Composed of broadcast sessions from 1947, Saturday Night Swing Session proves that there was some middle ground between swing and early bebop after all, contradicting the widely held impression that the bop movement split the jazz world into two neatly divided, non-communicating factions. Swing stylists, bop pioneers, and in-betweeners populate these performances, which feature -- among many others -- trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Fats Navarro, drummer Buddy Rich, vocalist Mel Tormé, tenor saxophonists Flip Phillips, Charlie Ventura, and Allen Eager, and trombonist Bill Harris. The music is stimulating, accessible, and historically important. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide
Saturday Night Swing Session
03/01/2047
All Music Guide Review
Saturday Night Swing Session Track Listing
Credits of Saturday Night Swing Session
- Joe Tarantino
- Remastering
- Bob Bach
- Liner Notes
- Mike Colicchio
- Piano
- Al Valente
- Guitar
- Eric Miller
- Producer
- Eddie Safranski
- Bass
- Al Casey
- Guitar
- Allen Eager
- Sax (Tenor)
- Roy Eldridge
- Trumpet, Vocals
- Bill Harris
- Trombone
- Fats Navarro
- Trumpet
- Flip Phillips
- Sax (Tenor)
- Specs Powell
- Drums
- Buddy Rich
- Drums
- Mel Tormé
- Drums, Vocals
- Charlie Ventura
- Sax (Tenor)
- Ralph Burns
- Piano
- Chubby Jackson
- Bass











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