Maynard Ferguson & Chris Connor - Two's Company (1961)

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Title: Two's Company
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: Roulette Jazz[ CDP 7243 8 37201 2 5]
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log)
Total Time: 38:38
Total Size: 209 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. I Feel a Song Coming On (Oppenheim-Fields-McHugh) - 2:06
02. The Wind (Freeman) - 4:59
03. New York's My Home (Jenkins) - 4:38
04. Guess Who I Saw Today? (Grand-Boyd) - 3:30
05. When the Sun Comes Out (Arlen-Koehler) - 3:38
06. Send for Me (Jones) - 2:36
07. Where Did You Go? (Wilder-Sundgaard) - 3:43
08. Something's Coming (Bernstein-Sondheim) - 6:34
09. Deep Song (Cory-Gross) - 4:10
10. Can't Get Out of This Mood (Loesser-McHugh) - 2:44

personnel :

Chris Connor - vocals
Maynard Ferguson - trumpet, slide trombone, French horn
Chet Ferretti, Rolf Ericson, Rick Keiffer or Bill Berry – trumpets
Ray Winslow, Kenny Rupp - trombones
Lanny Morgan - alto saxophone, flute
Willie Maiden - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Joe Farrell - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Frank Hittner - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Jaki Byard - piano
Charlie Saunders or John Neves - bass
Rufus Jones - drums

Singer Chris Connor and trumpeter Maynard Ferguson first met up as members of Stan Kenton's Orchestra in 1953. This CD reissue is a rather strange record because Connor performs very dramatic material that often sounds as if it were lifted directly from Broadway shows. Although Ferguson gets to throw in some high-register blasts now and then, his orchestra is mostly used as a prop behind Connor. The singer does her best (her voice was in prime form around this time) but the flamboyant and often-pompous arrangements (which are uncredited) take away from any real spontaneity or swing. An odd set.~Scott Yanow