I'm Still Swinging
1956 studio album by The Joe Newman Octet
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Studio album by The Joe Newman Octet | ||||
Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | October 3 & 4, 1955 Webster Hall, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 37:33 | |||
Label | RCA Victor LPM 1198 | |||
Producer | Jack Lewis | |||
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I'm Still Swinging is an album by jazz trumpeter Joe Newman's Octet recorded in 1955 for the RCA Victor label.[1] The album features cover art by Andy Warhol.[2]
Reception
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[3]
Track listing
- "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" (Irving Berlin) - 2:41
- "You Can Depend on Me" (Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines) - 3:33
- "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) - 3:38
- "It's Bad for Me" (Cole Porter) - 3:19
- "Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 3:15
- "Shameful Roger" (Manny Albam) - 2:46
- "The Daughter of Miss Thing" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:35
- "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 3:04
- "Sweethearts on Parade" (Carmen Lombardo, Charles Newman) - 2:41
- "Slats" (Joe Newman, Wilkins) - 3:51
- "Lament for a Lost Love" (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) - 3:11
- "Perfidia" (Alberto Domínguez, Milton Leeds) - 2:50
- Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on October 3 (tracks 1, 2, 6 & 8-12) and October 4 (tracks 3-5 & 7), 1955
Personnel
- Joe Newman- trumpet
- Urbie Green - trombone
- Gene Quill - alto saxophone
- Al Cohn - tenor saxophone
- Dick Katz - piano
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Eddie Jones - bass
- Shadow Wilson - drums
References
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Joe Newman
- All I Wanna Do Is Swing (1955)
- The Count's Men (1955)
- I'm Still Swinging (1955)
- New Sounds in Swing (1956)
- Salute to Satch (1956)
- I Feel Like a Newman (1956)
- The Midgets (1956)
- Locking Horns (1957)
- The Happy Cats (1957)
- Soft Swingin' Jazz (1958)
- Joe Newman with Woodwinds (1958)
- Jive at Five (1960)
- Good 'n' Groovy (1961)
- Joe's Hap'nin's (1961)
- Hangin' Out (1961)
- Counting Five in Sweden (1958)
- Joe Newman Quintet at Count Basie's (1961)