Released: 21/08/26
Muddy Waters at Newport 1960 captures Muddy Waters' electrifying performance at the Newport Jazz Festival on 3 July 1960. Produced by Leonard Chess, the album showcases Waters leading an exceptional band through a powerful set of electric Chicago blues, featuring Otis Spann on piano, James Cotton on harmonica, Pat Hare on guitar, Andrew Stephenson on bass, and Francis Clay on drums.
Highlights include a rousing performance of "Got My Mojo Working" and the closing "Goodbye Newport Blues," sung by Otis Spann with lyrics by Langston Hughes. More than a live album, it stands as a landmark recording that introduced Muddy Waters' dynamic stage show to a wider festival audience.
Part of the Chess Records Acoustic Sounds Series, this audiophile reissue is remastered from the original analogue tapes, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings (QRP), and presented in a deluxe tip-on gatefold sleeve.