Swing Time! Explained

Swing Time!
Type:Studio
Artist:Claude Hopkins with Budd Johnson and Vic Dickenson
Cover:Swing Time!.jpg
Released:1963
Recorded:May 22, 1963
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:Jazz
Length:38:14
Label:Swingville
SVLP 2041
Producer:Don Schlitten
Chronology:Claude Hopkins
Prev Title:Let's Jam
Prev Year:1961
Next Title:The Jazz Giants
Next Year:1968

Swing Time! is an album by pianist Claude Hopkins with saxophonist Budd Johnson and trombonist Vic Dickenson recorded in 1963 and originally released by the Swingville label.[1] [2]

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and the review by Scott Yanow stated "The most surprising aspect to these combo dates is that Hopkins hardly strides at all and comes across as a Teddy Wilson-inspired swing pianist. Much of the time he is in the background, with the success of the sessions really due to the fine playing of the horns. Trombonist Vic Dickenson and tenor saxophonist Budd Johnson play at the high level one would expect".

Track listing

  1. "I Cried for You" (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman) – 5:42
  2. "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald) – 6:14
  3. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 6:16
  4. "Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:45
  5. "Mitzi" (Claude Hopkins) – 5:02
  6. "Crying My Heart Out for You" (Hopkins, J. C. Johnson) – 4:25
  7. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 5:50

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Swingville Label Discography, accessed May 8, 2019
  2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-swingville-2000-4000-series/#svlp-2041 Prestige Records Catalog: Swingville 2000, 4000 series