Joe Newman - A.M. Romp (1961).

“Good ’n’ Groovy“ is an album by trumpeter Joe Newman with saxophonist Frank Foster recorded in 1961 and originally released on the Swingville label. AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating “This was the second of Joe Newman’s three dates he led under the Swingville banner“. ___________________________________________ 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. Newman was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 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. 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