A Swingin' Affair

For the Frank Sinatra album see A Swingin' Affair!.

A Swingin' Affair
Studio album by Dexter Gordon
Released	1962
Recorded	29 August 1962
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:07
Label	Blue Note
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Dexter Gordon chronology
Go! (1962) A Swingin' Affair (1962) Our Man in Paris (1963)

A Swingin' Affair is a 1962 jazz album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon, recorded two days after his best-known album Go!, and with the same line-up.

Track listing

1. "Soy Califa" (Dexter Gordon) –6:24
2. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) –6:03
3. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) –6:30
4. "The Backbone" (Butch Warren) –6:45
5. "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols) –6:45
6. "McSplivens" (Gordon) –5:40

Personnel

• Dexter Gordon — tenor saxophone
• Sonny Clark —piano
• Butch Warren —bass
• Billy Higgins —drums