Released 1960 Artist Roy Eldridge Producer Norman Granz Genre Jazz | Length 36:37 Release date 1960 Label Verve Records | |
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Recorded June 2 & 3, 1960
New York City Swingin' on the Town
(1960) Saturday Night Fish Fry
(1962) Similar Happy Time, Rockin' Chair, Urbane Jazz, Roy and Diz, Live At the Opera House | ||
Swingin' on the Town is an album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge recorded in 1960 and released on the Verve label.
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Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Eldridge is the focus here, and his performances are supple, swinging and charming. He doesn't do anything out of the ordinary, but he delivers the expected with grace. Not a major album in his catalog, but certainly an enjoyable one".
Track listing
- "Bossa Nova" (Roy Eldridge) - 2:47
- "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) - 2:26
- "Sweet Sue, Just You" (Victor Young, Will J. Harris) - 2:28
- "I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:25
- "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 3:03
- "Crème de Menthe" (Erroll Garner) - 2:40
- "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) - 4:18
- "All the Things You Are" (Kern, Hammerstein II) - 3:30
- "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 3:48
- "But Not for Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 3:18
- "Song of the Islands" (Charles E. King) - 3:07
- "Misty" (Garner, Johnny Burke) - 2:45
Personnel
References
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