1958, July 6 Saturday - afternoon - Newport Newport Jazz Festival Concert - Live recorded
TONY SCOTT QUARTET
Tony Scott(bs), Eric Dolphy (as) John Pisano (g)Chico Hamilton(dr) Hal Gaylor (b)

At this year's Newport Jazz Festival; the afternoon was filled with panel discussions and concert; the evening with more concerts and Tony Scott. Musicians, critics and fans were hard-pressed for sleep. It got to a point where even the mornings were in jeopardy. Today Scott's after hours sessions, either at the Lorillard home or the Beach Hotel, seemed to get better as night turned into day; many of us hesitant to make our way "home" for what might "happen" in our absence. Said Billboard reporter Bob Rolontz: "Next year - a private festival for Tony Scott." Some are of the opinion that the finest jazz at the festival was played at the after hours bashes Don Nelsen, jazz critic for the New York Daily News, said of one of the sessions at the Lorillard diggings: "The best music of the entire four days was produced at this small session put together by Tony Scott... They wailed for hours and it was jazz of beauty, vitality end intensity. It was, to put it mildly, tremendous, and alone worth the trip to Newport." During the four-day jam extravaganza, Scott and I spent a lot of time together, talking of this and that, but mostly of the past. How it used to be when sessions were looked forward to, and jazz musicians weren't as cliquish; when "blowing" was the thing, not cutting anyone or playing a particular way. Scott is concerned with this tradition. That is why he and his ilk seek out or create sessions wherever they might be. They love and are dedicated to playing.
from 52nd Street - Coral LP 57239 record's liner notes
52nd Street: A Tradition by Burt Korall

1983 - NN magazine p.4, 5
A statement from the producer
by George T. Wein

Think of this program on Sunday afternoon, July 7, 1958: The Tony Scott Quartet, with Jimmy Knepper and Tiny Grimes, Les Jazz Modes with Julius Watkins and Charlie Rouse, Anita O' Day with Jimmy Jones on piano, Lee Konitz with a trio, the Billy Taylor Trio, The Sonny Rollins trio, The Thelonious Monk trio, Sal Salvadore with the Sonny Stitt Quintet, the Horace Silver Quintet.
As I look at this program, I find it difficult to believe it really happened. But it did.

1958, July 7 -Daily News
Kittens outplay Cats at Newport
by Don Nelsen

For the last four days the sounds of good and not-so good jazz have peppered the air of this society-encrusted town. They were provided by some 180 musicians who tooled in from all over the world to participate in the fifth annual Newport jazz Festival. The festival divided into four evening and three afternoon concerts, was dominated by modern jazzmen, but the traditional and the swing contingents are well represented by such war-horses as Louis Armstrong, jack Teagarden, Peewee Russell and the bands of Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. Although the programming and sound system were far superior to those of last year, the music was generally disappointing. The widely ballyhooed appearance of Ellington and Goodman came a cropper. Duke's outfit played with little sense of cohesion and though the Goodman band swung hard on such chestnuts as 'Sing Sing Sing', and ' And the Angel sing'' Benny himself did little more than noodle a few cliched variations. Much better were the afternoon sessions, which presented the younger, less established musicians. High points were the Herb Pomeroy band, the Jimmy Giuffre Three and the Randy Weston Trio.

The best music of the entire four days was produced at
a small session put together by clarinetist Tony Scott

For this, Scott abandoned his regular instrument and took a baritone sax in hand.
His associates in the venture were drummer Chico Hamilton, alto saxophonist Eric Dolphy, guitarist John Pisano, and bassist Hal Gaylor. They wailed for four hours and it was jazz of a rare intensity. It was , to put in mildly, tremendous and alone worth the trip to Newport.