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THE ESSENTIAL MAYNARD FERGUSON

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2 CD Set. While this two CD set does cover a lot of the material Maynard Ferguson recorded between the mid '50s and late '90s, it suffers from a chronological imbalance that keeps it from living up to its title as the "essential" distillation of his work. It's heavily tilted toward his Columbia output, which is understandable given that Columbia/Legacy is the label that put out this compilation. But that means that his recordings from Roulette between the late '50s and mid '60s a period in which he's usually regarded as having done some of his finest straight jazz music is underrepresented, with just three tracks coming from his time there. Listening to the collection, you can hear why he's both respected for his trumpet playing, especially in the upper register and reviled for his rock funk pop disco oriented arrangements, especially in the mid to late '70s by jazz fans in almost equal measure. Listeners who are more pop fans than jazz fans, however, will be pleased that his '70s material comprises about half this set, including, his 1977 Top 30 pop hit "Gonna Fly Now," famous from its use in the Rocky film.

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The Way You Look Tonight

20, Rue De Madrid

Never You Mind

Over The Rainbow

The Wailing Boat

Somebody Wants Me Down There

Blue Birdland

Straight Up

Free Lee

Everybody Moan

Tag Team

Newport

Maria

Macarthur Park

Ballad To Max

Give It One

'Round Midnight

The Fox Hunt (Live)

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Live)

Two For Otis (Live)

Superbone Meets The Bad Man

Chameleon

The Cheshire Cat Walk

Gonna Fly Now

Everybody Loves The Blues

An Offering Of Love, Pt. 1

Birdland

Caravan

Waltz For Nicole

Manteca

Collective Personnel: David Ramsey, Sal Giorgianni, Wayne Bergeron, Tom Garling, Dan Zank, Denis DiBlasio, John Odini, Pete Jackson, Brain Smith, Bruce Johnstone, Dan D'Imperio, more

Label:	COLUMBIA
Number:	51642
Item Code:	60742
Format:	CD
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Dates:	(1954-1996)
Price:	$24.00
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