The Midgets

1956 studio album by The Joe Newman Septet
The Midgets
Studio album by
The Joe Newman Septet
Released1956
RecordedJuly 8, 10 & 13, 1956
Webster Hall, New York City
GenreJazz
Length37:21
LabelVik
LX 1060
ProducerJack Lewis
Joe Newman chronology
I Feel Like a Newman
(1956) 		The Midgets
(1956) 		The Happy Cats
(1957)

The Midgets is an album by jazz trumpeter Joe Newman's Septet recorded in 1956 for the RCA Records subsidiary Vik label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ernie Wilkins except as indicated

  1. "The Midgets" (Joe Newman) - 6:09
  2. "The Late, Late Show" (Roy Alfred, Murray Berlin) - 2:58
  3. "Really? Healy!" - 2:52
  4. "One Lamper" - 3:04
  5. "She Has Red Hair" - 3:29
  6. "Valerie" - 2:55
  7. "No Moon at All" (Redd Evans, Dave Mann) - 2:46
  8. "Indeed the Blues" - 3:39
  9. "Living Dangerously" - 2:50
  10. "Scooter" - 2:54
  11. "My Dog Friday" - 3:28
  • Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on July 8 (tracks 6, 7, 10 & 11), July 10 (tracks 1, 2 & 8) and July 13 (tracks 3-5 & 9), 1956

Personnel

References

  1. ^ RCA Vik Record Label Discography accessed November 30, 2015
  2. ^ a b Allmusic listing, accessed November 30, 2015
  • v
  • t
  • e
Joe Newman
Studio albumsLive albums
  • v
  • t
  • e
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums
as
leader
or
co-leader
The Great
Jazz Trio
With
Bob
Brookmeyer
With
Al
Cohn
With
Coleman
Hawkins
With
Johnny
Hodges
With
Milt
Jackson
With
J.J.
Johnson
With
Oliver
Nelson
With
Sonny
Stitt
With
others
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
  • MusicBrainz release group