Swing (The Manhattan Transfer album)

Swing is a studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer in 1997 on the Atlantic Records label. This album is a collection of 1930's and 1940s swing music with The Manhattan Transfer's jazz twist. The album also features a guest appearance by Stéphane Grappelli, one of his last recordings before his death.

Swing
Studio album by
The Manhattan Transfer
Released1997
GenreVocal jazz
Length44:55
LabelAtlantic
ProducerTim Hauser
The Manhattan Transfer chronology
Man-Tora! Live in Tokyo
(1996)		 Swing
(1997)		 Boy from New York City and Other Hits
(1997)

Track listing
# Title Writers Length
1 Stomp of King Porter Jelly Roll Morton, Jon Hendricks 3:12
2 Sing a Study in Brown Count Basie, Larry Clinton, Jon Hendricks 2:51
3 Sing Moten's Swing Jon Hendricks, Buster Moten, Bennie Moten 3:36
4 A-Tisket, A-Tasket Al Feldman, Ella Fitzgerald. 2:57
5 I Know Why (And So Do You) Harry Warren, Mack Gordon 3:34
6 Sing You Sinners Sam Coslow, W. Franke Harling 2:45
7 Java Jive Ben Oakland, Milton Drake 2:51
8 Down South Camp Meetin' Fletcher Henderson, Jon Hendricks, Irving Mills 3:15
9 Topsy Edgar Battle, Eddie Durham 3:14
10 Clouds (Nuages) Django Reinhardt, Jon Hendricks 7:12
11 Skyliner Charlie Barnet 3:11
12 It's Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special) Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Alan Paul 3:11
13 Choo Choo Ch'Boogie [live] Denver Darling, Milt Gabler, Vaughn Horton 3:00

Guest artists
  • Sing Moten's Swing, A-Tisket, A-Tasket, and Java Jive were recorded with Asleep at the Wheel.
  • Sing a Study in Brown, Topsy, and Nuages were recorded with The Rosenberg Trio. Nuages also features Stephane Grappelli.
  • Ricky Skaggs is featured on Skyliner and It's Good Enough to Keep.
  • Mark O'Connor is featured on I Know Why, It's Good Enough to Keep, and Choo Choo Ch' Boogie.
  • Many of the tracks feature lyrics by Jon Hendricks. The re-mix engineer was Ed Cherney and the album was produced by Tim Hauser.

Cover Art

The cover art for Swing comes from a matchbook cover advertising "Hollywood's Jitterbug House" which was located at 875 North Vine Street in Hollywood. This venue featured Louis Prima and his band.

Personnel

References / Sources
Specific
  1. "Swing - The Manhattan Transfer - Credits". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 25 November 2017.


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