ERNESTINE ANDERSON - My Kinda Swing (1959-2002) RM | Serie : LP Reproduction | FLAC (tracks), lossless

 Ernestine Anderson was 32 years old at the time of this 1960 session, not long before her career inexplicably fell into the doldrums. This album finds her in great form, supported by a cast of musicians including Clark Terry, Hank Jones, Yusef Lateef, Ernie Royal, Frank Rehak, and Kenny Burrell, with terrific arrangements by Ernie Wilkins. She achieves the perfect balance in her interpretation of "Trouble Is a Man," a masterful ballad written by Alec Wilder, and she's clearly in her element in the hard-rocking blues "See See Rider." Terry's striking trumpet almost provides a contrasting vocal alongside Anderson during "All My Life," while her understated approach to a quick run through "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" showcases Jones and Burrell. Lateef's oboe adds to the exotic flavor of "Lazy Afternoon." Ken Dryden
Tracklist :
1     My Kinda Love 2:12
Louis Alter / Jo Trent
2     Trouble Is a Man 3:21
Alec Wilder
3     See See Rider 3:05
Ma Rainey
4     Moonlight in Vermont 2:41     
John Blackburn / Karl Suessdorf
5     Land of Dreams 2:23
Norman Gimbel / Eddie Heywood
6     Black Moonlight 2:39
Sam Coslow / Arthur Johnston
7     All My Life 3:20
Sidney Mitchell / Sam H. Stept
8     Mound Bayou 2:37     
Leonard Feather / Andy Razaf
9     I'll Never Be the Same 3:29
Gus Kahn / Matty Malneck / Frank Signorelli
10     It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 2:18
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills    
11     Lazy Afternoon 2:47
John Latouche / Jürg Morgenthaler / Jerome Moross
12     They Didn't Believe Me 2:24
Jerome Kern / Herbert Reynolds
Credits :
Arranged By [Arranger], Conductor – Ernie Wilkins
Orchestra – Ernie Wilkins's Orchestra
Vocals – Ernestine Anderson