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Trumpeter Frankie Newton, whose mellow and thoughtful style sometimes seemed somewhat out of place in the swing era, had a relatively brief but artistically rewarding career. He had stints with Lloyd Scott (1927-1929), <a href="spotify:artist:0yO6uTEc4R5ORLojMgfVj8">Cecil Scott</a> (1929-1930), <a href="spotify:artist:7AgtFmxbJL1wDbp7yYrzQb">Chick Webb</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3xNzMGxMGxIhGXYmQTc4iP">Elmer Snowden</a>, Charlie Johnson, and Sam Wooding, and appeared on <a href="spotify:artist:5ESobCkc6JI4tIMxQttqeg">Bessie Smith</a>'s final recording session in 1933. Newton worked with <a href="spotify:artist:4SPws2VXOmZIiRTp75mzsb">Charlie Barnet</a>'s short-lived integrated band in 1936 and with <a href="spotify:artist:6RcS0R1ApjQDjEnMMMeoVa">Teddy Hill</a>, before briefly becoming closely associated with bassist <a href="spotify:artist:35MId59wx5Xyn6zlxGOfJy">John Kirby</a> and his associates. The eventual <a href="spotify:artist:35MId59wx5Xyn6zlxGOfJy">John Kirby Sextet</a> would have been the logical place for the trumpeter, but a falling out in 1937 ended up with the younger <a href="spotify:artist:1yOf0GbMOo9zdD2FF0rUoK">Charlie Shavers</a> getting the spot in the commercially successful group. Newton instead played for <a href="spotify:artist:4GzwfOVrQUpjqLUlGLrOZY">Mezz Mezzrow</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4tdVYQWfsBth04tc1mmQ23">Lucky Millinder</a>, led a few record dates (including participating in a set for Hugues Panassie), and worked at Cafe Society, accompanying <a href="spotify:artist:1YzCsTRb22dQkh9lghPIrp">Billie Holiday</a> on several of her records (most notably "Strange Fruit"). As the 1940s progressed, Newton became less interested in music and gradually faded from the scene, painting more than playing, dying a forgotten and under-utilized talent. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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