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Swingin' (other)
Swingin' may refer to: Music Albums * ''Swingin (Dino album) * ''Swingin (Arturo Sandoval album) * ''Swingin' '' (Kenny Burrell album) * ''Swingin, a 1984 Big Jay McNeely album of 1957-1961 recordings, and unreleased studio material * Swingin' Johnny Dorelli 2004/2007 * '' Swing'n'', 1993 album by Hi-C Songs * "Swingin'", single by The Johnny Dankworth Seven, Parlophone 1953 * "Swingin'", single by jazz clarinetist Edmond Hall, Top Rank, 1960 * "Swingin'", single by Light of the World, Ensign, 1979 * "Swingin'" (John Anderson song) 1982 song, covered by Billy Jo Spears and LeAnn Rimes * "Swingin'", a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from ''Echo'' * "Swinging", 1981 single by New Zealand band The Swingers See also *" Swangin", 2013 song by Stalley *Swing (other) *''Swinging with the Finkels'', a 2011 British film *Swinging (sexual practice) *Swinger (other) Swinger or swingers may refer to: Music * Performers associated with swing music, a jazz sty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swingin' (Dino Album)
''Swingin' '' is the second studio album by the American singer Dino. It was released in 1990 by Island Records. The album reached No. 82 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album contains two singles, "Romeo", which reached No. 6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, and "Gentle", which reached No. 31. The former features rapper Doctor Ice. Production Dino produced the album, and wrote nine of the songs. Critical reception The ''Chicago Tribune The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television a ...'' wrote that "in years to come, Dino may prove to be more durable as a behind-the-scenes force ... but there are enough sizzling songs here to keep his name in front of dance-pop listeners for months." Track listing Charts References 1990 albums Dino (singer) albums { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swingin' (Arturo Sandoval Album)
''Swingin is a jazz album by Arturo Sandoval released in 1996. The album focuses on swing rhythms instead of Latin music. The album has been cited as "one of Arturo Sandoval's finest recordings," and a "nice addition to the Sandoval library", but classic Sandoval rather than attempting anything too innovative. The line up features clarinetist Eddie Daniels, tenorists Michael Brecker and Ed Calle, trombonist Dana Teboe and guitarist Mike Stern.Jazz Journal International 1996 - Volume 49 p36 "ARTURO SANDOVAL SWINGIN' Moontrane; Swingin' Moment's Notice; Streets Of Desire; Real McBop; Weird- fun; Dizzy's Atmosphere; Reflection; Woody; It Never Gets Old; Mack The Knife (71.19) Collective personnel: Arturo ..." Track listing #"Moontrane" #"Swingin'" #"Moment's Notice" #"Streets of Desire" #"Real McBop" #"Weird-fun" #"Dizzy's Atmosphere" #"Reflection" #"Woody" #"It Never Gets Old" #"Mack the Knife "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" (german: "Die Moritat von Mackie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swingin' (Kenny Burrell Album)
''Swingin' '' is a 1980 compilation album by American jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell. The album includes five tracks taken from three different studio sessions and a live recording between 1956-1959. Track listing 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 – jazz guitar, guitar *Ben Tucker – double bass, bass *Oscar Pettiford – bass *Sam Jones (musician), Sam Jones – bass *Art Blakey – drum kit, drums *Shadow Wilson – drums *Bobby Timmons – piano *Duke Jordan – piano *Roland Hanna – piano *Tommy Flanagan – piano *Frank Foster (jazz musician), Frank Foster – tenor sax *Junior Cook – tenor sax *Tina Brooks – tenor sax *Louis Smith (musician), Louis Smith – trumpet Production *Rudy Van Gelder – Audio engineer, engineer *Bob Porter (reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Jay McNeely
