Swing, Swang, Swingin'

Swing, Swang, Swingin'
Studio album by Jackie McLean
Released 1960
Recorded October 2, 1959
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length 38:13
Label Blue Note
BST 84024
Producer Alfred Lion
Jackie McLean chronology
New Soil
(1959)		 Swing, Swang, Swingin'
(1959)		 Capuchin Swing
(1960)

Swing, Swang, Swingin' is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1959 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] It was released on CD only in Japan.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Perhaps as a result of Blue Note's more prepared, professional approach to recording sessions, McLean sounds invigorated here, catapulting each melody forward before launching into a series of impassioned improvisations... Swing, Swang, Swingin' may not be as groundbreaking as McLean's more modernist work, but it's a solid session from an artist just beginning an incredible hot streak".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jackie McLean except as indicated

  1. "What's New?" (Burke, Haggart) - 5:19
  2. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Berlin) - 4:51
  3. "Stablemates" (Golson) - 5:47
  4. "I Remember You" (Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 5:16
  5. "I Love You" (Porter) - 5:10
  6. "I'll Take Romance" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Oakland) - 5:49
  7. "116th and Lenox" - 6:01

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Jackie McLean discography accessed October 15, 2010
  2. ^ a b Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 15, 2010