Serious Swingers
1987 studio album by Bud Shank and Bill Perkins
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Studio album by Bud Shank and Bill Perkins | ||||
Released | 1987 | |||
Recorded | December 2, 3 & 4, 1986 | |||
Studio | Berkeley, California | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 58:17 | |||
Label | Contemporary C 14031 | |||
Producer | Richard Bock | |||
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Serious Swingers is an album by saxophonists Bud Shank and Bill Perkins recorded in 1986 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]
Reception
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Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic stated: "the co-leaders are in excellent form on six underplayed standards and three group originals. The music swings hard without being overly predictable".[2]
Track listing
- "Nictation" (Alan Broadbent) - 4:47
- "As Sure as You're Born" (Alan Bergman, Johnny Mandel) - 6:49
- "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis) - 6:46
- "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 7:47
- "Blazing Paddles" (Bud Shank) - 4:20
- "Nu Blues for B B" (Bill Perkins) - 4:02
- "C.T.A." (Jimmy Heath) - 5:10
- "Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 5:02
- "Remember" (Irving Berlin) - 5:21
- "Brazil" (Ary Barroso) - 8:13 Bonus track on CD
Personnel
- Bud Shank - alto saxophone
- Bill Perkins - tenor saxophone
- Alan Broadbent - piano
- John Heard - bass
- Sherman Ferguson - drums
References
- ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed June 30, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Serious Swingers – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
or co-leader
- Laurindo Almeida Quartet Featuring Bud Shank/Brazilliance (1953)
- Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1954–55)
- Strings & Trombones (1954–55)
- I'll Take Romance (1954–58)
- The Bud Shank Quartet (1956)
- Jazz at Cal-Tech (1956)
- Bud Shank Quartet Featuring Claude Williamson (1956)
- Theme Music from "The James Dean Story" (1956)
- Flute 'n Oboe (1956)
- Blowin' Country (1956–58)
- Bud Shank Plays Tenor (1957)
- Latin Contrasts (1958)
- Holiday in Brazil (1958)
- The Swing's to TV (1958)
- Slippery When Wet (1959)
- Koto & Flute (1960)
- Barefoot Adventure (1961)
- New Groove (1961)
- Bossa Nova Jazz Samba (1962)
- Brasamba! (1963)
- Bud Shank & His Brazilian Friends (1965)
- California Dreamin' (1966)
- Girl in Love (1966)
- Michelle (1966)
- A Spoonful of Jazz (1967)
- Bud Shank Plays Music from Today's Movies (1967)
- Magical Mystery (1967)
- Let It Be (1970)
- Yesterday, Today and Forever (1983)
- This Bud's for You... (1984)
- Bud Shank Quartet at Jazz Alley (1986)
- California Concert (1985)
- Serious Swingers (1986)
- That Old Feeling (1986)
- Quiet Fire (1987)