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A MESSAGE FROM BIRDLAND

Description:
Birdland, the orchestra's New York base of operations, was the ideal choice as for Maynard Ferguson's first live album, cut on June 17, 1959. The audiences were hip and appreciative, the arrangements by Slide Hampton, Benny Golson, Willie Maiden, and Don Sebesky among others were inventive and swinging, and the presence of Frankie Dunlop on drums drove the band to great heights. This album is best known for the band's berilliant treatment of Sonny Rollins' "Oleo" and Slide Hampton's "The Mark Of Jazz" but all of the album's original seven tunes and the five bonus tracks added are all superb. Soloist include Ferguson, Hampton, Don Ellis, Jimmy Ford, Carmen Leggio, and Joe Zawinul.

Songs:

Personnel

Details:

Oleo

Starfire

The Mark Of Jazz

Night Life (Aka Five Spot After Dark)

Stella By Starlight

Lonely Time (Aka Velvet)

Back In The Satellite Again

Three More Foxes

Sea Isle Stomp

Night Life (Alternate Take0

The Ark Of Jazz (Alternate Take)

Blue Birdland (Theme)

Personnel: Don Ellis, Jerry Tyree, Slide Hampton, Jimmy Ford, Carmen Leggio, more

Label:	CAPITOL
Number:	97447
Item Code:	61275
Format:	CD
Genre:
Dates:	(1959)
Price:	$16.00
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