In Full Swing

by Seth MacFarlane

Overview

Standing in contrast to the moody 2015 set No One Ever Tells You, 2017's In Full Swing contains some of the sunny brio its title suggests. Chalk it up to the songs Seth MacFarlane selects, of course. There's nary a song of heartbreak among the album's 16 numbers, and he doesn't rely on overly familiar tunes, either. This lighthearted batch of songs is given effervescent arrangements by Joel McNeely, who gladly keeps the proceedings cool and breezy. As always, MacFarlane and McNeely are so besotted with Frank Sinatra's classic long-players for Capitol that their act can seem like a bit of swinging cosplay, with MacFarlane mimicking Old Blue Eyes' finger-snapping charm and McNeely penning love letters to Nelson Riddle, but their execution is expert and, since the touch is light, In Full Swing feels looser and better than its predecessors. MacFarlane and McNeely have taken Frank's advice to take things Nice 'n' Easy to heart, and they're the better for it. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/15/2017
Label:	Verve / Republic
UPC:	0602557868265

Tracks

1. The First Time It Happens
2. Almost Like Being in Love
3. Isn't This a Lovely Day
4. For You, for Me, for Evermore
5. Like Someone in Love
6. That Face
7. If I Had a Talking Picture of You
8. I'm Glad There Is You
9. You Couldn't Be Cuter
10. I Like Myself
11. You Can't Love 'Em All
12. Have You Met Miss Jones?
13. A Kiss or Two
14. But Beautiful
15. Moonlight Becomes You
16. My Buick, My Love and I

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Seth MacFarlane   Primary Artist,Vocals
Tamara Hatwan   Violin
Pierre Doumenge   Cello
Timothy Ball   Horn
Marlow Fisher   Viola
John Anderson   Oboe
Andrew Harvey   Violin
Vicci Wardman   Viola
Karen Jones   Flute
Phillip Levy   Violin
James Thatcher   Horn
Michael Nowak   Viola
Victoria Miskolczy   Viola
Benedict Rogerson   Cello
Steven Holtman   Trombone
Alex Iles   Trombone
Ruth Rogers   Violin
Jonathan Aasgaard   Cello
Corinne Chapelle   Violin
Armen Ksajikian   Cello
Danny Marsden   Trumpet
Ciaran McCabe   Violin
John Mills   Violin
Jeremy Isaac   Violin
Elizabeth Gillies   Featured Artist
Brian O'Connor   Horn
Rowena Calvert   Cello
Wayne Bergerson   Trumpet
Liam Kirkman   Trombone
Jens Lynen   Violin
Pip Eastop   Horn
Stephen Kujala   Flute
Shlomy Dobrinsky   Violin
Geraldine Rotella   Flute
Francesca Barritt   Violin
Charis Jenson   Violin
Roberto Ruisi   Violin
Lianne Barnard   Flute
Cheryl Norman   Violin
Mark Robertson   Violin
Jonathan Stokes   Trombone
Benjamin Newton   Viola
Steven Wilkie   Violin
Peter Graham   Violin
Stephen Erdody   Cello
Annie Beilby   Viola
Lorenz Gamma   Violin
Aimee Kreston   Violin
Dan Higgins   Woodwind,Saxophone,Sax (Alto)
Alyssa Park   Violin
Roger Wilkie   Violin
Patrick White   Trumpet
Josefina Vergara   Violin
James Lynch   Trumpet
Dave Walther   Viola
Hugh Webb   Harp
Andy Wood   Trombone
Anatoly Rosinsky   Violin
Roberto Cani   Violin
Bob Summers   Trumpet
Bill Liston   Saxophone
Brian Scanlon   Saxophone
Hannah Dawson   Violin
Daniel Kelly   Horn
Greg Huckins   Saxophone
Jamie Talbot   Sax (Tenor)
Dennis Karmazyn   Viola
Peter Erskine   Drums
Andrew Martin   Trombone
Norah Jones   Featured Artist
Endre Granat   Violin
John Parricelli   Guitar
Joel Pargman   Violin
David Weiss   Oboe
Andy Panayi   Sax (Alto)
Alan Estes   Percussion
Helen Nightengale   Violin
Henry Gronnier   Violin
Catherine Musker   Viola
Colin Skinner   Sax (Baritone)
Dunja Lavrova   Violin
Sam Walton   Timpani,Percussion
Phillip Eastop   Horn
Heather Clark   Flute
David H. Speltz   Viola
Phil Todd   Sax (Tenor)
Matthew Funes   Viola
Dave Everson   Horn
Gordon Campbell   Trombone
Jo Ann Turovsky   Harp
Mike Lovatt   Trumpet
Sid Page   Violin
Richard Altenbach   Violin
Brian Dembow   Viola
Bruce Dukov   Violin
Chuck Findley   Trumpet
Larry Koonse   Guitar
Chuck Berghofer   Bass,Rhythm Bass
Robert Brophy   Viola
Warren Luening   Trumpet
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.   Trombone
Clayton Haslop   Violin
Joel McNeely   Conductor
Cecilia Tsan   Viola
Wade Culbreath   Percussion
Pete Christlieb   Saxophone
Peter Noah   Trombone (Bass)
Tom Ranier   Piano,Celeste
Alan Broadbent   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Autumn de Wilde   Cover Photo
Kurt Iswarienko   Photography
John Barrett   Assistant Engineer
Tom Croxon   Orchestra Contractor
Jack Brooks   Composer,Composer
Joy Fehily   Executive Producer
Stephano Civetta   Assistant Engineer
Viktoriya Tsoy   Design
Lew Spence   Composer
Rich Breen   Mixing,Engineer
Jimmy Dorsey   Composer
Jule Styne   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Dave Collins   Mastering
Frank Skinner   Composer
Paul Madeira   Composer
Seth MacFarlane   Producer
Adolph Green   Composer
Alan Bergman   Composer
Buddy DeSylva   Composer
Vincent Youmans   Composer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
Joe Raposo   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Leo Robin   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Johnny Burke   Composer
Mark Graham   Music Preparation
Joe Spix   Art Direction
Frederick Loewe   Composer
Andre Previn   Composer
Jerome Kern   Composer
Betty Comden   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Alan Jay Lerner   Composer
Clifford Grey   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Joel McNeely   Arranger
Lew Brown   Composer
Ray Henderson   Composer
Gary Lindsay   Vocal Consultant