Rags and All that Jazz
# Rags and All that Jazz

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

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

Side 2

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