Album guide
Swinging the Classics: Piano Solos in Swing Style with Drums
- Released
- 1941
- Label
- Signature
- Forces
- Piano
- Personnel
- Hazel Scott with drums
Scott recorded these six sides in New York in December 1940 with only J. C. Heard’s drums beside her piano.
They came from the classical transformations she played at Café Society, and the resulting Decca release was her first solo album and an early commercial breakthrough.
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The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.
The listening queues above follow the same order. The classical player omits tracks that are not based on a classical original.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Ritual Fire Dancede Falla: Ritual Fire Dance
- Invention in A minor, BWV 784J.S. Bach: Invention in A minor, BWV 784
- Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2
- Country GardensGrainger: Country Gardens
- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
- Minute Waltz, Op. 64 No. 1Chopin: Minute Waltz, Op. 64 No. 1