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Swing [Cast Recording, Soundtrack]

Hampton Ann (Composer), Original Cast (Performer) | Format: Audio CD
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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1. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) / Jumpin' at the Woodside
2. Bounce Me Brother (With a Solid Four)
3. Two and Four / Hit Me with a Hot Note and Watch Me Bounce
4. Rhythm / Throw That Girl Around / Show Me What You Got
5. Bli-Blip
6. Harlem Nocturne
7. Kitchen Mechanics' Night Out / Shout and Feel It
8. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
9. G.I. Jive
10. I'm Gonna Love You Tonight
11. I'll Be Seeing You
12. In the Mood / Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree
13. Swing, Brother, Swing
14. Caravan
15. Dancers in Love
16. Cry Me a River
17. Blues in the Night
18. Boogie Woogie Country
19. All of Me / I Won't Dance
20. Stompin' at the Savoy
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The neo-swing movement hit Broadway in full force with the December 1999 opening of Swing!, a high-energy song and dance revue celebrating the music of the '30s and '40s. The show combines swing classics ("Stompin' at the Savoy") and wartime standards ("I'll Be Seeing You") with originals from its cast members. Cabaret chanteuse Ann Hampton Callaway, Everett Bradley, Laura Benanti, Michael Gruber, and ukulele-toting Casey MacGill (fronting the Gotham City Gates) perform solos and duets as well as quintets arranged by Manhattan Transfer's Yaron Gershovsky. Callaway (whose writing credits include the theme song for the TV series The Nanny and Barbara Streisand's "I've Dreamed of You" and "At the Same Time") has a voice that can burn on a ballad, blare like a trumpet, or scat up a storm. Of course it's a shame not to be able to see director-choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett's high-flying swing and Latin dancers, but this cast recording is an enjoyable romp in the spirit of Broadway's 1981 Ellington tribute, Sophisticated Ladies. --David Horiuchi

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4.0 out of 5 stars "Hit Me with a Hot Note..." again and again and again!!!!!, Oct 25 2003
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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Swing (Audio CD)
SWING! is a delightful Broadway revue which celebrates the new neo-swing era, as well as saluting the past. Ann Hampton Callaway, Laura Benanti and Everett Bradley are joined by a lively chorus as well as Casey MacGill and the Gotham City Gates.

Laura Benanti (INTO THE WOODS, NINE) brings her thrilling soprano to the proceedings with "Two and Four", which segues into an all-out performance of "Hit Me with a Hot Note", performed in stellar fashion by this promising young performer.

Ann Hampton Callaway brings a coy sexiness and cynicism to her numbers, including "Bounce Me, Brother (With a Solid Four)", "Bli-Blip" and "Blues in the Night". She also sings the bittersweet "I'll Be Seeing You".

Laura Benanti, Geralyn Del Corso and Caitlin Carter (CHICAGO) join together for the Andrews Sisters-esque "G.I. Jive", whilst Benanti brings down the house with "Cry Me a River" with Steve Armour on the trombone.

All-in-all, a great cast album of a stellar production in the tradition of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' and SOPHISTICATED LADIES.

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Amazon.com: 4.7 out of 5 stars (21 customer reviews)

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The joint is jumpin', Jan 25 2000
By F. Behrens "Frank Behrens" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Swing (Audio CD)
It seems that even as I write these words the joint is jumpin' at the St. James Theatre in New York City to a new review called <Swing!> [what would they do without exclamation marks?] and the score is now available on a Sony release (SK 89122). For those of us who lived through the 40s--and I was a mere youth when the decade started--these tunes will elicit many many memories of the war that WW I was supposed to have made impossible and of the transformation of some forms of jazz into the Swing that was both a symptom of the uneasy times and a way of coping with them.

Here a talented cast--headed by Ann Hampton Callaway, Everett Bradley and Laura Benati--recreate the musical times with songs that have "It Don't Mean a Thing" as a framing theme and include "jammin'" numbers like "Bounce Me Brother," "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," and "Stompin' at the Savoy" mixed with very lovely ones like the classic "I'll Be Seeing You" and "Blues in the Night."

Of course hearing the original versions of all these by the singers who introduced them and the bands that played them is a far more valuable experience historically. But from what I hear, the arrangers for this production have treated the material with respect and the soloists are "In the Mood" (I believe) that was intended by the composers. A worthwhile salute to an historical period and a joy to hear today.


15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One word... wow., Jan 27 2000
By Michael Costa - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Swing (Audio CD)
I saw the show in November and when I found out the CD wasn't released yet, I was mad. I've been waiting for 3 months now, but I assure you it was worth every second I waited. This CD is everything you could ever need in swing. It has every kind of swing possible, and every song is so well done that you'll listen to it again and again until you have to buy another one because the first one got worn out. I totally reccomend it! BUY IT RIGHT NOW.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing, Aug 9 2001
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Swing (Audio CD)
While I'm a dancer and actor, I've still been a little skeptical of dance shows on Broadway being considered musicals. I was even more wary of this show after seeing its performance on the 2000 Tonys, mainly because in two years, three Broadway dance shows included Sing Sing Sing as a number. However, when I saw Broadway on Broadway this past October and Ann Hampton Callaway's electric performance of 'Blues in the Night,' I decided to give Swing! another chance. Being a fan of swing music, I was familiar with almost all of the numbers. I found that the cast and orchestra gave WONDERFUL reneditions of the numbers, restoring them to the glory that they reached in the 30s and 40s. I've heard many of the songs played on the local Jazz/Swing station here, and my grandparents especially enjoy the album as they were around to hear the original versions. There is some fabulous dancer/musician interaction that must be seen on stage to carry its true merit, but the CD captures the energy and vivacity of the show beautifuly.
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