Cecil James "Big Jay" McNeely (April 29, 1927 – September 16, 2018) was an American rhythm and blues saxophonist. Biography Inspired by Illinois Jacquet and Lester Young, McNeely teamed with his older brother Robert McNeely, who played baritone saxophone, and made his first recordings with drummer Johnny Otis, who ran the Barrelhouse Club that stood only a few blocks from McNeely's home. Shortly after he performed on Otis's "Barrel House Stomp." Ralph Bass, A&R man for Savoy Records, promptly signed him to a recording contract. Bass's boss, Herman Lubinsky, suggested the stage name Big Jay McNeely because Cecil McNeely did not sound commercial. McNeely's first hit was "The Deacon's Hop," an instrumental which topped the ''Billboard'' R&B chart in early 1949. Big Jay McNeely performed for the famed fifth Cavalcade of Jazz concert held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles produced by Leon Hefflin, Sr. on July 10, 1949. It was at this concert that McNeely and Lionel Hampton got in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Dorelli
Johnny Dorelli (real name Giorgio Guidi; born 20 February 1937) is an Italian actor, singer and television host. Early life Dorelli was born in Meda, Italy. In 1946 he moved to New York City with his family, where his father, Nino D'Aurelio (born Aurelio Guidi), found work as opera singer. Dorelli studied double bass and piano at the High School of Music and Art in New York. He took the stage name Dorelli in imitation of how the surname D'Aurelio was pronounced in English. His show business career began when he was discovered by bandleader Percy Faith, who brought him on The Ken Murray Show. He later appears on the show By Popular Demand conducted by Robert Alda, accompanied by Paul Whiteman. He receive a great success, in fact some American newspapers described Dorelli as a "phenomenal Italian boy". However he returned to Italy in 1955 due to the expiry of his residence permit. He debuted as singer and pianist in the late 1950s for CGD label with cover of American standa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swing'n
''Swing'n'' is the second studio album by American rapper Hi-C. It was released on September 28, 1993 via Skanless Records, then later re-released with two bonus tracks on August 31, 2004, by Hi-Life Records and Image Entertainment. The album peaked at number 63 on the ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 12 on the Heatseekers Albums Top Heatseekers are "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. The Heatseekers Albums and the Heatseekers Songs charts were introduced by ''Billboard'' in 1991 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new an ... chart. Track listing Personnel * Crawford Wilkerson – main artist, producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11) * Kelton L. McDonald – featured artist (track 4) * Deon Barnett – featured artist (track 4) *Lil' Frogg – featured artist (tracks: 8, 12) *Casha – featured artist (track 6) *Big Jazz – featured artist (track 12) *Step – featured artist (track 13) *Tony Robert Alvarez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Dankworth
Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females. Variant forms of Johnny include Johnnie, Johnney, Johnni and Johni. The masculine Johnny can be rendered into Scottish Gaelic as . Notable people and characters named Johnny or Johnnie include: People Johnny * Johnny Adams (born 1932), American singer * Johnny Aba (born 1956), Papua New Guinean professional boxer * Johnny Abarrientos (born 1970), Filipino professional basketball player * Johnny Abbes García (1924–1967), chief of the government intelligence office of the Dominican Republic * Johnny Abel (1947–1995), Canadian politician * Johnny Abrego (born 1962), former Major League baseball player * Johnny Ace (1929–1954), American rhythm and blues singer * John Laurinaitis, (born 1962) also known as Johnny Ace, American wrestler and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall (May 15, 1901 – February 11, 1967) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader. Over his career, Hall worked extensively with many leading performers as both a sideman and bandleader and is possibly best known for the 1941 chamber jazz song "Profoundly Blue". Biography Early life Born in Reserve, Louisiana, United States, about 40 miles west of New Orleans on the Mississippi River, Hall and his siblings were born into a musical family. His father, Edward Blainey Hall, and mother, Caroline Duhe, had eight children, Priscilla (1893), Moretta (1895), Viola (1897), Robert (1899), Edmond (1901), Clarence (1903), Edward (1905) and Herbert (1907). His father, Edward, played the clarinet in the Onward Brass Band, joined by Edmond's maternal uncles, Jules Duhe on trombone, Lawrence Duhe on clarinet, and Edmond Duhe on guitar. The Hall brothers, Robert, Edmond, and Herbert, all became clarinetists, but Edmond was first taught guitar by his uncle Edmond. When Hall picke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Of The World (band)
