title: Joe Newman (trumpeter)
text: 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.
  
  Discography
  
  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
  The Drum Suite (RCA Victor, 1956) with Ernie Wilkins
  Brass on Fire (Sold State, 1966)
  The Soul of the City (Solid State, 1966)
  With Lorez Alexandria
  Early in the Morning (Argo, 1960)
  With Gene Ammons
  Twisting the Jug (Prestige, 1961) - with Jack McDuff
  With the Count Basie Orchestra
  The Count! (Clef, 1952 [1955])
  Basie Jazz (Clef, 1952 [1954])
  The Swinging Count! (Clef 1952 [1956])
  Dance Session (Clef, 1953)
  Dance Session Album#2 (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)
  With Louis Bellson and Gene Krupa
  The Mighty Two (Roulette, 1963)
  With Bob Brookmeyer
  Jazz Is a Kick (Mercury, 1960)
  Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Verve, 1961)
  With Ray Bryant
  Dancing the Big Twist (Columbia, 1961)
  MCMLXX (Atlantic, 1970) - guest on 1 track 
  With Benny Carter
  'Live and Well in Japan! (Pablo Live, 1978)
  With Buck Clayton
  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)
  With Arnett Cobb
  Keep On Pushin' (Bee Hive, 1984)
  With Al Cohn
  Mr. Music (RCA Victor, 1955)
  The Natural Seven (RCA Victor, 1955)
  That Old Feeling (RCA Victor, 1955)
   Four Brass One Tenor (RCA Victor, 1955)
  With Hank Crawford
  Double Cross (Atlantic, 1968)
  Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Atlantic, 1969)
  With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
  Count Basie Presents Eddie Davis Trio + Joe Newman (Roulette, 1958) with Count Basie
  With Bo Diddley
  Big Bad Bo (Chess, 1974)
  With Dexter Gordon
  Swiss Nights Vol. 3 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1979]) - guest on 1 track 
  With Freddie Green
  Mr. Rhythm (RCA Victor, 1955)
  With Al Grey 
  The Last of the Big Plungers (Argo, 1959)
  The Thinking Man’s Trombone (Argo, 1960)
  With Eddie Harris
  The Electrifying Eddie Harris (Atlantic, 1967)
  Plug Me In (Atlantic, 1968)
  Silver Cycles (Atlantic, 1968)
  With Coleman Hawkins
  Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Swingville, 1961) as part of the Prestige Swing Festival
  With Johnny Hodges
  Sandy's Gone (Verve, 1963)
  With Milt Jackson
  Plenty, Plenty Soul (Atlantic, 1957)
  With Illinois Jacquet
  The King! (Prestige, 1968)
  The Soul Explosion (Prestige, 1969)
  With Eddie Jefferson
  Things Are Getting Better (Muse, 1974)
  With Budd Johnson
  Off the Wall (Argo, 1964)
  With J. J. Johnson
  Broadway Express (RCA Victor, 1965)
  With Etta Jones
  Etta Jones Sings (Roulette, 1965)
  With Quincy Jones
  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])
  With Irene Kral
  SteveIreneo! (United Artists, 1959)
  With Yusef Lateef
  Part of the Search (Atlantic, 1973)
  With Mundell Lowe
  Satan in High Heels (soundtrack) (Charlie Parker, 1961)
  With Junior Mance
  I Believe to My Soul (Atlantic, 1968)
  With Herbie Mann
  Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965)
  Our Mann Flute (Atlantic, 1966)
  With Jack McDuff
  The Fourth Dimension (Cadet, 1974)
  With Gary McFarland
  The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Verve, 1962)
  Tijuana Jazz (Impulse!, 1965) with Clark Terry
  Profiles (Impulse!, 1966)
  With Jimmy McGriff
  The Big Band (Solid State, 1966)
  A Bag Full of Blues (Solid State, 1967)
  With Jay McShann
  The Last of the Blue Devils (Atlantic, 1978)
  With the Modern Jazz Quartet
  Plastic Dreams (Atlantic, 1971)
  With James Moody
  Moody and the Brass Figures (Milestone, 1966)
  With Oliver Nelson
  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)
  With David "Fathead" Newman
  Bigger & Better (Atlantic, 1968)
  With Buddy Rich
  The Wailing Buddy Rich (Norgran, 1955)
  With Jerome Richardson
  Groove Merchant (Verve, 1968)
  With Shirley Scott
  Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966)
  With Jimmy Smith
  Hoochie Coochie Man (Verve, 1966)
  With Dakota Staton
  I Want a Country Man (Groove Merchant, 1973)
  With Sonny Stitt
  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)
  With Clark Terry and Chico O'Farrill
  Spanish Rice (Impulse!, 1966)
  With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
  Clean Head's Back in Town (Bethlehem, 1957)
  With Frank Wess
  Jazz for Playboys (Savoy, 1957)
  With Larry Willis
  A New Kind of Soul (LLP, 1970)
  With Kai Winding
  Kai Olé (Verve, 1961)
  
  References
  
  Sources and external links
  Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, & Brian Priestley. Jazz: The Rough Guide. 
  Richard Cook & Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD 6th edition. 
  [ Joe Newman] — brief biography by Scott Yanow, for AllMusic
  "I'm Still Learning" — Joe Newman interviewed by Les Tomkins in 1977
  
  1922 births
  1992 deaths
  Swing trumpeters
  Swing composers
  American jazz trumpeters
  American male trumpeters
  Count Basie Orchestra members
  Jazz musicians from New Orleans
  20th-century jazz composers
  20th-century American composers
  American male jazz composers
  American jazz composers
  Orchestra U.S.A. members
  Storyville Records artists
  RCA Victor artists
  Black & Blue Records artists
  20th-century American male musicians
  Roulette Records artists
  Vanguard Records artists
  Coral Records artists
  Concord Records artists