Bigger & Better
Bigger & Better is an album by American saxophonist David Newman featuring performances recorded in 1968 for the Atlantic label.
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "The sessions that resulted in Bigger & Better feature Newman with a string section and studio musicians for forgettable versions of two Beatles songs, a pair of Sam Cooke R&B pieces and a couple of lesser items".Track listing
- "Yesterday" - 4:03
- "And I Love Her" - 5:46
- "The Thirteenth Floor" - 5:56
- "Ain't That Good News" - 3:46
- "A Change Is Gonna Come" - 5:35
- "For Sylvia" - 6:43
Personnel
- David Newman - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
- Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman, Jimmy Owens - trumpet
- Benny Powell - trombone
- Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone
- Henry Haywood, Jerome Richardson - baritone saxophone
- George Stubbs - piano
- Billy Butler, Eric Gale - guitar
- Richard Davis - bass
- Chuck Rainey - electric bass
- Bernard Purdie - drums
- Winston Collymore, Leo Cruczek, Richard Elias, Emanuel Green, Leo Kahn, Gene Orloff, Matthew Raimondi - violin
- Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke - viola
- Kermit Moore - cello