• Name: Joe Newman
• Birthday: 09/07/1922
• Birth Place: New Orleans, LA
• Died: 07/04/1992
• Decades Active: 1940,1950,1960,1970,1980,1990
• Genre: Jazz
• Styles: Swing
• Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Carefree, Elegant, Exuberant, Fun, Joyous, Playful, Rollicking, Sophisticated

Title	Release
Joe Newman Quintet at Count Basie's WA	04/12/2005
Jazz in Paris: Jazz at Midnight	02/04/2003
At the Atlantic with Ove Lind Quintet	06/24/2000
Hot Trumpets Of Joe Newman & Henry Red Allen	11/23/1999
Jazz for Playboys	06/15/1994
Hangin' Out WA	05/1984
I Love My Baby	07/20/1978
The Joe Newman Memorial Album: A Grand Night For Swinging	1962
Good N' Groovy	03/17/1961
Jive at Five WA	05/04/1960
Sextet	10/02/1958
Soft Swinging Jazz WA	01/13/1958
Locking Horns WA	04/10/1957
The Midgets	07/08/1956
I Feel Like a Newman WA	04/1956
Salute to Satch	03/04/1956
I'm Still Swinging	10/03/1955
All I Wanna Do Is Swing	02/08/1955
The Complete Joe Newman RCA-Victor Recordings (1955-1956): "The Basie Days" WA	02/08/1955

Joe Newman, one of the very few musicians (other than Freddie Green) to play for long periods with Count Basie's orchestras of both the 1940s and '50s, had an unclassifiable trumpet style. Influenced early on by Louis Armstrong and more prominently by Harry "Sweets" Edison, Newman was a mainstream player who was versatile enough to hold his own with Count Basie's younger (and generally boppish) sidemen. Born to a musical family in New Orleans, Newman not only played with the college band at Alabama State College, but took over its leadership. He gained important early experience playing with Lionel Hampton's big band (1941-43) before joining Basie (1943-47). He was a featured sideman with Illinois Jacquet's popular group and also worked with J.C. Heard. Newman's second period with Basie (1952-61) gave him his greatest fame, as he shared solo space with Thad Jones. The trumpeter also recorded extensively during this era a leader for Vanguard, Storyville, Jazztone, Savoy, Coral, Roulette, Swingville and Mercury; his four near-classic RCA sessions have been reissued as a two-CD set. After leaving Basie, Newman toured the Soviet Union with Benny Goodman (1962), freelanced around New York, and became involved with Jazz Interactions (a nonprofit organization that educated youth about jazz), serving as its president starting in 1967. In later years, Joe Newman fared well at the 1972 Newport in New York jam sessions, guested with the New York Jazz Repertory Company, toured with Benny Carter, and led sessions for Black & Blue and Concord. He also founded Jazz Interactions, a New York-based organization that educated children about jazz and promoted concerts. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide