Over three days in May 1958, Maynard Ferguson's band was in New York to record an album for Roulette. The result was A Message From Newport, one of the best big-band albums ever recorded. Two months later in July, the Ferguson band performed at Freebody Park in Newport, R.I., at the Newport Jazz Festival. The band played a brief set for the CBS radio ne…
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