Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport is a split live album featuring selections from Dave Brubeck's Quartet with Paul Desmond and the J. J. Johnson/Kai Winding Quintet performances at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival which was released on the Columbia label.Payne, D. Kai Winding discography accessed July 11, 2016Watts, R., Callahan, M., Edwards, D. and Eyries, P. Columbia Main Series, Part 5: CL 900-999 (1956-1957), accessed July 12, 2016Dave Brubeck Catalog, accessed July 12, 2016
Critical reception
Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars and stated "Overall, this album gives one a good look at two of the most popular jazz groups of 1956".
Track listing "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck) - 9:31 "Two Part Contention" (Brubeck) - 11:11 "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 6:04 "I'm in a Dancing Mood" (Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman, Maurice Sigler) - 4:36 "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 5:32 "True Blue Tromboniums" (Kai Winding) - 4:17 "NWPT" (J. J. Johnson) - 3:04
Personnel Tracks 1–4 Dave Brubeck – piano Paul Desmond – alto saxophone Norman Bates – bass Joe Dodge – drums
Tracks 5–7 J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding – trombone, trombonium Dick Katz – piano Bill Crow – bass Rudy Collins – drums
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