Let's Swing!
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| Let's Swing! | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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Let's Swing! is an album by saxophonist Budd Johnson which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Swingville label.[1][2]
| Review scores | |
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| 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]