Swingtime!

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Swingtime! is an album by the Canadian Brass, released in 1995. The album featured new arrangements of several jazz standards.

[edit] Personnel

The Canadian Brass:

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.

[edit] Track listing

(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.)