After the Riot at Newport

Infobox Album
Name = After the Riot at Newport
Type = live album
Longtype =
Artist = Chet Atkins, The Nashville All-Stars


Released = 1960
Recorded = July 4, 1960
Genre = Country, Country-pop
Length = 42:51
Label = RCA Victor RCA LPM-2302
Producer = Steve Sholes, Richard Weize (re-issue)
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aiftxqegldse link]
Chronology = Chet Atkins
Last album = "Mister Guitar"
(1959)
This album = "After the Riot at Newport"
(1960)
Next album = "Teensville"
(1960)

"After the Riot at Newport" is an album by American guitarist Chet Atkins and The Nashville All-Stars, recorded live after the cancellation of their appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE2D6103DF935A3575BC0A96F948260 New York Times.] Accessed May 10, 2008.] Originally released in 1960 by RCA, it was re-released on CD by Bear Family Records (BCD 15447) in 1989.

History

This group of Nashville session players play a mixture of down home country, standards, and jazz and bebop. Atkins is joined by Boots Randolph, Floyd Cramer, session ace guitarist Hank Garland and vibes prodigy Gary Burton, who was only 17 years old at the time.

Even though the players were playing country music day-in and day-out in Nashville sessions, they had a deep love of jazz and played often at the Carousel Club on Printer's Alley in Nashville. When their much-anticipated festival performance was canceled due to an unruly crowd, the group documented their performance anyway, recording on the back porch of a mansion RCA had rented during the festival (depicted by the drawing on the cover.) [ [http://www.angelfire.com/tn2/bobloyce/garlandbio.html Hank Garland Biography by Rich Kienzle.] Accessed May 10, 2008.]

Two of the songs, "Nashville to Newport" and "Riot-Chous" were composed for the occasion, the latter after the riot on the night prior to recording.

Other groups since have taken the name Nashville All-Stars.

Track listing

ide one

# "Relaxin'" (Jimmy Guinn) – 11:11
# "Nashville to Newport" (Chet Atkins) – 3:18
# "Opus de Funk" (Horace Silver) – 6:14

ide two

# "'S Wonderful" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:35
# "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonius Monk, Cootie Williams) – 4:39
# "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) – 3:37
# "Riot-Chous" (Hank Garland, Boots Randolph) – 8:57

Personnel

*Chet Atkins – guitar
*Boots Randolph – alto and tenor saxophone
*Floyd Cramer – piano
*Hank Garland – guitar
*Brenton Banks – piano, violin
*Buddy Harman – drums
*Bob Moore – bass
*Gary Burton – vibraphone

Production Notes

*Produced by Steve Sholes
*Mastered by Bob Jones
*Reissue producer, photography by Richard Weize
*Liner notes by George Wein
*Cover art by Jim Flora

References

ee also

*The Nashville A-Team

External links

* [http://www.angelfire.com/tn2/bobloyce/newport.html George Wein's original liner notes.]
* [http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Handprint/album_cover_art_by_jim_flora/ Jim Flora cover art.]