I'm Still Swinging

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I'm Still Swinging
I'm Still Swinging.jpg
Studio album by
The Joe Newman Octet
Released1956
RecordedOctober 3 & 4, 1955
Webster Hall, New York City
GenreJazz
Length37:33
LabelRCA Victor
LPM 1198
ProducerJack Lewis
Joe Newman chronology
The Count's Men
(1955)
I'm Still Swinging
(1956)
New Sounds in Swing
(1956)

I'm Still Swinging is an album by jazz trumpeter Joe Newman's Octet recorded in 1955 for the RCA Victor label.[1] The album features cover art by Andy Warhol.[2]

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[3]

Track listing[]

  1. "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" (Irving Berlin) - 2:41
  2. "You Can Depend on Me" (Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines) - 3:33
  3. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) - 3:38
  4. "It's Bad for Me" (Cole Porter) - 3:19
  5. "Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 3:15
  6. "Shameful Roger" (Manny Albam) - 2:46
  7. "The Daughter of Miss Thing" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:35
  8. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 3:04
  9. "Sweethearts on Parade" (Carmen Lombardo, Charles Newman) - 2:41
  10. "Slats" (Joe Newman, Wilkins) - 3:51
  11. "Lament for a Lost Love" (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) - 3:11
  12. "Perfidia" (Alberto Domínguez, Milton Leeds) - 2:50
  • Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on October 3 (tracks 1, 2, 6 & 8-12) and October 4 (tracks 3-5 & 7), 1955

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Discogs Album Entry accessed November 30, 2015
  2. ^ The Early Jazz Album Covers of Andy Warhol accessed November 30, 2015
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Allmusic listing, accessed November 30, 2015
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