A Message from Newport

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Ron Wynn states, "Trumpeter Maynard Ferguson leads his big band in a fiery date recorded in 1958... He was playing no-holds-barred, straight-ahead jazz at this time, and doing it with gusto". The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that Ferguson's upper-register playing was executed exceptionally well, but suggested that the effect of this soon became boring. ==Track listing==

All compositions by Slide Hampton except as indicated • "The Fugue" - 3:36 • "Fan It, Janet" (Don Sebesky) - 3:00 • "The Waltz" - 4:00 • "Tag Team" (Willie Maiden) - 5:05 • "And We Listened" (Bob Freedman) - 5:42 • "Slide's Derangement" - 7:55 • "Frame for the Blues" - 6:54 • "Humbug" (Sebesky) - 3:28 • "Three Little Foxes" - 4:04 == Personnel ==

• Maynard Ferguson - trumpet, valve trombone • Bill Chase, Clyde Reasinger, Tom Slaney - trumpet • Slide Hampton, Don Sebesky - trombone • Jimmy Ford - alto saxophone • Carmen Leggio, Willie Maiden - tenor saxophone • Jay Cameron - baritone saxophone • John Bunch - piano • Jimmy Rowser -bass • Jake Hanna - drums • Bob Freedman, Slide Hampton, Willie Maiden, Don Sebesky - arrangers == References ==