Maynard Ferguson - Verve Jazz Masters 52 (1996)

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Title: Verve Jazz Masters 52
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: Verve Records[529 905-2]
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Swing
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 53:55
Total Size: 248 MB(+3%) | 127 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. King's Riff (3:15)
02. Maiden Voyage (3:03)
03. Willie Nillie (3:08)
04. Hymn To Her (2:37)
05. The Way You Look Tonight (2:58)
06. Can't We Talk It Over? (4:56)
07. Egad, Martha (3:56)
08. Dancing Nitely (3:48)
09. The Lamp Is Low (3:26)
10. Dream Boat (2:54)
11. Pork Pie (3:30)
12. Never You Mind (3:31)
13. Love Me Or Leave Me (2:41)
14. Moonlight In Vermont (3:47)
15. Easy To Love (3:12)
16. Wildman (3:13)
Maynard Ferguson - Verve Jazz Masters 52 (1996)

As part of Verve's extensive Jazz Masters reissue series, this CD has some highlights from trumpeter Maynard Ferguson's recordings for EmArcy and Mercury. There is one selection ("King's Riff") from a date with tenorman Ben Webster and altoist Benny Carter, five songs from an album with West Coast all-stars (Dimensions), a version of "Can't We Talk It Over" that features MF with arranger Pete Rugolo, and selections from Ferguson's early big band LPs Around the Horn and Boy with Lots of Brass. Best-known as a high-note trumpeter, Maynard Ferguson did his best on these performances to show off his other abilities including taking solos on valve trombone and playing jazz in the trumpet's lower register. The bop-based music is enjoyable, there are many other prominent soloists (including altoists Bud Shank, Herb Geller and Anthony Ortega) and Irene Kral sings an effective rendition of "Moonlight in Vermont." But more serious collectors are advised to search for the complete original records.~Scott Yanow