All I Wanna Do Is Swing

All I Wanna Do Is Swing (subtitled The Joe Newman Story) 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

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic listing, accessed November 30, 2015

Track listing "Soon" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:42 "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) - 3:25 "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt, Gus Kahn) - 2:36 "Corner Pocket" (Freddie Green) - 2:42 "If I Could Be with You" (James P. Johnson, Henry Creamer) - 3:07 "It's a Thing of the Past" (Manny Albam) - 2:46 "Pretty Skinny Bunny" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:29 "Leonice" (Joe Newman) - 3:36 "Jack's Wax" (Al Cohn) - 2:31 "Topsy" (Eddie Durham, Edgar Battle) - 3:17 "Captain Spaulding" (Cohn) - 3:29 "I Could Have Told You" (Carl Sigman, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:57 "Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) - 3:09 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel Joe Newman- trumpet Frank Rehak - trombone Ernie Wilkins - alto saxophone Al Cohn - tenor saxophone Nat Pierce - piano Freddie Green - guitar Milt Hinton - bass Shadow Wilson - drums Manny Albam (tracks 1, 6, 8 & 13), Al Cohn (tracks 2, 5, 9 & 11), Ernie Wilkins (tracks 3, 4, 7, 10 & 12) - arranger

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