''A Grand Night for Swinging'' is an album by American jazz guitarist
Mundell Lowe featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the
Riverside label.
Riverside Records discography
accessed August 22, 2012
Reception
Allmusic
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awarded the album 4 stars stating "''A Grand Night for Swinging'' will be a real treat for fans unfamiliar with Lowe's earlier work, and a satisfying selection for fans of good jazz guitar".[Lankford Jr., R. D]
Allmusic Review
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Track listing
# "It's a Grand Night for Swinging" (Billy Taylor) – 4:22
# "Blues Before Freud" (Mundell Lowe) – 7:18
# " Easy to Love" (Cole Porter
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) – 7:19
# " It Could Happen to You" ( Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
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) – 2:53
# " Love Me or Leave Me" ( Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:35
# " You Turned the Tables on Me" ( Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell) – 5:37
# " Crazy Rhythm" ( Irving Caesar, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Joseph Meyer) – 6:52
*Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on March 7 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7) April 10 (tracks 2, 5 & 6), 1957
Personnel
* Mundell Lowe – guitar
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* Billy Taylor – piano
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*Les Grinage – bass
* Ed Thigpen – drums
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* Gene Quill – alto saxophone
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(tracks 2, 5 & 6)
References
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1957 albums
Mundell Lowe albums
Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews
Riverside Records albums