I'm Still Swinging is an album by jazz trumpeter Joe Newman's Octet recorded in 1955 for the RCA Victor label.Discogs Album Entry accessed November 30, 2015 The album features cover art by Andy Warhol.The Early Jazz Album Covers of Andy Warhol accessed November 30, 2015
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic listing, accessed November 30, 2015
Track listing "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" (Irving Berlin) - 2:41 "You Can Depend on Me" (Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines) - 3:33 "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) - 3:38 "It's Bad for Me" (Cole Porter) - 3:19 "Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 3:15 "Shameful Roger" (Manny Albam) - 2:46 "The Daughter of Miss Thing" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:35 "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 3:04 "Sweethearts on Parade" (Carmen Lombardo, Charles Newman) - 2:41 "Slats" (Joe Newman, Wilkins) - 3:51 "Lament for a Lost Love" (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) - 3:11 "Perfidia" (Alberto Domínguez, Milton Leeds) - 2:50 Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on October 3 (tracks 1, 2, 6 & 8–12) and October 4 (tracks 3–5 & 7), 1955
Personnel Joe Newman - trumpet Urbie Green - trombone Gene Quill - alto saxophone Al Cohn - tenor saxophone Dick Katz - piano Freddie Green - guitar Eddie Jones - bass Shadow Wilson - drums
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