Swingtime!

Swingtime!
Swingtime!
Studio album by Canadian Brass
Released	1995
Genre	Jazz
Canadian Brass chronology

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

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.)

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.

References

Listing on Amazon USA, consulted May 25, 2012
Canadian Brass discography, consulted May 25, 2012