All I Wanna Do Is Swing

All I Wanna Do Is Swing
Studio album by The Joe Newman Octet
Released	1955
Recorded	February 8, 1955 Webster Hall, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:46
Label	RCA Victor LPM 1118
Producer	Jack Lewis
Joe Newman chronology
Joe Newman and the Boys in the Band (1954) All I Wanna Do Is Swing (1955) The Count's Men (1955)

All I Wanna Do Is Swing (subtitled The Joe Newman Story) is an album by jazz trumpeter Joe Newman's Octet recorded in 1955 for the RCA Victor label.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

1. "Soon" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:42
2. "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) - 3:25
3. "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt, Gus Kahn) - 2:36
4. "Corner Pocket" (Freddie Green) - 2:42
5. "If I Could Be with You" (James P. Johnson, Henry Creamer) - 3:07
6. "It's a Thing of the Past" (Manny Albam) - 2:46
7. "Pretty Skinny Bunny" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:29
8. "Leonice" (Joe Newman) - 3:36
9. "Jack's Wax" (Al Cohn) - 2:31
10. "Topsy" (Eddie Durham, Edgar Battle) - 3:17
11. "Captain Spaulding" (Cohn) - 3:29
12. "I Could Have Told You" (Carl Sigman, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:57
13. "Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) - 3:09 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Joe Newman- trumpet
• Frank Rehak - trombone
• Ernie Wilkins - alto saxophone
• Al Cohn - tenor saxophone
• Nat Pierce - piano
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Milt Hinton - bass
• Shadow Wilson - drums
• Manny Albam (tracks 1, 6, 8 & 13), Al Cohn (tracks 2, 5, 9 & 11), Ernie Wilkins (tracks 3, 4, 7, 10 & 12) - arranger