''The Power of Positive Swinging'' is an album released by American jazz trumpeter
Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American Swing music, swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948� ...
and trombonist
Bob Brookmeyer
Robert Edward "Bob" Brookmeyer (December 19, 1929 – December 15, 2011) was an American jazz valve trombone, valve trombonist, Jazz piano, pianist, arranger, and composer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public ...
featuring tracks recorded in 1965 and originally released on the
Mainstream
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label.
[Lord, T.]
Clark Terry discography
accessed November 10, 2014
Reception
Allmusic
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awarded the album 4 stars and stated: "As expected, there was always plenty of interplay between the fluent horns and some sly examples of their humor".
[Yanow, S]
Allmusic Review
accessed November 10, 2014
Track listing
# "Dancing on the Grave" (Bob Brookmeyer) - 2:33
# "
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
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Howe adapted her song from the soldiers' song " John Brown's Body" in November 1861, and sold ...
" (Traditional) - 3:32
# "The King" (
Count Basie
William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and the ...
) - 5:44
# "Ode to a Flugelhorn" (Clark Terry) - 5:38
# "
A Gal in Calico" (
Leo Robin
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Arthur Schwartz
Arthur Schwartz (November 25, 1900 – September 3, 1984) was an American composer and film producer, widely noted for his songwriting collaborations with Howard Dietz.
Biography
Early life
Schwartz was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New ...
) - 6:04
# "Green Stamps" (Brookmeyer) - 5:08
# "Hawg Jawz" (Terry) - 2:24
# "Simple Waltz" (Terry) - 5:18
# "Just an Old Manuscript" (
Andy Razaf
Andy Razaf (born Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo; December 16, 1895 – February 3, 1973) was the American lyricist of such well-known songs as " Ain't Misbehavin'" and " Honeysuckle Rose". He was also a composer, poet and vocalist.
Biograph ...
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Don Redman
Donald Matthew Redman (July 29, 1900 – November 30, 1964) was an American jazz musician, arranger, bandleader, and composer.
Biography
Redman was born in Piedmont, Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. His father was a music teacher ...
) - 7:30
Personnel
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Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American Swing music, swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948� ...
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trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...
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flugelhorn
The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet, but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B♭, though ...
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Bob Brookmeyer
Robert Edward "Bob" Brookmeyer (December 19, 1929 – December 15, 2011) was an American jazz valve trombone, valve trombonist, Jazz piano, pianist, arranger, and composer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public ...
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valve trombone
The valve trombone is a brass instrument in the trombone family that has a set of valves to vary the pitch instead of (or in addition to) a slide. Although it has been built in sizes from alto to contrabass, it is the tenor valve trombone pitched ...
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Roger Kellaway
Roger Kellaway (born November 1, 1939) is an American composer, arranger and jazz pianist who has recorded over 250 albums, and composed over 20 film scores
Life and career
Kellaway was born in Waban, Massachusetts, United States. He is an alum ...
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piano
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Bill Crow
William Orval Crow (born December 27, 1927) is an American jazz bassist. Among other work, Crow was the long-term bassist in saxophonist Gerry Mulligan's bands in the 1950s and 1960s.
Early life
Crow was born on December 27, 1927, in Othello, ...
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bass
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drums
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References
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1965 albums
Clark Terry albums
Bob Brookmeyer albums
Mainstream Records albums
Albums produced by Bob Shad