Live and Swinging (subtitled The Gerald Wilson Orchestra Plays Standards and Blues) is a live album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 1967 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10100/20100 series accessed January 12, 2016Pacific Jazz 10000/20000 series discography Part 2, accessed December 15, 2015
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AllMusic rated the album with 4 stars.
Track listing All compositions by Gerald Wilson except as indicated "Paper Man" (Charles Tolliver) - 6:46 "I Should Care" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) - 3:27 "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 4:10 "The "It's" Where It's At" - 5:38 "Blues for a Scorpio" - 5:52 "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 5:17 "Misty" (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke) - 3:03 "Viva Tirado" - 7:46 Recorded at Marty's on the Hill in Los Angeles, CA on March 31, 1967 (tracks 2, 3 & 7) and April 1, 1967 (tracks 1, 4-6 & 8)
Personnel Gerald Wilson - arranger, conductor Gary Barone, Dick Forrest, Larry McGuire, Al Porcino, Alex Rodriguez, Charles Tolliver - trumpet Mike Barone, Thurman Green, Lester Robinson - trombone Don Switzer - bass trombone Ramon Bojorquez, Anthony Ortega - alto saxophone Hadley Caliman, Harold Land - tenor saxophone Howard Johnson - baritone saxophone, tuba Phil Moore III - piano Jack Wilson - organ Buddy Woodson - bass Carl Lott - drums
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