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Hot Summer Swing

Hot Summer Swing

  • Artist: Various Artists
    • Number of Discs: 1
  • Total time: 58:11
  • Label: RCA
  • Availability: In stock
  • Item #: 5159939
  • List Price: $16.99
  • Member Price: $11.98
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Review

Hot Summer Swing provides exactly what its title promises, sizzling grooves encompassing all the sounds of swing from bossa nova to big band. Classic artists like Paul Desmond, Doc Severinsen, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Charles Mingus and Lena Horne all add heat to this essential summer listening. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Read About This Recording

Rhythms from South of the Border have been an important part of jazz since the 1940s. One thinks of the Cuban rhythms utilized when trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie first added the great conga player Chano Pozo to his big band, and of the 1960s when bossa-nova from Brazil became extremely popular. Included on this wide-ranging sampler are not only examples of rhythms from Cuba and Brazil but also from Mexico, Argentina (the tango) and Africa. Drawn from RCA's catalog, there is a selection apiece by the late Tito Puente's Orchestra, flugelhornist Clark Terry, trumpeter Doc Severinsen, Glenn Miller (The Rhumba Jumps), altoists Warren Hill (who utilizes catchy funk rhythms) and Antonio Hart, Charles Mingus (the passionate Tijuana Gift Shop), Dizzy Gillespie with singer Johnny Hartman (That Old Black Magic), Lionel Hampton, singer Abbe Lane (with Tito Puente), Artie Shaw, Lena Horne (New-Fangled Tango) and flugelhornist Hugh Masekela, plus two from altoist Paul Desmond. The concise performances, which cover a 55-year period (1939-94), are consistently exciting and feature top musicians converting rhythms and sounds from other countries into creative American jazz. Fun music!

-Scott Yanow

Contents

Tito 'In; The Sounds of the Night; Liberia; The Rhumba Jumps; Embarcadero; Deep Pockets; Tijuana Gift Shop; That Old Black Magic; Flamenco Soul; Too Marvelous For Words; The Carioca; Samba de Orfeu; Puerto Rico; New Fangled Tango; Uptownmanship.

Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke, Abbe Lane, Johnny Hartman, Lena Horne, Vocals; Jim Hall, Guitar; Warren Hill, Antonio Hart, Alto Saxes; Charles Mingus, Bass; Hugh Masekela, Flugelhorn; Tito Puente & His Orchestra; Clark Terry Quintet; Doc Severinsen & His Orchestra; Glenn Miller & His Orchestra; Paul Desmond Quartet; Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra; Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra; Artie Shaw & His Orchestra; Lennie Hayton & His Orchestra.

Tracks + Soundclips

Hot Summer Swing
1. Tito 'In 2:55
2. Sounds of the Night 3:01
3. Liberia 3:06
4. Rhumba Jumps! 2:47
5. Embarcadero 4:09
6. Deep Pockets 4:05
7. Tijuana Gift Shop 3:46
8. That Old Black Magic 2:40
9. Flamenco Soul 6:03
10. Too Marvelous for Words 2:27
11. Carioca 4:00
12. Samba de Orfeu 4:26
13. Puerto Rico 5:34
14. New-Fangled Tango 3:11
15. Uptownship 6:01

Details and Credits

Product Details
  • Label: RCA
  • Release date: 1999/06/15
  • Various artists collection, Best of, Instrumental
Styles
  • Big Band
  • Bop
  • Swing
  • Post-Bop
  • Jazz-Pop
  • Traditional Pop
  • Vocal Jazz
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Abbe Lane Vocals
Charles Mingus Bass
Hugh Masekela Flugelhorn
Jim Hall Guitar
Johnny Hartman Vocals
Lena Horne Vocals
Marion Hutton Vocals
Tex Beneke Vocals
Warren Hill Sax (Alto)
Technical Credits
Antonio Hart Performer
Artie Shaw Performer
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra Performer
Clark Terry Performer
Clark Terry Quintet Performer
Dizzy Gillespie Performer
Doc Severinsen Performer
Glenn Miller Performer
Hank Hoffman Compilation Producer
Lennie Hayton & His Orchestra Performer
Lionel Hampton Performer
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra Performer
Paul Desmond Performer
Paul Desmond Quartet Performer
Steve Gates Executive Producer
Tito Puente Performer
Tito Puente & His Orchestra Performer
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