| All I Wanna Do Is Swing | ||||
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| Studio album by The Joe Newman Octet | ||||
| Released | 1955 | |||
| Recorded | February 8, 1955 Webster Hall, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:46 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor LPM 1118 | |||
| Producer | Jack Lewis | |||
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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. [1]
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