Swingin' for the Fences
| Swingin' For The Fences | ||||
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| Studio album by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band | ||||
| Released | January 23, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Silverline | |||
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Swingin' For The Fences was the first album by the supergroup Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band. Released in 2001, the album quickly became one of the most popular jazz albums of the last 20 years. The album features many acclaimed players and soloists. The tracks are:
- Sing, Sang, Sung
- Count Bubba
- Samba Del Gringo
- Bach 2 Part Invention in D minor
- I Remember
- Swingin' For The Fences
- Mueva Los Huesos (Shake Your Bones) [featuring Arturo Sandoval]
- Second Chances
- There's the Rub
- A Few Good Men
Many of the songs composed for this album were based on compositions by a variety of jazz legends.
- "Sing, Sang, Sung" being based on "Sing, Sing, Sing" as recorded by Benny Goodman
- "Swingin' For The Fences", which is based on Sammy Nestico's arrangement of "Sweet Georgia Brown".
- "Bach 2 Part Invention in D minor" is a jazz adaptation of J. S. Bach's 2-part invention in D minor, originally published in Inventions and Sinfonias (BWV 772-801). On the Swingin' For The Fences album, the soloists are Eddie Daniels on clarinet, Tim Cox on piano, and Bernie Dresel on drums. In the audio commentary of the album, Goodwin describes the "Bach 2 Part Invention in D minor" as his favorite and best-composed track.