Live and Swinging

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Live and Swinging
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Live album by Gerald Wilson Orchestra
Released 1967
Recorded March 31 and April 1, 1967
Marty's on the Hill, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Label Pacific Jazz
PJ 10118
Producer Richard Bock
Gerald Wilson chronology
The Golden Sword
(1966) The Golden Sword1966		Live and Swinging
(1967)		 Everywhere
(1968) Everywhere1968

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. [1] [2]

Gerald Wilson American trumpetist

Gerald Stanley Wilson was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer/arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. In addition to being a band leader, Wilson wrote arrangements for Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Julie London, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and Nancy Wilson.

Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles-based record company and label best known for cool jazz or West coast jazz. It was founded in 1952 by producer Richard Bock (1927–1988) and drummer Roy Harte (1924–2003). Harte, in 1954, also co-founded Nocturne Records with jazz bassist Harry Babasin (1921–1988).

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AllMusic rated the album with 4 stars. [3]

Track listing

All coompositions by Gerald Wilson except as indicated

  1. "Paper Man" (Charles Tolliver) - 6:46
  2. "I Should Care" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) - 3:27
  3. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 4:10
  4. "The "It's" Where It's At" - 5:38
  5. "Blues for a Scorpio" - 5:52
  6. "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 5:17
  7. "Misty" (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke) - 3:03
  8. "Viva Tirado" - 7:46

Personnel

Arrangement musical composition in altered form

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work. It may differ from the original work by means of reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or development of the formal structure. Arranging differs from orchestration in that the latter process is limited to the assignment of notes to instruments for performance by an orchestra, concert band, or other musical ensemble. Arranging "involves adding compositional techniques, such as new thematic material for introductions, transitions, or modulations, and endings... Arranging is the art of giving an existing melody musical variety".

Conducting directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duties of the conductor are to interpret the score in a way which reflects the specific indications in that score, set the tempo, ensure correct entries by ensemble members, and "shape" the phrasing where appropriate. Conductors communicate with their musicians primarily through hand gestures, usually with the aid of a baton, and may use other gestures or signals such as eye contact. A conductor usually supplements their direction with verbal instructions to their musicians in rehearsal.

Al Porcino was an American lead trumpeter.

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References

  1. ↑ Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10100/20100 series accessed January 12, 2016
  2. ↑ Pacific Jazz 10000/20000 series discography Part 2, accessed December 15, 2015
  3. 1 2 Live and Swinging – Listing at AllMusic . Retrieved January 13, 2016.
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