Swingin' Machine
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| Swingin' Machine | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | November 8 & 9, 1962 Atlantic Studios in NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 33:23 | |||
| Label | Atlantic SD 1398 | |||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
| Mose Allison chronology | ||||
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Swingin' Machine is an album by American pianist, vocalist and composer Mose Allison recorded for the Atlantic label in 1962.[1][2]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 21⁄2 stars with its review by Eugene Chadbourne stating, "adding horns to Allison's band just doesn't work that well. ...All the vocal tracks here are fine... In all, an enjoyable album but a bit disappointing".[3]
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated
- "Swingin' Machine" – 2:31
- "Do It" – 4:33
- "Stop This World" – 3:24
- "Promenade" – 5:10
- "If You're Goin' to the City" – 3:49
- "Saritha" – 4:58
- "I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues" (Duke Ellington, Don George) – 3:56
- "So Rare" (Jerry Herst, Jack Sharpe) – 5:02
- Recorded at Atlantic Studios in NYC on November 8 (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7) and November 9 (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 8), 1962
Personnel[edit]
- Mose Allison – piano, vocals
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone
- Jim Reider – tenor saxophone
- Addison Farmer – bass
- Frankie Dunlop – drums
References[edit]
- ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1300 series accessed September 25, 2015
- ^ Mose Allison discography accessed September 25, 2015
- ^ a b Chadbourne, Eugene. Swingin' Machine – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 25, 2015.