Swingville
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| Recorded | 1964 |
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| Label | Swingville |
| Catalog | SVLP 2025 |
| Released | 1964 |
| Personnel | 20 credited players |
| Discogs | master 1017639 |
The record
A reissue with a personnel list that runs to twenty names: Coleman Hawkins's tenor alongside Buddy Tate and Al Sears, Hilton Jefferson on alto, clarinets from Pee Wee Russell and Jimmy Hamilton, trombones from Vic Dickenson and J.C. Higginbotham, trumpets from Joe Newman and Joe Thomas. Hamilton and Sears also arranged. Rudy Van Gelder engineered, Joe Goldberg wrote the notes. Swingville SVLP 2025, five tracks.
Tracks
- So Glad
- Cool Sunrise
- I Want To Be Happy
- Jammin' In Swingville
- Years Ago
Session personnel
- Hilton Jefferson — Alto Saxophone
- Joe Benjamin — Bass
- Wendell Marshall — Bass
- Pee Wee Russell — Clarinet
- Jimmy Hamilton — Clarinet, Arranged By
- Bill English — Drums
- J.C. Heard — Drums
- Rudy Van Gelder — Engineer
- Danny Barker — Guitar
- Tiny Grimes — Guitar
- Joe Goldberg — Liner Notes
- Claude Hopkins — Piano
- Cliff Jackson — Piano
- Buddy Tate — Tenor Saxophone
- Coleman Hawkins — Tenor Saxophone
- Al Sears — Tenor Saxophone, Arranged By
- J.C. Higginbotham — Trombone
- Vic Dickenson — Trombone
- Joe Newman — Trumpet
- Joe Thomas (4) — Trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1961 | Prestige Swingville · SVLP 2025 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1964 | Prestige · SVLP 2025 — Vinyl LP Album Reissue |
| 1975 | Prestige · PR4372 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
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