I'm Still Swinging

{{Infobox album

| name = I'm Still Swinging

| type = Studio

| artist = The Joe Newman Octet

| cover = I'm Still Swinging.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1956

| recorded = October 3 & 4, 1955
Webster Hall, New York City

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 37:33

| label = RCA Victor
LPM 1198

| producer = Jack Lewis

| chronology = Joe Newman

| prev_title = The Count's Men

| prev_year = 1955

| next_title = New Sounds in Swing

| next_year = 1956

}}

I'm Still Swinging is an album by jazz trumpeter Joe Newman's Octet recorded in 1955 for the RCA Victor label.[http://www.discogs.com/Joe-Newman-Octet-The-Im-Still-Swinging/release/2943789 Discogs Album Entry] accessed November 30, 2015 The album features cover art by Andy Warhol.[http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_early_jazz_album_covers_of_andy_warhol The Early Jazz Album Covers of Andy Warhol] accessed November 30, 2015

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/im-still-swinging-mw0000572031 Allmusic listing], accessed November 30, 2015

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

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