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MAYNARD FERGUSON

AND HIS BIRDLAND DREAM BAND ORCHESTRA

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This was one of the most exciting bands Maynard Ferguson ever led. A "Dream Band" assembled for the successful year they spent at Birdland in 1956, it had charts, specially commissioned by Ferguson, by some of the finest writers in contemporary jazz, including Bill Holman, Jimmy Giuffre, Marty Paich, Manny Albam, Ernie Wilkins and Johnny Mandel. With the rhythm section swinging all the way, the band’s performance is inspired, marked by crisply powerful section work and exuberant solos from Ferguson, Cohn, Cleveland and Geller. This was a superior big band, ebullient, fiery and precise, its awesome power matched by writing that clearly stimulated the players. Exhilarating!
Songs: Personnel Details:
 The Wailing Boat
 Somebody Wants Me Down There
 Maynard The Fox
 Blue Birdland
 Great Guns
 Lady Bug
 More West
 Still Water Stomp
 That Jones Boy
 Rosebud
 Button Nose
 Little Girl Kimbi
 Straight Up
 Cervezita
 Mogo
 Sleep Softly
 Geller’s Cellar
 Free Lee
 Say It With Trumpets
 Everybody Moan
 Tell Me Funky
 You Said It
 Early Hours
 Nightmare Alley		 Personnel: Ernie Royal, Al Derisi, Nick Travis, Joe Ferrante, Stan Fishelson, Al Stewart, Nick Travis, Jimmy Nottingham, Jimmy Cleveland, Eddie Bert, Sonny Russo, Herb Geller, Al Cohn, Budd Johnson, Frank Socolow, Ernie Wilkins, Hank Jones, Milt Hinton, Arnold Fishkin, Jimmy Campbell, Don Lamond
Label: FRESH SOUND
Number: 470
Item Code: 61746
Format: CD
Genre:
Dates: (1956)
Price: $16.00  
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