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Live and Swinging

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Released
  
1967

Live and Swinging (1967)
  
Everywhere (1968)

Release date
  
1967

Genre
  
Jazz

Producer
  
Richard Bock

Artist
  
Gerald Wilson

Label
  
Pacific Jazz Records

Recorded
  
March 31 and April 1, 1967 Marty's on the Hill, Los Angeles, CA

Similar
  
Gerald Wilson albums, Jazz albums

Live and Swinging (subtitled The Gerald Wilson Orchestra Plays Standards and Blues) is a live album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 1967 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic rated the album with 4 stars.

Track listing

All coompositions by Gerald Wilson except as indicated

  1. "Paper Man" (Charles Tolliver) - 6:46
  2. "I Should Care" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) - 3:27
  3. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 4:10
  4. "The "It's" Where It's At" - 5:38
  5. "Blues for a Scorpio" - 5:52
  6. "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 5:17
  7. "Misty" (Errol Garner) - 3:03
  8. "Viva Tirado" - 7:46
  • Recorded at Marty's on the Hill in Los Angeles, CA on March 31, 1967 (tracks 2, 3 & 7) and April 1, 1967 (tracks 1, 4-6 & 8)

    • Personnel

  • Gerald Wilson - arranger, conductor
  • Gary Barone, Dick Forrest, Larry McGuire, Al Porcino, Alex Rodriguez, Charles Tolliver - trumpet
  • Mike Barone, Thurman Green, Lester Robinson - trombone
  • Don Switzer - bass trombone
  • Ramon Bojorquez, Anthony Ortega - alto saxophone
  • Hadley Caliman, Harold Land - tenor saxophone
  • Howard Johnson - baritone saxophone, tuba
  • Phil Moore III - piano
  • Jack Wilson - organ
  • Buddy Woodson - bass
  • Carl Lott - drums

    • References

    Live and Swinging Wikipedia
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