The Swingin's Mutual!
The Swingin's Mutual! is an album by the George Shearing quintet, accompanied on the original 1961 release on six songs by the vocalist Nancy Wilson.
Reception
The initial Billboard review from March 13, 1961, commented of Wilson's singing that "These are standout renditions by the youthful thrush, in which she offers fanciful, stylised and sometimes moody interpretations as "Born to Be Blue", "The Things We Did Last Summer", "Let's Live Again" and "On Green Dolphin Street". The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer concluded: "This is a pleasant, at times, even enjoyable album. The biggest flaw is its superficiality and lack of real effort on the parts of two fine artists ".Track listing (1997 Jazz Heritage CD reissue)
- "The Things We Did Last Summer" – 2:41
- "All Night Long" – 3:06
- "Gentleman Friend" – 2:03
- "Born to Be Blue" – 2:14
- "I Remember Clifford" – 2:35
- "On Green Dolphin Street" – 2:22
- "Let's Live Again" – 2:21
- "Whisper Not" – 2:50
- "The Nearness of You" – 2:58
- "Evansville" – 2:03
- "Don't Call Me" – 2:46
- "Inspiration" – 2:14
- "You Are There" Cy Walter, Chilton Ryan) – 2:08
- "Wait till You See Her" – 2:49
- "Blue Lou" – 2:16
- "Oh! Look at Me Now" – 2:11
- "Lullaby of Birdland" – 2:22
Personnel
Performance
- Nancy Wilson – vocals
- The George Shearing Quintet:
- George Shearing – piano
- Dick Garcia – guitar
- Warren Chiasson or Eddie Costa – vibraphone
- Raplh Peña or George Duvivier – double bass
- Armando Peraza – percussion
- Vernel Fournier or Walter Bolden – drums