A Grand Night for Swinging

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Released 1957 A Grand Night for Swinging (1957) Porgy & Bess (1958) Release date 1957 Label Original Jazz Classics		Length 37:56 Artist Mundell Lowe Producer Orrin Keepnews Genre Jazz

Recorded March 7 and April 10, 1957 Reeves Sound Studios, New York City Similar Mundell Lowe albums, Jazz albums

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A Grand Night for Swinging is an album by American jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.

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Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "A Grand Night for Swinging will be a real treat for fans unfamiliar with Lowe's earlier work, and a satisfying selection for fans of good jazz guitar".

Track listing

"It's a Grand Night for Swinging" (Billy Taylor) - 4:22
"Blues Before Freud" (Mundell Lowe) - 7:18
"Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) - 7:19
"It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 2:53
"Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 3:35
"You Turned the Tables on Me" (Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell) - 5:37
"Crazy Rhythm" (Irving Caesar, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Joseph Meyer) - 6:52

Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on March 7 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7) April 10 (tracks 2, 5 & 6), 1957

Personnel

Mundell Lowe - guitar

Billy Taylor - piano

Les Grinage - bass

Ed Thigpen - drums

Gene Quill - alto saxophone (tracks 2, 5 & 6)

Songs

1It's a Grand Night for Swingin'4:22
2Blues Before Freud7:19
3Easy to Love7:20

References

A Grand Night for Swinging Wikipedia

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