The Street Swingers

The Street Swingers
Studio album by Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall and Jimmy Raney
Released 1957
Recorded December 13 & 16, 1957
Coastal Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label World Pacific
PJ 1239
Producer Richard Bock
Bob Brookmeyer chronology
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(1957)
The Street Swingers
(1957)
Kansas City Revisited
(1958)
Jim Hall chronology
Jazz Guitar
(1957)
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(1957)
Jazz Abstractions
(1960)
Jimmy Raney chronology
2 Guitars
(1957)
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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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The tunes are fairly basic and all of the cool-toned musicians are up-to-par on the lightly swinging material".[5]

Track listing

  1. "Arrowhead" (Jim Hall) - 8:59
  2. "Street Swingers" (Bob Brookmeyer) - 6:20
  3. "Hot Buttered Noodling" (Jimmy Raney) - 6:01
  4. "Musicale du Jour" (Brookmeyer) - 8:49
  5. "Raney Day" (Hall) - 5:24
  6. "Jupiter" (Raney) - 5:06

Personnel

References

  1. Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed November 27, 2015
  2. Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M., World Pacific Album Discography, accessed November 27, 2015
  3. Bill Crow discography, accessed November 27, 2015
  4. Berry, S. C., A Jim Hall discography, accessed November 27, 2015
  5. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. The Street Swingers – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
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