The Navy Swings

The Navy Swings
Live album by Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete
Released	April 2010
Recorded	May–June 1965[1]
Genre	Latin jazz Bossa nova Samba
Length	54:04
Label	V.A.G. Publishing
Producer	David Guaraldi
Vince Guaraldi chronology
The Definitive Vince Guaraldi (2009) The Navy Swings (2010) Peanuts Portraits (2010)
Bola Sete chronology
Windspell (2008) The Navy Swings (2010) The Kitchen Tapes (2014)

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The Navy Swings is a live performance album by pianist Vince Guaraldi and guitarist Bola Sete, released in April 2010 by V.A.G. Publishing. The release contains four separate 15-minute Go Navy! The Navy Swings radio shows performed for the U.S. Navy during May and June 1965.

Background

Go Navy! The Navy Swings was a weekly, jazz-themed, 15-minute public service radio show broadcast between 1957 and 1970. Hosting duties were split between George Fenneman, Jack Haskell and Don Wilson, each who introduced the weekly guests and allowed them to perform a short concert consisting of three or four songs. The performance then concluded with a message from a U.S. Navy recruiter. The Vince Guaraldi Trio and Bola Sete recorded four separate performances for the series.^[1]

Track listing

Program One

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
1.	"The Navy Swings Title Theme and Introduction, Brief Chat"		Don Wilson, Vince Guaraldi Trio	0:56
2.	"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"	Vince Guaraldi	Vince Guaraldi Trio	3:11
3.	"Recruitment Public Service Announcement"		Don Wilson, Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete	1:26
4.	"Choro"	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (uncredited); adapted by Vince Guaraldi	Vince Guaraldi Trio & Bola Sete	2:41
5.	"Chat, Recruitment Public Service Announcement"		Don Wilson, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Bola Sete	1:28
6.	"The Girl from Ipanema"	Antônio Carlos Jobim Vinicius de Moraes	Vince Guaraldi Trio & Bola Sete	3:41
7.	"Chat"		Don Wilson, Vince Guaraldi	0:41

Program Two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
8.	"Mr. Lucky"	Henry Mancini	Vince Guaraldi Trio	2:02
9.	"Recruitment Public Service Announcement, Chat"		Don Wilson, Bola Sete	1:13
10.	"Days of Wine and Roses"	Henry Mancini	Vince Guaraldi Trio & Bola Sete	2:48
11.	"Chat"		Don Wilson, Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete	0:43
12.	"Limehouse Blues"	Philip Braham	Vince Guaraldi Trio	2:26
13.	"Recruitment Public Service Announcement"		Don Wilson, Vince Guaraldi	0:46
14.	"I Could Write a Book"	Richard Rodgers	Vince Guaraldi Trio	2:23
15.	"Chat"		Don Wilson, Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete	0:43

Program Three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
16.	"Samba de Orpheus"	Luiz Bonfá	Vince Guaraldi Trio & Bola Sete	3:29
17.	"Recruitment Public Service Announcement, Chat"		Don Wilson, Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete	1:24
18.	"Star Song"	Vince Guaraldi William Siden	Vince Guaraldi Trio & Bola Sete	3:41
19.	"Chat, Recruitment Public Service Announcement"		Don Wilson, Bola Sete	0:56
20.	"Valsa De Uma Cidade (Waltz of a City)"	Antônio Maria Ismael Netto	Bola Sete with Tom Beeson and Lee Charlton	3:01
21.	"Chat"		Don Wilson, Vince Guaraldi	0:25

Program Four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
22.	"What Kind of Fool Am I?"	Leslie Bricusse Anthony Newley	Vince Guaraldi Trio & Bola Sete	2:47
23.	"Recruitment Public Service Announcement, Chat"		Don Wilson, Bola Sete	1:14
24.	"One-Note Samba"	Antônio Carlos Jobim	Bola Sete	2:18
25.	"Chat"		Don Wilson, Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete	0:34
26.	"Lollipops and Roses"	Tony Velona	Vince Guaraldi Trio & Bola Sete	2:38
27.	"Recruitment Public Service Announcement"		Don Wilson, Vince Guaraldi	0:42
28.	"What Is This Thing Called Love?"	Cole Porter	Vince Guaraldi Trio & Bola Sete	2:20
29.	"Chat, The Navy Swings Closing Theme"		Don Wilson, Vince Guaraldi Trio	1:27
Total length:				54:04

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes.

• Bola Sete – guitar
• Don Wilson  – Master of Ceremonies

Vince Guaraldi Trio

• Vince Guaraldi – piano
• Tom Beeson – double bass
• Lee Charlton – drums

References

1. Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi on LP and CD: The Navy Swings". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

External links

• The Navy Swings at Discogs