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Dance to the City Beat

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Released
  
1959

Release date
  
1959

Genre
  
Jazz

Artist
  
Kai Winding

Label
  
Hallmark Records

Recorded
  
November 11, 1958 and January 5 & 16, 1959New York City

Dance to the City Beat(1959)
  
The Great Kai & J. J.(1960)

Jazz albums
  
The Incredible Kai Windi, Playboys, Dave Brubeck and Jay

Dance to the City Beat is an album by American jazz trombonist Kai Winding featuring performances recorded in late 1958 and early 1959 for the Columbia label. The album features tunes relating to American cities.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

  1. "(Sidewalks of) Manhattan" (Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:06
  2. "Lower Boneville" (Kai Winding) - 2:48
  3. "St. Louis Blues"(W. C. Handy) - 3:38
  4. "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 2:52
  5. "Moon Over Miami" (Joe Burke, Edgar Leslie) - 2:08
  6. "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" (Warren, Al Dubin) - 2:37
  7. "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo" (Warren, Gordon) - 2:54
  8. "Charleston" (James P. Johnson, Cecil Mack) - 3:09
  9. "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (Warren, Johnny Mercer) - 3:03
  10. "Cha Cha Chicago" (Fred Fisher) - 2:36
  11. "Mobile" (David Holt, Robert Wells) - 2:58
  12. "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas" (Phil Baxter) - 2:56
  • Recorded in New York City on November 11, 1958 (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10), January 5, 1959 (tracks 2, 3, 8 & 9) and January 16, 1959 (tracks 6, 7, 11 & 12).

    • Personnel

  • Kai Winding – trombone, arranger
  • Frank Rehak – trombone
  • Dick Hixon, Rod Levitt - bass trombone
  • Al Epstein – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10)
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10)
  • Joe Benjamin (tracks 2, 3, 8 & 9), Milt Hinton (tracks 1, 4-7 & 10-12) – bass
  • Osie Johnson (tracks 1, 4-7 & 10-12), Charlie Persip (tracks 2, 3, 8 & 9) – drums
  • Johnny Pacheco – congas, bongos (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10)

    • Songs

    1(Sidewalks Of) Manhattan3:06
    2Lower Boneville2:48
    3St Louis Blues3:38

    References

    Dance to the City Beat Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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