Light of the World are a British jazz-funk band. Biography The band was formed in London in 1978. They were originally a forerunner of the late 1970s/early 1980s British jazz-funk movement. The band's name is taken from the 1974 Kool and the Gang album, '' Light of Worlds''. The original line-up consisted of Jean-Paul Maunick, drummer Everton McCalla, bassist Paul Williams, guitarist Neville McKreith, percussionist Chris Etienne, keyboardist Peter Hinds, trumpet player Kenny Wellington and saxophonist David Baptiste. The band's debut single "Swingin'", peaked at No. 45 in the UK Singles Chart. This was later followed up by two top 40 hits: a cover of the Bob Marley and the Wailers song "I Shot the Sheriff" (#40), and the double A-side single "I'm So Happy" / "Time" (#35). Their debut album was released in 1979 on Ensign Records Ensign Records was a record label started in 1976 by London-born Nigel Grainge, elder brother of UMG Chairman Sir Lucian Grainge. History Nigel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swingin' (John Anderson Song)
"Swingin'" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer John Anderson. It was released in January 1983 as the second single from his album '' Wild & Blue''. The song was the second of five number one singles in Anderson's career, spending one week at the top of the Hot Country Songs charts. It also received a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America, and received a Single of the Year award from the Country Music Association. Anderson re-recorded the song for his 1994 album ''Country 'til I Die'' on BNA Records. This re-recording served as the b-side to the album's title track, which was also the first single from it. In addition to LeAnn Rimes, Chris Young performed an acoustic cover of "Swingin'" for his 2010 EP ''Voices''. Chart performance "Swingin'" debuted at number 71 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles for the week of January 15, 1983. Weekly charts Year-end charts LeAnn Rimes version LeAnn Rimes co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echo (Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Album)
''Echo'' is the tenth studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Released in April 1999, the album reached number 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200 aided by singles "Free Girl Now", "Swingin'" and "Room at the Top", which hit numbers 5, 17 and 19 respectively on ''Billboard''s Mainstream Rock Tracks in 1999. The album was the band's last collaboration with producer Rick Rubin, and was also the last to feature contributions from longtime bassist/vocalist Howie Epstein, who died of a heroin overdose in 2003. Despite still being a member of the band, Epstein is missing from the album's cover photo because he failed to show up for the photo shoot, and Petty ordered it to commence without him. It also marks the first to feature longtime touring member Scott Thurston. ''Echo'' was certified Gold (500,000 copies sold) by the RIAA in July 1999, only three months after it was released. ''Echo'' is the only Heartbreakers' album to feature a lead vocal from another member of the band: lead gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swingers
The Swingers were a New Zealand rock band who were together from 1979 to 1982 and whose biggest single was the song " Counting the Beat". Background Formed out of the remnants of the Suburban Reptiles, the founding members were Phil Judd (guitar, vocals), Wayne Stevens ( Bones Hillman) (bass), and Mark Hough (a.k.a. Buster Stiggs) (drums). Formed in 1979, the band released the single "One Good Reason", which was a top 20 hit in New Zealand. They also appeared on the Ripper Records sampler ''AK79'' and established a large live following after a residency at Auckland's Liberty Stage club. In 1980 the band moved to Australia and signed to Mushroom Records for that country, although their New Zealand releases remained on Ripper. Success After some band dissension, Ian Gilroy of the Crocodiles replaced Hough on drums. The band released the single " Counting the Beat", which became a No. 1 hit in Australia and New Zealand. A second single released in 1981, "It Ain't What You Dance, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
