Dance to the City Beat explained

Dance to the City Beat
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Kai Winding Trombones
Cover:	Dance_to_the_City_Beat.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	November 11, 1958 and January 5 & 16, 1959 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Columbia CL 1329 / CS 8136
Chronology:	Kai Winding
Prev Title:	The Swingin' States
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	The Great Kai & J. J.
Next Year:	1960

Dance to the City Beat is an album by American jazz trombonist Kai Winding featuring performances recorded in late 1958 and early 1959 for the Columbia label.^[1] The album features tunes relating to American cities.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

1. "(Sidewalks of) Manhattan" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:06
2. "Lower Boneville" (Kai Winding) - 2:48
3. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 3:38
4. "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 2:52
5. "Moon Over Miami" (Joe Burke, Edgar Leslie) - 2:08
6. "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" (Warren, Al Dubin) - 2:37
7. "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo" (Warren, Gordon) - 2:54
8. "Charleston" (James P. Johnson, Cecil Mack) - 3:09
9. "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (Warren, Johnny Mercer) - 3:03
10. "Cha Cha Chicago" (Fred Fisher) - 2:36
11. "Mobile" (David Holt, Robert Wells) - 2:58
12. "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas" (Phil Baxter) - 2:56

• Recorded in New York City on November 11, 1958 (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10), January 5, 1959 (tracks 2, 3, 8 & 9) and January 16, 1959 (tracks 6, 7, 11 & 12).

Personnel

• Kai Winding  - trombone, arranger
• Frank Rehak  - trombone
  • Dick Hixon, Rod Levitt - bass trombone Al Epstein  - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10)
• Hank Jones  - piano
• Barry Galbraith  - guitar (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10)
• Joe Benjamin (tracks 2, 3, 8 & 9), Milt Hinton (tracks 1, 4-7 & 10-12)  - bass
• Osie Johnson (tracks 1, 4-7 & 10-12), Charlie Persip (tracks 2, 3, 8 & 9)  - drums
• Johnny Pacheco  - congas, bongos (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10)

Notes and References

1. Payne, D. Kai Winding discography accessed July 11, 2016