancing the Big Twist (Columbia, 1961)
 * MCMLXX (Atlantic, 1970) - guest on 1 track
 * 'Live and Well in Japan! (Pablo Live, 1978)
 * The Huckle-Buck and Robbins' Nest (Columbia, 1954)
 * How Hi the Fi (Columbia, 1954)
 * Jumpin' at the Woodside (Columbia, 1955)
 * All the Cats Join In (Columbia 1956)
 * Jam Session #1 (Chiaroscuro, 1974)
 * Jam Session #2 (Chiaroscuro, 1975)
 * Keep On Pushin' (Bee Hive, 1984)
 * Mr. Music (RCA Victor, 1955)
 * The Natural Seven (RCA Victor, 1955)
 * That Old Feeling (RCA Victor, 1955)
 * Four Brass One Tenor (RCA Victor, 1955)
 * Double Cross (Atlantic, 1968)
 * Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Atlantic, 1969)
 * Count Basie Presents Eddie Davis Trio + Joe Newman (Roulette, 1958) with Count Basie
 * Big Bad Bo (Chess, 1974)
 * Swiss Nights Vol. 3 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1979]) - guest on 1 track
 * Mr. Rhythm (RCA Victor, 1955)
 * The Last of the Big Plungers (Argo, 1959)
 * The Thinking Man’s Trombone (Argo, 1960)
 * The Electrifying Eddie Harris (Atlantic, 1967)
 * Plug Me In (Atlantic, 1968)
 * Silver Cycles (Atlantic, 1968)
 * Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Swingville, 1961) as part of the Prestige Swing Festival
 * Sandy's Gone (Verve, 1963)
 * Plenty, Plenty Soul (Atlantic, 1957)
 * The King! (Prestige, 1968)
 * The Soul Explosion (Prestige, 1969)
 * Things Are Getting Better (Muse, 1974)
 * With Budd Johnson
 * Off the Wall (Argo, 1964)
 * Broadway Express (RCA Victor, 1965)
 * Etta Jones Sings (Roulette, 1965)
 * The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1959)
 * Golden Boy (Mercury, 1964)
 * I/We Had a Ball (Limelight, 1965)
 * Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1959–65 [1965])
 * SteveIreneo! (United Artists, 1959)
 * Part of the Search (Atlantic, 1973)
 * Satan in High Heels (soundtrack) (Charlie Parker, 1961)
 * I Believe to My Soul (Atlantic, 1968)
 * Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965)
 * Our Mann Flute (Atlantic, 1966)
 * The Fourth Dimension (Cadet, 1974)
 * The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Verve, 1962)
 * Tijuana Jazz (Impulse!, 1965) with Clark Terry
 * Profiles (Impulse!, 1966)
 * The Big Band (Solid State, 1966)
 * A Bag Full of Blues (Solid State, 1967)
 * The Last of the Blue Devils (Atlantic, 1978)
 * Plastic Dreams (Atlantic, 1971)
 * Moody and the Brass Figures (Milestone, 1966)
 * Main Stem (Prestige, 1962)
 * Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Happenings with Hank Jones (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Encyclopedia of Jazz (Verve, 1966)
 * The Sound of Feeling (Verve, 1966)
 * Bigger & Better (Atlantic, 1968)
 * The Wailing Buddy Rich (Norgran, 1955)
 * Groove Merchant (Verve, 1968)
 * Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Hoochie Coochie Man (Verve, 1966)
 * I Want a Country Man (Groove Merchant, 1973)
 * Kaleidoscope (Prestige, 1952 [1957])
 * Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (Roost, 1955)
 * The Matadors Meet the Bull (Roulette, 1965)
 * I Keep Comin' Back! (Roulette, 1966)
 * The Champ (Muse Records, 1973)
 * Spanish Rice (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Clean Head's Back in Town (Bethlehem, 1957)
 * Jazz for Playboys (Savoy, 1957)
 * A New Kind of Soul (LLP, 1970)
 * Kai Olé (Verve, 1961)

Sources and external links

 * Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, & Brian Priestley. Jazz: The Rough Guide. ISBN 1-85828-528-3
 * Richard Cook & Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD 6th edition. ISBN 0-14-051521-6
 * [ Joe Newman] &mdash; brief biography by Scott Yanow, for AllMusic
 * "I'm Still Learning" &mdash; Joe Newman interviewed by Les Tomkins in 1977