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The Swingin's Mutual!

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Released
  
1961

Release date
  
1961

Label
  
Capitol Records

Artist
  
Nancy Wilson

Producer
  
Pete Welding

Genres
  
Jazz, Vocal jazz


Recorded
  
June 29 and July 5–6, 1960, and January 7, 1961 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood

The Swingin's Mutual! (1961)
  
Concerto for My Love (1962)

The Swingin's Mutual! (1961)
  
Hello Young Lovers (1962)

Similar
  
Nancy Wilson albums, Jazz albums

The Swingin's Mutual! is an album by the George Shearing quintet, accompanied by the vocalist Nancy Wilson.

Contents

The initial Billboard review from March 13, 1961 commented of Wilson's singing that "These are standout renditions by the youthful thrush, in which she offers fanciful, stylised and sometimes moody interpretations as "Born to Be Blue", "The Things We Did Last Summer", "Let's Live Again" and "On Green Dolphin Street".

Track listing

  1. "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:41
  2. "All Night Long" (Curtis Reginald Lewis) – 3:06
  3. "Gentleman Friend" (Arnold B. Horwitt, Richard Lewine) – 2:03
  4. "Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 2:14
  5. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 2:35
  6. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 2:22
  7. "Let's Live Again" (Milt Raskin, George Shearing) – 2:21
  8. "Whisper Not" (Golson) – 2:50
  9. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Washington) – 2:58
  10. "Evansville" (Marjorie Ericsson) – 2:03
  11. "Don't Call Me" (Ericsson) – 2:46
  12. "Inspiration" (George Shearing) – 2:14
  13. "You Are There" Cy Walter, Chilton Ryan) – 2:08
  14. "Wait till You See Her" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:49
  15. "Blue Lou" (Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson) – 2:16
  16. "Oh! Look at Me Now" (Joe Bushkin, John De Vries) – 2:11
  17. "Lullaby of Birdland" (Shearing, George David Weiss) – 2:22

Performance

  • Nancy Wilson – vocals
  • The George Shearing Quintet:
  • George Shearing – piano
  • Dick Garcia – guitar
  • Warren Chiasson – vibraphone
  • Ralph Pena – double bass
  • Armando Peraza – percussion
  • Vernel Fournier – drums

    • Production

  • Michael Cuscuna – producer
  • Pete Welding – producer, liner notes

    • Songs

    1The Things We Did Last SummerThe George Shearing Quintet2:45
    2All Night LongThe George Shearing Quintet3:07
    3My Gentleman FriendThe George Shearing Quintet2:03

    References

    The Swingin's Mutual! Wikipedia
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