Swingin' (Kenny Burrell album)

Swingin' is a 1980 compilation album by American jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell.^[1][2] The album includes five tracks taken from three different studio sessions and a live recording between 1956-1959.^[3][4]

Swingin'
Studio album by Kenny Burrell
Released	1980
Recorded	March 12, 1956 – August 26, 1959
Genre	Jazz
Label	Blue Note GXF3070
Producer	Alfred Lion
Kenny Burrell chronology
Kenny Burrell Volume 2 (1956) Swingin' (1980) All Night Long (Kenny Burrell album) (1956)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Never Knew"	Gus Kahn, Ted Fio Rito	12:37
2.	"My Heart Stood Still"	Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers	5:15
3.	"Beef Stew Blues"	Randy Weston	4:36
4.	"If You Could See Me Now"	Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman	5:29
5.	"Swingin'"	Clifford Brown	9:56

Recording sessions

• Track 1 recorded at Manhattan Towers, NYC, on May 14, 1958.
• Track 2 recorded at Audio-Video Studios, NYC, on March 12, 1956.
• Tracks 3, 4, 5 recorded at the Five Spot Café, NYC, on August 25, 1959.

Personnel

Band

• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Ben Tucker – bass (tracks 3, 4, 5)
• Oscar Pettiford – bass (track 2)
• Sam Jones – bass (track 1)
• Art Blakey – drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5)
• Shadow Wilson – drums (track 2)
• Bobby Timmons – piano (track 5)
• Duke Jordan – piano (track 1)
• Roland Hanna – piano (tracks 3, 4)
• Tommy Flanagan – piano (track 2)
• Frank Foster – tenor sax (track 2)
• Junior Cook – tenor sax (track 1)
• Tina Brooks – tenor sax (tracks 1, 5)
• Louis Smith – trumpet (track 1)

Production

• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
• Bob Porter – liner notes
• K. Abe – photography
• Alfred Lion – producer
• Michael Cuscuna – producer

References

1. "Kenny Burrell – Swingin'". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
2. "Kenny Burrell - Swingin'". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
3. "Kenny Burrell: The Swinger (1956-9) Blue Note, Japan only". londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
4. "Kenny Burrell - Swingin' (Blue Note (J) GXF-3070)". Jazz Disco. jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 4 January 2018.