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Philly Gumbo
By John Swana
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2001
Track listing: Blues For Hicks; Old Head; Up Jumped Bootsie; Soulful One; John Wayne; Better Late Than Never; Sound For Sore Ears; The Schuylkill Expressway; Tot Ziens.
New Beginning
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2001
Track listing: Tuesday Night Prayer Meeting; Falling; New Beginning; One For Gerry; Cowboy's Prayer; The Pawnbroker; Welcome
Happy Morning; In His Time.
John Swana and The Philadelphians: Philly Gumbo
by David A. Orthmann
During a decade long association with the Criss Cross imprint, John Swana has produced an impressive aggregate of achievement, 15 discs in all, as a leader or featured sideman. On his own records, Swana usually adheres to the label's practice of utilizing a select pool of New York area musicians, ranging from young firebrands like Eric ...
John Swana and The Philadelphians: Philly Gumbo
by David A. Orthmann
During a decade long association with the Criss Cross imprint, John Swana has produced an impressive aggregate of achievement, 15 discs in all, as a leader or featured sideman. On his own records, Swana usually adheres to the label's practice of utilizing a select pool of New York area musicians, ranging from young firebrands like Eric ...
Philly-New York Junction
By John Swana
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2000
Track listing: Fat Cat, In Balance, Growing Pains, Philly-New York Junction, Pannonica, I've Never Been In Love Before, Lollipops and Roses, Ugly Beauty, Buffalo (69:31)
A Chat With Eric Alexander
by C. Andrew Hovan
One of the few “young lions" who is more influenced by Dexter Gordon and George Coleman than by John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander has come very far with his career in a short period of time. Following his first year of studying classical music at Indiana University as an alto player, Alexander ...
John Swana/Joe Magnarelli: Philly-New York Junction
by C. Andrew Hovan
Trumpeters John Swana and Joe Magnarelli are of a new generation of players who aren't as well known as a Roy Hargrove or Nicholas Payton but who nonetheless have much to say in terms of advancing the role of the trumpet in jazz. Swana, hails from Philadelphia and has been a Criss Cross veteran for the ...
Tug of War
By John Swana
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 1999
Track listing: Freddie, Tug of War, Vic Arpeggio, Innocence, Pure Bliss, Smile, Puss 'n Boots, Pure Imagination, Quick Fix (69:50)
John Swana: Tug of War
by C. Andrew Hovan
The only reason that thirty-something trumpeter John Swana is not a more recognized jazz artist is due to the fact that he refuses to move to New York and instead keeps his hometown scene of Philadelphia healthy and vibrant. Fortunately for us, Criss Cross Jazz knew a good thing when they heard it and over the ...
In The Moment
By John Swana
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 1996
Track listing: The Lonely Ones; Le Barron; Teeko; Martha; 946 North Randolph; I Wanna Be Happy; Troubled Times; Ballad Of The
Sad Young Men; Esther's Step.
