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Swing (album)

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Released
  
1997

Label
  
Atlantic

Genre
  
Vocal jazz

Swing (1997)
  
Boy from New York City and Other Hits (1997)

Swing is a studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer in 1997 on the Atlantic Records label. This album is a collection of 1930's and 1940s swing music with The Manhattan Transfer's jazz twist. The album also features a guest appearance by Stéphane Grappelli, one of his last recordings before his death.

Contents

Guest artists

  • Sing Moten's Swing, A-Tisket, A-Tasket, and Java Jive were recorded with Asleep At The Wheel.
  • Sing A Study In Brown, Topsy, and Nuages were recorded with The Rosenberg Trio. Nuages also features Stephane Grappelli.
  • Ricky Skaggs is featured on Skyliner and It's Good Enough To Keep.
  • Mark O'Connor is featured on I Know Why, It's Good Enough To Keep, and Choo Choo Ch' Boogie.
  • Many of the tracks feature lyrics by Jon Hendricks. The re-mix engineer was Ed Cherney and the album was produced by Tim Hauser.

    • Cover Art

    The cover art for Swing comes from a matchbook cover advertising "Hollywood's Jitterbug House" which was located at 875 North Vine Street in Hollywood. This venue featured Louis Prima and his band.

    References

    Swing (album) Wikipedia
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