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The Uptown Shuffle

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The Uptown Shuffle
Live album by
ReleasedFebruary 4, 2014
RecordedApril 26 – 27, 2013
VenueSmoke Jazz & Supper Club, New York City
GenreJazz
Length68:26
LabelSmoke Sessions
ProducerPaul Stache
Vincent Herring chronology
In the Spirit of Coltrane and Cannonball
(2012)
The Uptown Shuffle
(2014)
Night and Day
(2015)

The Uptown Shuffle is an album by saxophonist Vincent Herring, which was recorded in 2013 and released the following year on the Smoke Sessions label.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
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Jazzwise[2]

Jazzwise reviewed the album stating, "the ex-Nat Adderley sideman plays a fiery Jackie Mclean-ish alto here in a quartet including the hard swinging, classy pianist Cyrus Chestnut".[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Elation" (Vincent Herring) – 7:31
  2. "Love Walked In" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:47
  3. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 10:18
  4. "Uptown Shuffle" (Cyrus Chestnut) – 7:57
  5. "The Atholete" (Tex Allen) – 7:49
  6. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 8:17
  7. "Strike Up The Band" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 7:22
  8. "Don't Let It Go" (Vincent Herring) – 9:10
  9. "Big Bertha" (Duke Pearson) – 4:15

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "The Uptown Shuffle". Smoke Sessions Records. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Harris, Selwyn. "Vincent Herring: The Uptown Shuffle". The Times. Retrieved July 24, 2024.