Jazz That Swings, Vol. 1 (1999)

About this title: Although this is a nice little potpourri of tracks from different artists loosely grouped together around the late '90s swing craze, there's nothing on here that falls into the usual "Sing Sing Sing"-Louis Prima outline. Instead, the collection simply offers tracks that really swing in the truest, finger-snapping sense without being informed by any exercise in zoot-suit nostalgia. Among these 11 tracks are stellar entries from Red Garland, Sonny Criss, David "Fathead" Newman, Hank Crawford, Les McCann, Hank Jones, Cedar Walton, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Eddie Harris, and the Modern Jazz ... read more

Tracks:

1. Love Theme from "The Sandpiper" (The Shadow of Your Smile) [Mandel/Webster]
2. One Note Samba [Hendricks/Jobim/Men]
3. It's All Right With Me [Porter]
4. All the Things You Are [Kern/Hammerstein]
5. Little Sister [Newman]
6. Boo's Tune [Moody]
7. I Can Dig It [McCann]
8. Do Nothin' Til You Hear from Me [Ellington/Russell]
9. If I Were a Bell [Loesser]
10. I Mean You [Monk/Hawkins]
11. Naima [Coltrane]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.