Swingin' Machine
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{{Infobox album
| name = Swingin' Machine
| type = Studio
| artist = Mose Allison
| cover = Swingin' Machine.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1963
| recorded = November 8 & 9, 1962
| venue =
| studio = Atlantic Studios, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 33:23
| label = Atlantic
| producer = Nesuhi Ertegun
| chronology = Mose Allison
| prev_title = I Don't Worry About a Thing
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = The Word from Mose
| next_year = 1964
}}
Swingin' Machine is an album by American pianist, vocalist and composer Mose Allison recorded for the Atlantic label in 1962.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1300-series/#1398 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1300 series] accessed September 25, 2015[http://moseallison.com/?page_id=119 Mose Allison discography] accessed September 25, 2015
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}
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Allmusic awarded the album 2{{frac|1|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".{{AllMusic|first=Eugene |last=Chadbourne |class=album |id=mw0000662004 |title=Swingin' Machine – Review |accessdate=September 25, 2015}}
Track listing
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
- Mose Allison – piano, vocals
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone
- Jim Reider – tenor saxophone
- Addison Farmer – bass
- Frankie Dunlop – drums