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From the Age of Swing - Dick Hyman
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  1. From the Age of Swing
  2. You're Driving Me Crazy/ Moten Swing
  3. Topsy
  4. Moonglow
  5. Them There Eyes
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  1. From the Age of Swing
  2. You're Driving Me Crazy/ Moten Swing
  3. Topsy
  4. Moonglow
  5. Them There Eyes
  6. Dooji Wooji
  7. Soft Winds
  8. What Is There to Say?
  9. 'Deed I Do
  10. Rose Room
  11. I Know What You Do
  12. Mean to Me
  13. I'm Getting Sentimental over You
  14. From the Age of Swing
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As the title implies, this is very much a swing set. Pianist Dick Hyman (a master of all pre-bop styles) has little difficulty emulating Teddy Wilson, Art Tatum and Count Basie (among others) plus his own style in an octet also featuring trumpeter Joe Wilder, trombonist Urbie Green, altoist-clarinetist Phil Bodner, baritonist Joe Temperley, rhythm guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, bassist Milt Hinton, drummer Butch Miles and (on three tunes) altoist Frank Wess. The opening and closing numbers are ad-lib blues both titled "From ...

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From the Age of Swing 1994, Reference Recordings

UPC: 030911105921

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