Swingin' Machine

Swingin' Machine
Studio album by Mose Allison
Released	1963
Recorded	November 8 & 9, 1962
Studio	Atlantic Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:23
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Nesuhi Ertegun
Mose Allison chronology
I Don't Worry About a Thing (1962) Swingin' Machine (1963) The Word from Mose (1964)

Swingin' Machine is an album by American pianist, vocalist and composer Mose Allison recorded for the Atlantic label in 1962. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 21⁄2 stars with its review by Eugene Chadbourne stating, "adding horns to Allison's band just doesn't work that well. ...All the vocal tracks here are fine... In all, an enjoyable album but a bit disappointing". ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated

1. "Swingin' Machine" – 2:31
2. "Do It" – 4:33
3. "Stop This World" – 3:24
4. "Promenade" – 5:10
5. "If You're Goin' to the City" – 3:49
6. "Saritha" – 4:58
7. "I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues" (Duke Ellington, Don George) – 3:56
8. "So Rare" (Jerry Herst, Jack Sharpe) – 5:02

• Recorded at Atlantic Studios in NYC on November 8 (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7) and November 9 (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 8), 1962

Personnel

• Mose Allison – piano, vocals
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Jim Reider – tenor saxophone
• Addison Farmer – bass
• Frankie Dunlop – drums

References

1. Atlantic Records Catalog: 1300 series accessed September 25, 2015
2. Mose Allison discography accessed September 25, 2015
3. Chadbourne, Eugene. Swingin' Machine – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved September 25, 2015.