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

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

| 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' may not be as groundbreaking as McLean's more modernist work, but it's a solid session from an artist just beginning an incredible hot streak."Huey, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=swing-swang-swingin-r143736|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed October 15, 2010

Track listing

All compositions by Jackie McLean, except as indicated

= Side 1 =

= Side 2 =

  1. "I Love You" (Porter) – 5:10
  2. "I'll Take Romance" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Oakland) – 5:49
  3. "116th and Lenox" – 6:01

Personnel

= Musicians =

= Technical personnel =

References