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<h2 id="reception">Reception</h2> Professional ratings<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Allmusic/Hb8cU8Fb">Allmusic</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/facts/Allmusic/Hb8cU8Fb">Allmusic</a> awarded the album 3 stars.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="track-listing">Track listing</h2> <ol><li>"<a href="/facts/Top_Hat,_White_Tie_and_Tails/UblL72bS">Top Hat, White Tie and Tails</a>" (<a href="/facts/Irving_Berlin/YpcSvmam">Irving Berlin</a>) - 2:41</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/You_Can_Depend_on_Me_(Louis_Armstrong_song)/B6uKh3oh">You Can Depend on Me</a>" (Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, <a href="/facts/Earl_Hines/t9WJV8n2">Earl Hines</a>) - 3:33</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/We%27ll_Be_Together_Again/1p3Mjx51">We'll Be Together Again</a>" (<a href="/facts/Carl_T._Fischer/lmJBuRkV">Carl Fischer</a>, <a href="/facts/Frankie_Laine/NzJuxLBC">Frankie Laine</a>) - 3:38</li> <li>"It's Bad for Me" (<a href="/facts/Cole_Porter/qVcdskjW">Cole Porter</a>) - 3:19</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Exactly_Like_You_(song)/Qh97nPFH">Exactly Like You</a>" (<a href="/facts/Jimmy_McHugh/wzt03Kv5">Jimmy McHugh</a>, <a href="/facts/Dorothy_Fields/yKP90hrA">Dorothy Fields</a>) - 3:15</li> <li>"Shameful Roger" (<a href="/facts/Manny_Albam/eNMLvYYf">Manny Albam</a>) - 2:46</li> <li>"The Daughter of Miss Thing" (<a href="/facts/Ernie_Wilkins/o6QH3fdo">Ernie Wilkins</a>) - 2:35</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Sometimes_I%27m_Happy_(Sometimes_I%27m_Blue)/JPuzsjmo">Sometimes I'm Happy</a>" (<a href="/facts/Vincent_Youmans/u7QsPteq">Vincent Youmans</a>, <a href="/facts/Irving_Caesar/Vqyzep8h">Irving Caesar</a>) - 3:04</li> <li>"Sweethearts on Parade" (<a href="/facts/Carmen_Lombardo/JfIQlnFr">Carmen Lombardo</a>, Charles Newman) - 2:41</li> <li>"Slats" (Joe Newman, Wilkins) - 3:51</li> <li>"Lament for a Lost Love" (<a href="/facts/Duke_Ellington/CEVXATkB">Duke Ellington</a>, <a href="/facts/Barney_Bigard/GnKfBcm7">Barney Bigard</a>, <a href="/facts/Irving_Mills/QKlUGKTc">Irving Mills</a>) - 3:11</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Perfidia/tzM4XXpf">Perfidia</a>" (<a href="/facts/Alberto_Dom%C3%ADnguez_(songwriter)/jTLqk8Yt">Alberto Domínguez</a>, Milton Leeds) - 2:50</li></ol> <ul><li>Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on October 3 (tracks 1, 2, 6 & 8-12) and October 4 (tracks 3-5 & 7), 1955</li></ul> <h2 id="personnel">Personnel</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Joe_Newman_(trumpeter)/edt1LF8g">Joe Newman</a>- <a href="/facts/Trumpet/QzvHkd6V">trumpet</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Urbie_Green/M6yXmFRU">Urbie Green</a> - <a href="/facts/Trombone/yI8vuH6n">trombone</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gene_Quill/ITqRsVn5">Gene Quill</a> - <a href="/facts/Alto_saxophone/H3w7NSVD">alto saxophone</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Al_Cohn/RemYQMfF">Al Cohn</a> - <a href="/facts/Tenor_saxophone/3wjSPvBF">tenor saxophone</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dick_Katz/hNqG6gM5">Dick Katz</a> - <a href="/facts/Piano/lRI60lQK">piano</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Freddie_Green/wr1TP2Go">Freddie Green</a> - <a href="/facts/Guitar/QIJdTYa6">guitar</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Eddie_Jones_(jazz_musician)/DYITNxYq">Eddie Jones</a> - <a href="/facts/Double_bass/zyyj4aay">bass</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Shadow_Wilson/0jvj5uVb">Shadow Wilson</a> - <a href="/facts/Drum_Kit/XsmopoW9">drums</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Discogs Album Entry accessed November 30, 2015 <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Joe-Newman-Octet-The-Im-Still-Swinging/release/2943789" target="_blank">http://www.discogs.com/Joe-Newman-Octet-The-Im-Still-Swinging/release/2943789</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>The Early Jazz Album Covers of Andy Warhol accessed November 30, 2015 <a href="http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_early_jazz_album_covers_of_andy_warhol" target="_blank">http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_early_jazz_album_covers_of_andy_warhol</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Allmusic listing, accessed November 30, 2015 <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/im-still-swinging-mw0000572031" target="_blank">http://www.allmusic.com/album/im-still-swinging-mw0000572031</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Allmusic listing, accessed November 30, 2015 <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/im-still-swinging-mw0000572031" target="_blank">http://www.allmusic.com/album/im-still-swinging-mw0000572031</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>