Swingtime!

Swingtime! is an album by the Canadian Brass, released in 1995. The album featured arrangements of several jazz standards.

Track listing

 * 1. "Artistry in Rhythm" (Stan Kenton) (5:05)
 * 2. "Blue Rondo a la Turk" (Dave Brubeck) (4:29)
 * 3. "Back Home in Indiana" (James F. Hanley-Ballard MacDonald) (3:13)
 * 4. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) (3:00)
 * 5. "'Round about Midnight" (Thelonious Monk-Cootie Williams-Bert Hanighen) (5:03)
 * 6. "At the Woodchopper's Ball" (Joe Bishop-Woody Herman) (3:21)
 * 7. "The Lady is a Tramp" (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) (3:45)
 * 8. "Sugar Blues" (Clarence Williams-Lucy Fletcher) (2:47)
 * 9. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin) (3:32)
 * 10. "Whatever Happened To The Dream" (Luther Henderson) (2:48)
 * 11. "Concierto de Aranjuez" (Joaquin Rodrigo) (9:10)
 * 12. "I Found Love" (Chris Dedrick) (3:35)
 * 13. "Ellington Medley" (4:03)
 * (a) "Mood Indigo" (Duke Ellington-Barney Bigard-Irving Mills)
 * (b) "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington-Bob Russell)
 * (c) "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn)
 * 14. "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) (4:39)

(Tracks 1, 6, 13 and 14 arranged by Don Sebesky. Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12 arranged by Chris Dedrick.  Tracks 3 and 8 arranged by Luther Henderson.)

Personnel
The Canadian Brass:
 * Charles Daellenbach: tuba
 * Fred Mills: trumpet
 * David Ohanian: horn
 * Ronald Romm: trumpet
 * Eugene Watts: trombone

Also featuring:
 * Warren Bernhardt: piano on tracks 2 and 5; keyboards on tracks 1, 16, 13 and 14
 * Natalie Cenovia Cummins: violin on tracks 5 and 11
 * Crystal Garner: viola on tracks 5 and 11
 * Gordon Gottlieb: percussion on tracks 1, 2, 6, 11, 13 and 14
 * Evan Johnson: violin on tracks 5 and 11
 * Karen Karlsrud: violin on tracks 5 and 11
 * Maria Kitsopoulos: cello on tracks 5 and 11
 * John Miller: bass on tracks 1, 5, 6, 11, 13 and 14
 * Richard Stoltzman: clarinet on track 6
 * Joe Taylor: guitar on track 14
 * Belinda Whitney-Barratt: violin on tracks 5 and 11
 * Ronnie Zito: drums on tracks 1, 5, 6, 13 and 14

The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars appear on tracks 1, 6, 13 and 14. The personnel for this ensemble is as follows:


 * Don Sebesky: leader
 * Neil Balm: trumpet
 * Warren Bernhardt: keyboard
 * Gene Bertoncini: guitar
 * Rick Baptist: trumpet
 * Bob Carlisle: French horn on tracks 1 & 13
 * Larry Farrell: trombone
 * Paul Faulise: bass trombone
 * Lawrence Feldman: alto sax, flute, piccolo and clarinet on tracks 6 & 14
 * Peter Gordon: French horn on tracks 1 & 13
 * Gordon Gottlieb: percussion
 * Ken Hitchcock: tenor sax, bass clarinet and clarinet on tracks 6 & 14
 * Tony Kadleck: trumpet
 * Jeff Lang: French horn on tracks 1 & 13
 * John Miller: bass
 * Kevin O'Quinn: trombone
 * Joe Passaro: percussion
 * Roger Rosenberg: bass clarinet, baritone sax and flute on tracks 6 & 14
 * Dave Tofani: tenor sax, flute and clarinet on tracks 6 & 14
 * Chuck Wilson: also sax, flute and clarinet on tracks 6 & 14
 * Ronnie Zito: drums

Three tracks on this album also feature archival jazz recordings from the 1950s:
 * "Night and Day" features a performance from the Zoot Sims Quartet, recorded at the Vogue Studios in Paris in 1950. The lineup was:  Zoot Sims: tenor saxophone, Gerry Wiggins: piano, Pierre Michelot: bass, Kenny Clarke: drums.
 * "The Lady Is a Tramp" features a performance from the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, recorded live at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on June 3, 1954. The lineup was: Gerry Mulligan: baritone sax, Bob Brookmeyer: valve trombone, Red Mitchell: bass, Frank Isola: drums.
 * "The Man I Love" features a performance by Roy Eldridge, recorded at the Vogue Studios in Paris on June 9, 1950. The lineup for this performance was: Roy Eldridge: trumpet, Zoot Sims: tenor saxophone, Dick Hyman: piano, Pierre Michelot: bass, Ed Shaughnessy: drums.

The album was produced and mixed by Steve Vining.