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Swingrass '83

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Released
  
1983 (1983)

Genre
  
Swing music

Release date
  
1983

Labels
  
Antilles Records, Island Records

Swingrass '83 is a 1983 swing/prog-bluegrass album featuring Andy Statman, Richard Greene, Marty Krystall, Peter Ivers, Fred Tackett, Peter Erskine and Buell Neidlinger.

Contents

The album consists of renditions of three songs apiece by Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk, plus a couple of group originals.

Not yet issued on CD, the album was originally issued in 1983 on Antilles Records and reissued in 1990 on Mango Records.

Track listing

  1. "Mainstem"
  2. "Subtle Sleuth"
  3. "Sophisticated Lady"
  4. "Skippy"
  5. "Bllue Buell"
  6. "Little Rootie Tootie"
  7. "Friday The 13th"
  8. "Alpha Centauri"

Reception

The group's one album has been well received by music critics. Scott Yanow said that the "unusual mixture of players" delived "a memorable set". Robert Christgau of The Village Voice called the album the "left-field instrumental of the year".

Releases

  • Antilles Records - 1983 LP
  • Mango Records- 1990 LP

    • References

    Swingrass '83 Wikipedia
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