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Title information

Louisiana

Barney Kessel & Harry "Sweets" Edison

To Swing Or Not To Swing

Date of recording

26.7.1955, Los Angeles

Audio sample

Performers

Barney Kessel (Soloist) (guitar)

* 17.10.1923, Muskogee, Oklahoma (OK), United States

† 6.5.2004, San Diego, California (CA), United States

Jimmy Rowles (Soloist) (piano)

* 19.8.1918, Spokane, Washington (WA), United States

† 29.5.1996, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Al Hendrickson (Soloist) (electric guitar)

* 10.5.1920, Eastland, Texas (TX), United States

† 19.7.2007, North Bend, Oregon (OR), United States

Red Mitchell (Soloist) (Double Bass)

* 20.9.1927, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 8.11.1992, Salem, Oregon (OR), United States

Irving Cottler (Soloist) (drums)

* 13.2.1918, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 8.8.1989, Rancho Mirage, California (CA), United States

Georgie Auld (Soloist) (tenor sax)

* 19.5.1919, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

† 8.1.1990, Palm Springs, California (CA), United States

Harry "Sweets" Edison (Soloist) (trumpet)

* 10.10.1915, Columbus, Ohio (OH), United States

† 27.7.1999, Columbus, Ohio (OH), United States

Authors

Andy Razaf (Composer)

* 16.12.1895, Washington, DC, Maryland (MD), United States

† 3.2.1973, Hollywood, California (CA), United States

Bob Schaefer (Composer)
J. C. Johnson (Composer)

* 14.9.1896, Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States

† 27.2.1981, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Album information

To Swing Or Not To Swing

Barney Kessel & Harry "Sweets" Edison

To Swing Or Not To Swing

Year of production

1987

Record Label

Contemporary Records

Tracks

  • 1. Begin The Blues
  • 2. Louisiana
  • 3. Happy Feeling
  • 4. Embraceable You
  • 5. Wail Street
  • 6. Back Home Again In Indiana
  • 7. Moten Swing
  • 8. Midnight Sun
  • 9. Contemporary Blues
  • 10. Don't Blame Me
  • 11. Twelfth Street Rag