I'm Still Swinging is an album by jazz trumpeter Joe Newman's Octet recorded in 1955 for the RCA Victor label.[1] The album features cover art by Andy Warhol.[2]

I'm Still Swinging
Studio album by
The Joe Newman Octet
Released1956
RecordedOctober 3 & 4, 1955
Webster Hall, New York City
GenreJazz
Length37:33
LabelRCA Victor
LPM 1198
ProducerJack Lewis
Joe Newman chronology
The Count's Men
(1955)
I'm Still Swinging
(1956)
New Sounds in Swing
(1956)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [3]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[3]

Track listing edit

  1. "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" (Irving Berlin) - 2:41
  2. "You Can Depend on Me" (Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines) - 3:33
  3. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) - 3:38
  4. "It's Bad for Me" (Cole Porter) - 3:19
  5. "Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 3:15
  6. "Shameful Roger" (Manny Albam) - 2:46
  7. "The Daughter of Miss Thing" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:35
  8. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 3:04
  9. "Sweethearts on Parade" (Carmen Lombardo, Charles Newman) - 2:41
  10. "Slats" (Joe Newman, Wilkins) - 3:51
  11. "Lament for a Lost Love" (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) - 3:11
  12. "Perfidia" (Alberto Domínguez, Milton Leeds) - 2:50
  • Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on October 3 (tracks 1, 2, 6 & 8-12) and October 4 (tracks 3-5 & 7), 1955

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Discogs Album Entry accessed November 30, 2015
  2. ^ The Early Jazz Album Covers of Andy Warhol accessed November 30, 2015
  3. ^ a b Allmusic listing, accessed November 30, 2015