Rags and All that Jazz

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Rags and All that Jazz is the third album by the London based Swingle II singers released in 1975 on the CBS label. All tracks from this album were also included in the 2009 Sony Classical compilation, Swing Sing. The original Paris-based The Swingle Singers recorded regularly for Philips in the 1960s and early 1970s and the successor London-based group (Swingle II) continued to record, for Columbia/CBS, Virgin Classics and other record labels from 1974 to the present.

Track listing

• All lyrics by Tony Vincent Isaacs

Side 1

1. "Hotshot” (Scott Joplin) - 2:25
2. "The Wanderer (Solace)" (Scott Joplin) - 3:45
3. "Movie Star (Kansas City Stomp)” (F. ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton) - 2:10
4. "In a Mist" (Leon ‘Bix’ Beiderbecke) - 4:25
5. ”Mr. Superman (Elite Syncopations)” (Scott Joplin) - 2:12

Side 2

1. "Alligator Crawl" (Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller) - 3:00
2. "Heliotrope Bouquet” (Scott Joplin) - 2:48
3. "Chicago Breakdown” (F. ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton) - 3:20
4. "Grandpa’s Spells" (F. ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton) - 1:48
5. "Weeping Willow" (Scott Joplin) - 3:48

Singers

• Olive Simpson & Catherine Bott – sopranos
• Carol Hall & Linda Hirst – mezzo sopranos
• John Potter & Ward Swingle – tenors
• John Lubbock & David Beavan - basses

Musicians

• Patrick Gowers – keyboards
• Allan Walley – bass guitar and double bass
• Tony McVey - drums

Production

• Arrangements and adaptions: Ward Swingle
• Producers: Ward Swingle & Terry Edwards
• Engineer: Steve Taylor
• Album art direction: Roslav Szaybo (CBS Records)
• Album design/montage: Keith Davis