A Grand Night for Swinging is an album by American jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.Riverside Records discography accessed August 22, 2012
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "A Grand Night for Swinging will be a real treat for fans unfamiliar with Lowe's earlier work, and a satisfying selection for fans of good jazz guitar".Lankford Jr., R. D. Allmusic Review accessed August 22, 2012
Track listing "It's a Grand Night for Swinging" (Billy Taylor) – 4:22 "Blues Before Freud" (Mundell Lowe) – 7:18 "Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 7:19 "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:53 "Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:35 "You Turned the Tables on Me" (Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell) – 5:37 "Crazy Rhythm" (Irving Caesar, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Joseph Meyer) – 6:52 Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on March 7 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7) April 10 (tracks 2, 5 & 6), 1957
Personnel Mundell Lowe – guitar Billy Taylor – piano Les Grinage – bass Ed Thigpen – drums Gene Quill – alto saxophone (tracks 2, 5 & 6)
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