Swingtime! Explained

Swingtime!
Type:	studio
Artist:	Canadian Brass
Cover:	Swingtime!.jpg
Genre:	Jazz
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Swingtime! is an album by the Canadian Brass, released in 1995. The album featured arrangements of several jazz standards.

Track listing

1. "Artistry in Rhythm" (Stan Kenton) (5:05)
2. "Blue Rondo a la Turk" (Dave Brubeck) (4:29)
3. "Back Home in Indiana" (James F. Hanley-Ballard MacDonald) (3:13)
4. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) (3:00)
5. "'Round about Midnight" (Thelonious Monk-Cootie Williams-Bert Hanighen) (5:03)
6. "At the Woodchopper's Ball" (Joe Bishop-Woody Herman) (3:21)
7. "The Lady is a Tramp" (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) (3:45)
8. "Sugar Blues" (Clarence Williams-Lucy Fletcher) (2:47)
9. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin) (3:32)
10. "Whatever Happened To The Dream" (Luther Henderson) (2:48)
11. "Concierto de Aranjuez" (Joaquin Rodrigo) (9:10)
12. "I Found Love" (Chris Dedrick) (3:35)
13. "Ellington Medley" (4:03)
- (a) "Mood Indigo" (Duke Ellington-Barney Bigard-Irving Mills)
- (b) "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington-Bob Russell)
- (c) "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn)
14. "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) (4:39)

(Tracks 1, 6, 13 and 14 arranged by Don Sebesky. Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12 arranged by Chris Dedrick. Tracks 3 and 8 arranged by Luther Henderson.)

Personnel

The Canadian Brass:

Charles Daellenbach

tuba

Fred Mills

trumpet

David Ohanian: horn
Ronald Romm

trumpet

Eugene Watts

trombone

Also featuring:

Warren Bernhardt

piano on tracks 2 and 5; keyboards on tracks 1, 16, 13 and 14

Natalie Cenovia Cummins

violin on tracks 5 and 11

Crystal Garner

viola on tracks 5 and 11

Gordon Gottlieb

percussion on tracks 1, 2, 6, 11, 13 and 14

Evan Johnson: violin on tracks 5 and 11
Karen Karlsrud

violin on tracks 5 and 11

Maria Kitsopoulos

cello on tracks 5 and 11

John Miller

bass on tracks 1, 5, 6, 11, 13 and 14

Richard Stoltzman

clarinet on track 6

Joe Taylor: guitar on track 14
Belinda Whitney-Barratt

violin on tracks 5 and 11

Ronnie Zito

drums on tracks 1, 5, 6, 13 and 14

The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars appear on tracks 1, 6, 13 and 14. The personnel for this ensemble is as follows:

Don Sebesky

leader

Neil Balm

trumpet

Warren Bernhardt: keyboard
Gene Bertoncini

guitar

Rick Baptist

trumpet

Bob Carlisle

French horn on tracks 1 & 13

Larry Farrell

trombone

Paul Faulise

bass trombone

Lawrence Feldman

alto sax, flute, piccolo and clarinet on tracks 6 & 14

Peter Gordon

French horn on tracks 1 & 13

Gordon Gottlieb: percussion
Ken Hitchcock

tenor sax, bass clarinet and clarinet on tracks 6 & 14

Tony Kadleck

trumpet

Jeff Lang

French horn on tracks 1 & 13

John Miller: bass
Kevin O'Quinn

trombone

Joe Passaro

percussion

Roger Rosenberg

bass clarinet, baritone sax and flute on tracks 6 & 14

Dave Tofani

tenor sax, flute and clarinet on tracks 6 & 14

Chuck Wilson

also sax, flute and clarinet on tracks 6 & 14

Ronnie Zito: drums

Three tracks on this album also feature archival jazz recordings from the 1950s:

"Night and Day" features a performance from the Zoot Sims Quartet, recorded at the Vogue Studios in Paris in 1950. The lineup was: Zoot Sims: tenor saxophone, Gerry Wiggins: piano, Pierre Michelot: bass, Kenny Clarke: drums.
"The Lady Is a Tramp" features a performance from the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, recorded live at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on June 3, 1954. The lineup was: Gerry Mulligan: baritone sax, Bob Brookmeyer: valve trombone, Red Mitchell: bass, Frank Isola: drums.
"The Man I Love" features a performance by Roy Eldridge, recorded at the Vogue Studios in Paris on June 9, 1950. The lineup for this performance was: Roy Eldridge: trumpet, Zoot Sims: tenor saxophone, Dick Hyman: piano, Pierre Michelot: bass, Ed Shaughnessy: drums.

The album was produced and mixed by Steve Vining.

References

Listing on Amazon USA, consulted May 25, 2012
Canadian Brass discography, consulted May 25, 2012