- jazz, vocal jazz
- 45 min
- 13 tracks
- Atlantic
Swing is the seventeenth album released by the Manhattan Transfer in 1997 on the Atlantic Records label. This album is a collection of 1930s and 1940s swing music with the Manhattan Transfer's jazz twist. The album also features a guest appearance by Stéphane Grappelli, one of his last recordings before his death.
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Classical in form, spare, character-led and warm.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
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Tracks
- 1Stomp of King Porter3:12
- 2Sing a Study in Brown2:52
- 3Sing Moten’s Swing3:36
- 4A-Tisket, A-Tasket2:58
- 5I Know Why (And So Do You)3:34
- 6Sing You Sinners2:45
- 7Java Jive2:52
- 8Down South Camp Meetin’3:15
- 9Topsy3:14
- 10Clouds7:13
- 11Skyliner3:11
- 12It’s Good Enough to Keep3:12
- 13Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie3:00
13 tracks, 45 minutes.
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- Artist
- The Manhattan Transfer
- Label
- Atlantic
- Released
- 1997
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- DE
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