Swingtime!
Swingtime! is an album by the Canadian Brass, released in 1995. The album featured new arrangements of several jazz standards.
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.
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.)
References
Listing on Amazon USA, consulted May 25, 2012
Canadian Brass discography, consulted May 25, 2012