The Last Set at Newport

The Last Set at Newport is a 1971 live album by Dave Brubeck and his quartet recorded at the 1971 Newport Jazz Festival, shortly before a riot ensued.^[2] The album peaked at 16 on the Billboard Top Jazz Charts.^[3]

The Last Set at Newport
Live album by Dave Brubeck
Released	1972
Recorded	July 3, 1971, Newport, Rhode Island
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:51
Label	Atlantic - SD 1607 [1]
Producer	George Wein, Nesuhi Ertegun
Dave Brubeck chronology
Live at the Berlin Philharmonie (1973) The Last Set at Newport (1972) Truth Is Fallen (1972)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

The album was reviewed by Scott Yanow at Allmusic who wrote that "The Dave Brubeck-Gerry Mulligan quartet is heard in a very inspired performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, just a short time before a riot by the audience closed the festival. These versions of "Take Five" and "Open the Gates" are memorable, but it is the extended "Blues for Newport" that is truly classic." Yanow wrote that the musicians "...constantly challenge each other during this exciting performance, making this set well-worth searching for."^[2]

Track listing

1. Introduction by Father Norman O'Connor - 0:39
2. "Blues for Newport" (Dave Brubeck) - 16:24
3. "Take Five" (Paul Desmond) - 9:49
4. "Open the Gates (Out of the Way of the People)" (Brubeck) - 8:12

Personnel

• Dave Brubeck - piano, producer
• Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone
• Jack Six - double bass
• Alan Dawson - drums

Production

• Aaron Baron, Larry Dahlstrom, Tom Dowd - engineer
• George Wein - liner notes, producer
• David Gahr - photography
• Nesuhi Ertegun - producer
• Michael Cuscuna, Lewis Hahn - remixing

References

1. Discogs - The Last Set at Newport
2. The Last Set at Newport at AllMusic
3. The Last Set at Newport - Awards at AllMusic
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.