Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac Explained

Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
Type:Live album
Artist:Dizzy Gillespie
Border:yes
Released:1967
Recorded:May 25 & 26, 1967
Genre:Jazz
Length:33:07
Label:Impulse!
Producer:Bob Thiele
Chronology:Dizzy Gillespie
Prev Title:The Melody Lingers On
Prev Year:1966
Next Title:Live at the Village Vanguard
Next Year:1967

Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac is a live album by American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3 stars stating "A strangely popular album for Dizzy Gillespie, Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac represents a period in his career where he was adapting to the times, keeping his goof factor on board, and individually playing as well as he ever had... This is not an essential listing in the vast discography of such a great jazz artist, but remains a curiosity in his collection, especially considering the two-day time frame where much more music could have been considered to be issued. It is not to be completely ignored, but less worthy than many of his other seminal groundbreaking recordings".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

  1. "Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac" – 7:17
  2. "Mas que Nada" (Jorge Ben) – 6:15
  3. "Bye" – 1:15
  4. "Something in Your Smile" (Leslie Bricusse) – 2:40
  5. "Kush" – 15:50

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9100-series/#as-9149 Impulse! Records discography
  2. Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed April 12, 2011