Serious Swingers

Serious Swingers is an album by saxophonists Bud Shank and Bill Perkins recorded in 1986 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]

Serious Swingers
Studio album by
Bud Shank and Bill Perkins
Released1987
RecordedDecember 2, 3 & 4, 1986
StudioBerkeley, California
GenreJazz
Length58:17
LabelContemporary
C 14031
ProducerRichard Bock
Bud Shank chronology
Bud Shank Quartet at Jazz Alley
(1986)		 Serious Swingers
(1987)		 Quiet Fire
(1987)
Bill Perkins chronology
Remembrance of Dino’s
(1986)		 Serious Swingers
(1987)		 Right Chemistry
(1987)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic said "the co-leaders are in excellent form on six underplayed standards and three group originals. The music swings hard without being overly predictable".[2]

Track listing
  1. "Nictation" (Alan Broadbent) - 4:47
  2. "As Sure as You're Born" (Alan Bergman, Johnny Mandel) - 6:49
  3. "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis) - 6:46
  4. "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 7:47
  5. "Blazing Paddles" (Bud Shank) - 4:20
  6. "Nu Blues for B B" (Bill Perkins) - 4:02
  7. "C.T.A." (Jimmy Heath) - 5:10
  8. "Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 5:02
  9. "Remember" (Irving Berlin) - 5:21
  10. "Brazil" (Ary Barroso) - 8:13 Bonus track on CD

Personnel
gollark: Just prefix it with 19874128941894718927418467124 disclaimers.
gollark: Yes, America, land of people spontaneously changing faces.
gollark: (there is no way this can possibly cause problems later)
gollark: I simply do not exercise, except when I do.
gollark: Also eternal youth/relatively good health, but I figure you would basically have to have that for immortality anyway.

References
  1. Contemporary Records discography accessed June 30, 2015
  2. Yanow, Scott. Serious Swingers – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.