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| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | December 13 & 16, 1957 Coastal Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | World Pacific PJ 1239 | |||
| Producer | Richard Bock | |||
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The Street Swingers is an album by jazz trombonist and pianist Bob Brookmeyer with guitarists Jim Hall and Jimmy Raney,recorded in late 1957 for the World Pacific label. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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| AllMusic |   [5] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated that "the tunes are fairly basic and all of the cool-toned musicians are up-to-par on the lightly swinging material." [5]
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