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Swingin' New Big Band is a 1966 live album by Buddy Rich and his big band.[1]

Swingin' New Big Band
Live album by Buddy Rich
Released	1966
Recorded	1966
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:45
Label	Pacific Jazz
Producer	Richard Bock
Buddy Rich chronology
Are You Ready for This? (1965) Swingin' New Big Band (1966) The Sounds of '66 (1966)
1981 LP re-issue
Pacific Jazz LN 10089

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

Track listing

LP side A:

1. "Ready Mix" (Bill Holman) – 3:22
2. "Basically Blues" (Phil Wilson) – 5:39
3. "Critic's Choice" (Oliver Nelson) – 3:28
4. "My Man's Gone Now" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:05
5. "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) – 2:49

LP side B:

1. "Sister Sadie" (Horace Silver) – 3:15
2. "More Soul" (King Curtis, Nelson) – 4:19
3. West Side Story Medley (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 10:48
   1. "Overture"
   2. "Cool"
   3. "Something's Coming"
   4. "Somewhere"

9 bonus tracks added to 1996 CD re-issue:

9. "What'd I Say" (Ray Charles) – 2:56
10. "Hoe Down" (Nelson) – 2:47
11. "Step Right Up" (Nelson) – 3:17
12. "Apples (aka Gino)" (Arthur M. Wiggins) – 2:32
13. "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" (Fred Fisher) – 2:26
14. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington) – 3:47
15. "Never Will I Marry" (Frank Loesser) – 2:40
16. "Lament for Lester" (Jay Corre) – 2:45
17. "Naptown Blues" (Wes Montgomery) – 3:29

Personnel

The Buddy Rich big band

• Gene Quill – alto saxophone, clarinet
• Peter Yellin – alto saxophone, flute
• Jay Corre, Martin Flax – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
• Stephen Perlow – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
• Robert Shew, John Sottile, Yoshito Murakami, Walter Battegello – trumpet
• Jim Trimble, John Boice – trombone
• Dennis Good, Mike Waverley – bass trombone
• John Bunch – piano
• Barry Zweig – guitar
• Carson Smith – bass
• Buddy Rich – drums

Arrangers

• Bill Holman
• Oliver Nelson
• Don Piestrup
• Don Rader
• Bill Reddie
• Arthur M. Wiggins
• Phil Wilson
• Jay Corre
• John Boice

Production

• Richard Bock – producer
• Woody Woodward – art direction
• Wally Heider – engineer
• Leonard Feather, Stan Kenton – liner notes
• Fred Felgio – photography
• Dean Pratt – producer, liner notes, reissue producer
• Bob Belden – CD reissue producer

References

• Pacific Jazz PJ 10113 (mono), ST 20113 (stereo) (1966 LP)
• Pacific Jazz LN-10089 (1981 LP re-issue)
• Blue Note 35232 (1996 CD re-issue with bonus tracks)
• Swingin' New Big Band at discogs.com
• Liberty Records discography at bsnpubs.com

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