Let's Swing!

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
Released	1961
Recorded	December 2, 1960
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:24
Label	Swingville SVLP 2015
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Budd Johnson chronology
Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960) Let's Swing! (1961) French Cookin' (1963)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

• Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone
• Keg Johnson – trombone
• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• George Duvivier – bass
• Charlie Persip – drums

References

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. Yanow, Scott. Let's Swing! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
4. 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.