Rags and All that Jazz
1975 studio album by Swingle II
Rags and All that Jazz | ||||
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Studio album by Swingle II | ||||
Released | 1975 | |||
Genre | Ragtime, jazz, a cappella | |||
Label | CBS | |||
Producer | Ward Swingle & Terry Edwards | |||
Swingle II chronology | ||||
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Rags and All that Jazz is the third album by the London-based Swingle II singers released in 1975 on the CBS label. All tracks from this album were also included in the 2009 Sony Classical compilation, Swing Sing.[1] The original Paris-based The Swingle Singers recorded regularly for Philips in the 1960s and early 1970s and the successor London-based group (Swingle II) continued to record, for Columbia/CBS, Virgin Classics and other record labels from 1974 to the present.
Track listing
- All lyrics by Tony Vincent Isaacs
Side 1
- "Hotshot” (Scott Joplin) - 2:25
- "The Wanderer (Solace)" (Scott Joplin) - 3:45
- "Movie Star (Kansas City Stomp)” (F. ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton) - 2:10
- "In a Mist" (Leon ‘Bix’ Beiderbecke) - 4:25
- ”Mr. Superman (Elite Syncopations)” (Scott Joplin) - 2:12
Side 2
- "Alligator Crawl" (Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller) - 3:00
- "Heliotrope Bouquet” (Scott Joplin) - 2:48
- "Chicago Breakdown” (F. ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton) - 3:20
- "Grandpa’s Spells" (F. ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton) - 1:48
- "Weeping Willow" (Scott Joplin) - 3:48
Singers
- Olive Simpson & Catherine Bott – sopranos
- Carol Hall & Linda Hirst – mezzo-sopranos
- John Potter & Ward Swingle – tenors
- John Lubbock & David Beavan - basses
Musicians
- Patrick Gowers – keyboards
- Allan Walley – bass guitar and double bass
- Tony McVey - drums
Production
- Arrangements and adaptions: Ward Swingle
- Producers: Ward Swingle & Terry Edwards
- Engineer: Steve Taylor
- Album art direction: Roslav Szaybo (CBS Records)
- Album design/montage: Keith Davis
References
- ^ Swingle Singers Discography at jazzhistoryonline.com
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