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Released
  
1963

Artist
  
Mose Allison

Producer
  
Nesuhi Ertegun

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
33:23

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
Collectables Records

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Recorded
  
November 8 & 9, 1962 Atlantic Studios in NYC

Swingin' Machine (1963)
  
The Word from Mose (1964)

Similar
  
I Don't Worry About a T, I Love the Life I Live, The Best of Mose Allison, The Word from Mose, Allison Wonderland Anthology

Swingin' Machine is an album by American pianist, vocalist and composer Mose Allison recorded for the Atlantic label in 1962.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars with its review by Eugene Chadbourne stating, "adding horns to Allison's band just doesn't work that well. ...All the vocal tracks here are fine... In all, an enjoyable album but a bit disappointing".

Track listing

All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated

  1. "Swingin' Machine" - 2:31
  2. "Do It" - 4:33
  3. "Stop This World" - 3:24
  4. "Promenade" - 5:10
  5. "If You're Goin' to the City" - 3:49
  6. "Saritha" - 4:58
  7. "I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues" (Duke Ellington, Don George) - 3:56
  8. "So Rare" (Jerry Herst, Jack Sharpe) - 5:02
  • Recorded at Atlantic Studios in NYC on November 8 (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7) and November 9 (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 8), 1962

    • Personnel

  • Mose Allison - piano, vocals
  • Jimmy Knepper - trombone
  • Jim Reider - tenor saxophone
  • Addison Farmer - bass
  • Frankie Dunlop - drums

    • Songs

    1Swingin' Machine2:29
    2Do It4:35
    3Stop This World3:25

    References

    Swingin' Machine Wikipedia
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