Swing, Swang, Swingin'
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{{Infobox album
| name = Swing, Swang, Swingin'
| type = Album
| artist = Jackie McLean
| cover = Swing, Swang, Swingin'.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 28, 1960[https://books.google.com/books?id=oh8EAAAAMBAJ&q=McLean+4024+swing&pg=PA46 Billboard Mar 28, 1960]
| recorded = October 20, 1959
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:13
| label = Blue Note
BLP 4024
| producer = Alfred Lion
| chronology = Jackie McLean
| prev_title = New Soil
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = Capuchin Swing
| next_year = 1960
}}
Swing, Swang, Swingin' is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1959 and released on the Blue Note label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/jackie-mclean/catalog/#blue-note-blp-4024 Jackie McLean discography] accessed October 15, 2010 McLean's quartet features rhythm section Walter Bishop Jr., Jimmy Garrison and Art Taylor.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = DownBeat
| rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Gordner |first=Barbara J. |date=26 May 1960 |title=Jackie McLean: Swing Swang Swingin{{'}} |magazine=DownBeat |volume=27 |issue=11 |page=34}}
| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=979}}
}}The AllMusic review by Steve Huey states, "Perhaps as a result of Blue Note's more prepared, professional approach to recording sessions, McLean sounds invigorated here, catapulting each melody forward before launching into a series of impassioned improvisations... Swing, Swang, Swingin'
Track listing
All compositions by Jackie McLean, except as indicated
= Side 1 =
- "What's New?" (Burke, Haggart) – 5:19
- "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Berlin) – 4:51
- "Stablemates" (Golson) – 5:47
- "I Remember You" (Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 5:16
= Side 2 =
- "I Love You" (Porter) – 5:10
- "I'll Take Romance" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Oakland) – 5:49
- "116th and Lenox" – 6:01
Personnel
= Musicians =
- Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
- Walter Bishop Jr. – piano
- Jimmy Garrison – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
= Technical personnel =
- Alfred Lion – production
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Ira Gitler – liner notes
References
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Category:Blue Note Records albums