Dance to the City Beat
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Dance to the City Beat
| type = Album
| artist = The Kai Winding Trombones
| cover = Dance_to_the_City_Beat.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1959
| recorded = November 11, 1958 and January 5 & 16, 1959
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Columbia
CL 1329 / CS 8136
| producer =
| chronology = Kai Winding
| prev_title = The Swingin' States
| prev_year = 1958
| next_title = The Great Kai & J. J.
| next_year = 1960
}}
Dance to the City Beat is an album by American jazz trombonist Kai Winding featuring performances recorded in late 1958 and early 1959 for the Columbia label.Payne, D. [http://www.dougpayne.com/kwdprev.htm Kai Winding discography] accessed July 11, 2016 The album features tunes relating to American cities.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.{{AllMusic|class=album |id= mw0000923092 |title=Dance to the City Beat – Listing |accessdate=July 11, 2016}}
Track listing
- "(Sidewalks of) Manhattan" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:06
- "Lower Boneville" (Kai Winding) - 2:48
- "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 3:38
- "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 2:52
- "Moon Over Miami" (Joe Burke, Edgar Leslie) - 2:08
- "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" (Warren, Al Dubin) - 2:37
- "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo" (Warren, Gordon) - 2:54
- "Charleston" (James P. Johnson, Cecil Mack) - 3:09
- "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (Warren, Johnny Mercer) - 3:03
- "Cha Cha Chicago" (Fred Fisher) - 2:36
- "Mobile" (David Holt, Robert Wells) - 2:58
- "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas" (Phil Baxter) - 2:56
- Recorded in New York City on November 11, 1958 (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10), January 5, 1959 (tracks 2, 3, 8 & 9) and January 16, 1959 (tracks 6, 7, 11 & 12).
Personnel
- Kai Winding – trombone, arranger
- Frank Rehak – trombone
- Dick Hixon, Rod Levitt - bass trombone
- Al Epstein – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10)
- Hank Jones – piano
- Barry Galbraith – guitar (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10)
- Joe Benjamin (tracks 2, 3, 8 & 9), Milt Hinton (tracks 1, 4-7 & 10-12) – bass
- Osie Johnson (tracks 1, 4-7 & 10-12), Charlie Persip (tracks 2, 3, 8 & 9) – drums
- Johnny Pacheco – congas, bongos (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10)