Let's Swing! is an album by saxophonist Budd Johnson which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Swingville label.[1][2]

Let's Swing!
Studio album by
The Budd Johnson Quintet
Released1961
RecordedDecember 2, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length42:24
LabelSwingville
SVLP 2015
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Budd Johnson chronology
Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants
(1960)
Let's Swing!
(1961)
French Cookin'
(1963)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
DownBeat     [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [5]

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer praised the playing of both Johnsons, but commented that there was little of interest in the musical arrangements used.[4] Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "One of tenor saxophonist Budd Johnson's best showcases, Let's Swing! finds him featured in a quintet ... Throughout, Johnson sounds both modern, as if he had come of age as one of the "cool school," and timeless, since he was a major player by the mid-'30s. A fine set".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Budd Johnson except where noted.

  1. "Serenade in Blue" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 3:39
  2. "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Warren, Al Dubin) – 4:30
  3. "Downtown Manhattan" – 7:50
  4. "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:47
  5. "Falling in Love with Love" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:44
  6. "Blues by Budd" – 10:01
  7. "Uptown Manhattan" – 6:18

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Prestige Records Catalog: Swingville 2000, 4000 series. Retrieved July 6, 2017
  2. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Swingville Label Discography, accessed July 6, 2017
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Let's Swing! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Welding, Pete (August 17, 1961). "Budd Johnson: Let's Swing". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 17. p. 32.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 783. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.