Serious Swingers

Serious Swingers
Studio album by
Bud Shank and Bill Perkins
Released1987
RecordedDecember 2, 3 & 4, 1986
StudioBerkeley, California
GenreJazz
Length58:17
LabelContemporary
C 14031
ProducerRichard Bock
Bud Shank chronology
Bud Shank Quartet at Jazz Alley
(1986) 		Serious Swingers
(1987) 		Quiet Fire
(1987)
Bill Perkins chronology
Remembrance of Dino’s
(1986) 		Serious Swingers
(1987) 		Right Chemistry
(1987)

Serious Swingers is an album by saxophonists Bud Shank and Bill Perkins recorded in 1986 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic stated: "the co-leaders are in excellent form on six underplayed standards and three group originals. The music swings hard without being overly predictable".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Nictation" (Alan Broadbent) - 4:47
  2. "As Sure as You're Born" (Alan Bergman, Johnny Mandel) - 6:49
  3. "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis) - 6:46
  4. "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 7:47
  5. "Blazing Paddles" (Bud Shank) - 4:20
  6. "Nu Blues for B B" (Bill Perkins) - 4:02
  7. "C.T.A." (Jimmy Heath) - 5:10
  8. "Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 5:02
  9. "Remember" (Irving Berlin) - 5:21
  10. "Brazil" (Ary Barroso) - 8:13 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed June 30, 2015
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Serious Swingers – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 10, 2015.