Swinging the Classics: Piano Solos in Swing Style With Drums

by Hazel Scott

Swinging the Classics: Piano Solos in Swing Style With Drums cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1941
  • Label: Decca
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 2.84/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Demonstrating her unique ability to fuse rigorous classical training with deep, propulsive jazz rhythms, the pianist boldly reimagines canonical European compositions. Accompanied only by subtle percussion, she injects intense syncopation into works by Bach, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff. The project highlighted her immense technical facility and proved highly popular in bridging the gap between the concert hall and the nightclub.

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic, Technical, Instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Ritual Fire Dance
  2. Two Part Invention In "A" Minor
  3. Prelude In "C" Sharp Minor
  4. Country Gardens
  5. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 In "C" Sharp Minor
  6. Valse In "D" Flat Major, Op. 64, â„– 1 (Minute)

Credits

  • Hazel Scott - primary artist, piano
  • J.C. Heard - drums [uncredited]
  • Manuel de Falla - composed by
  • Johann Sebastian Bach - composed by
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff - composed by
  • Percy Grainger - composed by
  • Franz Liszt - composed by
  • Frédéric Chopin - composed by

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