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Swingrass '83

Swingrass '83
Studio album by Various Artists
Released 1983 (1983)
Genre Swing, progressive bluegrass
Label Antilles, Mango
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Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
Robert Christgau A–

Swingrass '83 is a 1983 swing/prog-bluegrass album featuring Andy Statman, Richard Greene, Marty Krystall, Peter Ivers, Fred Tackett, Peter Erskine and Buell Neidlinger.

The album consists of renditions of three songs apiece by Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk, plus a couple of group originals.

Not yet issued on CD, the album was originally issued in 1983 on Antilles Records and reissued in 1990 on Mango Records.

The group's one album has been well received by music critics. Scott Yanow said that the "unusual mixture of players" delived "a memorable set".Robert Christgau of The Village Voice called the album the "left-field instrumental of the year".


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