THE SWINGINST collects together most of his recorded work at Modern. Playing with Maynard Ferguson on trumpet and Willard McDaniel on piano, his first releases were on the RPM label, followed with outings on the new Crown singles label. An albumThe Swinginst followed, initially on the Modern label but then re-issued as one of the first Crown LPs. The album included some of the initial singles (sometimes cunningly re-titled) as well as other material. Graced with an avant garde graphical design, it remains a sought-after album with good copies going for more than $100. Vido followed up with a second Crown album in 1957, this time with a more R&B-oriented line-up including organ. Entitled Teenage Dance Party, it included an spirited, extended version of Bill Doggetts Honky Tonk as well as his re-workings of the Kenton favourites Intermission Riff and Come Back To Sorrento. This compilation includes the full content of both albums, plus three of the singles sides not featured on the album. There is more Vido material in the Modern vaults but there simply wasnt room for it on this compilation. The last two tracks are done in the furious style employed at the Gene Norman Just Jazz concerts  Vido had been recorded at the Shrine Auditorium in 1947 along with Wardell Gray and Howard McGhee and attempted to re-create that feeling on these releases from 1953...............

1 - Sing Sing Sing
2 - Back Street Boogie
3 - Jersey Bounce
4 - Movin' On
5 - Emaline
6 - Rockin' Time
7 - Vido's Boogie
8 - Sherry Pink
9 - On Stage
10 - Rollin'
11 - Rock House Blues
12 - Russian Lullaby
13 - Sorrento
14 - Intermission Riff
15 - You Feel It
16 - Rockin' Time (Later Version)
17 - Sweet Sue
18 - Honky Tonk
19 - Speak Easy
20 - Blues For Two
21 - Oh Yes
22 - Oh Marie
23 - Blue Night
24 - Vido's Drive
25 - Frosty