Swingtime! is an album by the Canadian Brass, released in 1995. The album featured arrangements of several jazz standards.

Track listing

• 1. "Artistry in Rhythm" (Stan Kenton) (5:05)
• 2. "Blue Rondo a la Turk" (Dave Brubeck) (4:29)
• 3. "Back Home in Indiana" (James F. Hanley-Ballard MacDonald) (3:13)
• 4. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) (3:00)
• 5. "'Round about Midnight" (Thelonious Monk-Cootie Williams-Bert Hanighen) (5:03)
• 6. "At the Woodchopper's Ball" (Joe Bishop-Woody Herman) (3:21)
• 7. "The Lady is a Tramp" (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) (3:45)
• 8. "Sugar Blues" (Clarence Williams-Lucy Fletcher) (2:47)
• 9. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin) (3:32)
• 10. "Whatever Happened To The Dream" (Luther Henderson) (2:48)
• 11. "Concierto de Aranjuez" (Joaquin Rodrigo) (9:10)
• 12. "I Found Love" (Chris Dedrick) (3:35)
• 13. "Ellington Medley" (4:03)
  • (a) "Mood Indigo" (Duke Ellington-Barney Bigard-Irving Mills)
  • (b) "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington-Bob Russell)
  • (c) "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn)
• 14. "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) (4:39)

(Tracks 1, 6, 13 and 14 arranged by Don Sebesky. Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12 arranged by Chris Dedrick. Tracks 3 and 8 arranged by Luther Henderson.)

Personnel

The Canadian Brass:

• Charles Daellenbach: tuba
• Fred Mills: trumpet
• David Ohanian: horn
• Ronald Romm: trumpet
• Eugene Watts: trombone

Also featuring:

• Warren Bernhardt: piano on tracks 2 and 5; keyboards on tracks 1, 16, 13 and 14
• Natalie Cenovia Cummins: violin on tracks 5 and 11
• Crystal Garner: viola on tracks 5 and 11
• Gordon Gottlieb: percussion on tracks 1, 2, 6, 11, 13 and 14
• Evan Johnson: violin on tracks 5 and 11
• Karen Karlsrud: violin on tracks 5 and 11
• Maria Kitsopoulos: cello on tracks 5 and 11
• John Miller: bass on tracks 1, 5, 6, 11, 13 and 14
• Richard Stoltzman: clarinet on track 6
• Joe Taylor: guitar on track 14
• Belinda Whitney-Barratt: violin on tracks 5 and 11
• Ronnie Zito: drums on tracks 1, 5, 6, 13 and 14

The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars appear on tracks 1, 6, 13 and 14. The personnel for this ensemble is as follows:

• Don Sebesky: leader
• Neil Balm: trumpet
• Warren Bernhardt: keyboard
• Gene Bertoncini: guitar
• Rick Baptist: trumpet
• Bob Carlisle: French horn on tracks 1 & 13
• Larry Farrell: trombone
• Paul Faulise: bass trombone
• Lawrence Feldman: alto sax, flute, piccolo and clarinet on tracks 6 & 14
• Peter Gordon: French horn on tracks 1 & 13
• Gordon Gottlieb: percussion
• Ken Hitchcock: tenor sax, bass clarinet and clarinet on tracks 6 & 14
• Tony Kadleck: trumpet
• Jeff Lang: French horn on tracks 1 & 13
• John Miller: bass
• Kevin O'Quinn: trombone
• Joe Passaro: percussion
• Roger Rosenberg: bass clarinet, baritone sax and flute on tracks 6 & 14
• Dave Tofani: tenor sax, flute and clarinet on tracks 6 & 14
• Chuck Wilson: also sax, flute and clarinet on tracks 6 & 14
• Ronnie Zito: drums

Three tracks on this album also feature archival jazz recordings from the 1950s.

"Night and Day" features a performance from the Zoot Sims Quartet, recorded at the Vogue Studios in Paris in 1950. The lineup was: Zoot Sims: tenor saxophone, Gerry Wiggins: piano, Pierre Michelot: bass, Kenny Clarke: drums.

"The Lady is a Tramp" features a performance from the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, recorded live at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on June 3, 1954. The lineup was: Gerry Mulligan: baritone sax, Bob Brookmeyer: valve trombone, Red Mitchell: bass, Frank Isola: drums.

"The Man I Love" features a performance by Roy Eldridge, recorded at the Vogue Studios in Paris on June 9, 1950. The lineup for this performance was: Roy Eldridge: trumpet, Zoot Sims: tenor saxophone, Dick Hyman: piano, Pierre Michelot: bass, Ed Shaughnessy: drums.

The album was produced and mixed by Steve Vining.

References

• Listing on Amazon USA, consulted May 25, 2012

• Canadian Brass discography, consulted May 25, 2012