Swingin' New Big Band

Swingin' New Big Band is a 1966 live album by Buddy Rich and his big band.

Track listing

LP side A:

1. "Ready Mix" (Bill Holman) – 3:22
2. "Basically Blues" (Phil Wilson) – 5:39
3. "Critic's Choice" (Oliver Nelson) – 3:28
4. "My Man's Gone Now" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:05
5. "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) – 2:49

LP side B:

1. "Sister Sadie" (Horace Silver) – 3:15
2. "More Soul" (King Curtis, Nelson) – 4:19
3. West Side Story Medley (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 10:48
4. "Overture"
5. "Cool"
6. "Something's Coming"
7. "Somewhere"

9 bonus tracks added to 1996 CD re-issue:

1. <li value=9>"What'd I Say" (Ray Charles) – 2:56
2. "Hoe Down" (Nelson) – 2:47
3. "Step Right Up" (Nelson) – 3:17
4. "Apples (aka Gino)" (Arthur M. Wiggins) – 2:32
5. "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" (Fred Fisher) – 2:26
6. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington) – 3:47
7. "Never Will I Marry" (Frank Loesser) – 2:40
8. "Lament for Lester" (Jay Corre) – 2:45
9. "Naptown Blues" (Wes Montgomery) – 3:29

Personnel

The Buddy Rich big band:

• Gene Quill – alto saxophone, clarinet
• Peter Yellin – alto saxophone, flute
• Jay Corre, Martin Flax – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
• Stephen Perlow – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
• Robert Shew, John Sottile, Yoshito Murakami, Walter Battegello – trumpet
• Jim Trimble, John Boice – trombone
• Dennis Good, Mike Waverley – bass trombone
• John Bunch – piano
• Barry Zweig – guitar
• Carson Smith – bass
• Buddy Rich – drums

Arrangers

• Bill Holman
• Oliver Nelson
• Don Piestrup
• Don Rader
• Bill Reddie
• Arthur M. Wiggins
• Phil Wilson
• Jay Corre
• John Boice

Production

• Richard Bock – producer
• Woody Woodward – art direction
• Wally Heider – engineer
• Leonard Feather, Stan Kenton – liner notes
• Fred Felgio – photography
• Dean Pratt – producer, liner notes, reissue producer
• Bob Belden – CD reissue producer

References

External links

• Pacific Jazz PJ 10113 (mono), ST 20113 (stereo) (1966 LP)
• Pacific Jazz LN-10089 (1981 LP re-issue)
• Blue Note 35232 (1996 CD re-issue with bonus tracks)
• Swingin' New Big Band at discogs.com
• Liberty Records discography at bsnpubs.com