Rags and All that Jazz explained

Rags and All that Jazz
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Swingle II
Cover:	Swingles_2_Rags_&_All_that_Jazz.jpg
Released:	1975
Genre:	Ragtime, jazz, a cappella
Label:	CBS
Producer:	Ward Swingle & Terry Edwards
Prev Title:	Words and Music
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Lovin' You: Words and Music Vol. 2
Next Year:	1976

Rags and All that Jazz is the third album by the London-based Swingle II singers released in 1975 on the CBS label. All tracks from this album were also included in the 2009 Sony Classical compilation, Swing Sing.^[1] The original Paris-based The Swingle Singers recorded regularly for Philips in the 1960s and early 1970s and the successor London-based group (Swingle II) continued to record, for Columbia/CBS, Virgin Classics and other record labels from 1974 to the present.

Track listing

• All lyrics by Tony Vincent Isaacs

Side 1

1. "Hotshot” (Scott Joplin) - 2:25
2. "The Wanderer (Solace)" (Scott Joplin) - 3:45
3. "Movie Star (Kansas City Stomp)” (F. ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton) - 2:10
4. "In a Mist" (Leon ‘Bix’ Beiderbecke) - 4:25
5. ”Mr. Superman (Elite Syncopations)” (Scott Joplin) - 2:12

Side 2

1. "Alligator Crawl" (Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller) - 3:00
2. "Heliotrope Bouquet” (Scott Joplin) - 2:48
3. "Chicago Breakdown” (F. ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton) - 3:20
4. "Grandpa’s Spells" (F. ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton) - 1:48
5. "Weeping Willow" (Scott Joplin) - 3:48

Singers

• Olive Simpson & Catherine Bott – sopranos
• Carol Hall & Linda Hirst – mezzo-sopranos
• John Potter & Ward Swingle – tenors
• John Lubbock & David Beavan - basses

Musicians

• Patrick Gowers – keyboards
• Allan Walley – bass guitar and double bass
• Tony McVey - drums

Production

• Arrangements and adaptions: Ward Swingle
• Producers: Ward Swingle & Terry Edwards
• Engineer: Steve Taylor
• Album art direction: Roslav Szaybo (CBS Records)
• Album design/montage: Keith Davis

Notes and References

1. http://jazzhistoryonline.com/Swingle_Discography.html Swingle Singers Discography at jazzhistoryonline.com