''Swingin' Machine'' is an album by American pianist, vocalist and composer
Mose Allison
Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter. He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz, both singing and playing piano. After moving to ...
recorded for the
Atlantic
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label in 1962.
Mose Allison discography
accessed September 25, 2015
Reception
Allmusic
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awarded the album 2 stars with its review by Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne (born January 4, 1954) is an American banjoist, guitarist and music critic.
Life and career
Chadbourne was born in Mount Vernon, New York, but grew up in Boulder, Colorado. He started playing guitar when he was eleven or twe ...
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".
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
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was ba ...
, Don George
Don R. George (August 27, 1909 – 1987) was an American lyricist of popular music. His songs include " The Yellow Rose of Texas" " I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (1937), "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (1944) and "Everything but You" (1945) ...
) - 3:56
# "So Rare
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The version by Carl Ravell and his Orchestra, from a session on 4 June 1937, was the earliest recording of ...
" (Jerry Herst Jerome Philip Herst (May 28, 1909, in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois – November 27, 1990, in Alameda, California), known as Jerry Herst, was a lawyer and a songwriter best known for his collaborations with Jack Sharpe on a number of compositions ...
, 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
Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter. He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz, both singing and playing piano. After moving to ...
- piano
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, vocals
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*Jimmy Knepper
James Minter Knepper (November 22, 1927 – June 14, 2003) was an American jazz trombonist. In addition to his own recordings as leader, Knepper performed and recorded with Charlie Barnet, Woody Herman, Claude Thornhill, Stan Kenton, Benny Goo ...
- trombone
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*Jim Reider - tenor saxophone
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*Addison Farmer
Addison Gerald Farmer (August 21, 1928, Council Bluffs, Iowa – February 20, 1963, New York City) was an American jazz bassist. He was the twin brother of Art Farmer.
Early life
Farmer was born an hour after his twin brother, on August 21, 192 ...
- bass
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Music
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** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gu ...
*Frankie Dunlop
Francis Dunlop (December 6, 1928 – July 7, 2014) was an American jazz drummer.
Dunlop, born in Buffalo, New York, grew up in a musical family and began playing guitar at age nine and drums at ten. He was playing professionally by age 16 and re ...
- drums
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References
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1963 albums
Mose Allison albums
Atlantic Records albums
Albums produced by Nesuhi Ertegun