The Uptown Shuffle Explained

The Uptown Shuffle
Type:	live
Artist:	Vincent Herring
Cover:	Vincent Herring - The Uptown Shuffle.png
Released:	February 4, 2014
Recorded:	April 26 – 27, 2013
Venue:	Smoke Jazz & Supper Club, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	68:26
Label:	Smoke Sessions
Producer:	Paul Stache
Chronology:	Vincent Herring
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The Uptown Shuffle is an album by saxophonist Vincent Herring, which was recorded in 2013 and released the following year on the Smoke Sessions label.^[1]

Reception

Jazzwise reviewed the album stating, "the ex-Nat Adderley sideman plays a fiery Jackie Mclean-ish alto here in a quartet including the hard swinging, classy pianist Cyrus Chestnut".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Elation" (Vincent Herring) – 7:31
2. "Love Walked In" (George Gershwin,Ira Gershwin) – 5:47
3. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross,Jack Lawrence) – 10:18
4. "Uptown Shuffle" (Cyrus Chestnut) – 7:57
5. "The Atholete" (Tex Allen) – 7:49
6. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen,Johnny Burke) – 8:17
7. "Strike Up The Band" (George Gershwin,Ira Gershwin) – 7:22
8. "Don't Let It Go" (Vincent Herring) – 9:10
9. "Big Bertha" (Duke Pearson) – 4:15

Personnel

• Vincent Herring – alto saxophone
• Cyrus Chestnut – piano
• Brandi Disterheft – bass
• Joe Farnsworth – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Uptown Shuffle . 2024-07-24 . Smoke Sessions Records . en-US.
2. Web site: Harris . Selwyn . Vincent Herring: The Uptown Shuffle . 2024-07-24 . . en.