Swing That Music – 2015
Wycliffe Gordon
A rousing version of “Swing That Music”
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The always-exciting Wycliffe Gordon has had a major career ever since gaining exposure in the 1990s with the Wynton Marsalis Septet.
On Mar. 4, 2015, he appeared at a benefit in Dallas with the University of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band, directed by Jay Saunders.
On “Swing That Music,” a song made famous by Louis Armstrong in the mid-1930s, Gordon leads the orchestra through an uptempo version.
Wycliffe Gordon sings and scats, takes a solo on the rarely-used soprano trombone (sounding a bit like a slide trumpet), and there are spots for trumpet, baritone sax and drums before some hot boppish ensemble choruses drive the rousing piece to its conclusion.
-Scott Yanow
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