Maynard Ferguson is a 1971 big band jazz album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. The album was originally released on Columbia Records as Columbia 31117. It was also released in the UK by CBS under the name Alive & Well in London. The album largely consists of arrangements of popular songs of the period along with one original composition.
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| Released | 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 1971[1] | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Big Band | |||
| Length | 37:48 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Keith Mansfield | |||
| Maynard Ferguson chronology | ||||
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While he merely "dipped his toes" in the waters of pop music for his first Columbia release (M.F. Horn – Eli's Comin', MacArthur Park), on this album Maynard dives right in. While some albums would contain more "true" jazz than others, this would set the template for most of his tenure at Columbia. Mostly pop covers or popular jazz, with an occasional original (The Serpent on this release) or jazz standard (such as Airegin on 1977's New Vintage).
Reissues
editMaynard Ferguson was reissued on CD in 2005 on Wounded Bird 1117.[2]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Move Over" (arr. Keith Mansfield) | Janis Joplin | Janis Joplin | 2:52 |
| 2. | "Fire and Rain" (arr. Kenny Wheeler) | James Taylor | James Taylor | 3:33 |
| 3. | "Aquarius" (arr. Keith Mansfield) | James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot | Cast of Hair | 6:00 |
| 4. | "The Serpent" | Keith Mansfield | 6:41 | |
| Total length: | 19:06 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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| 1. | "My Sweet Lord" (arr. Kenny Wheeler) | George Harrison | George Harrison | 4:37 |
| 2. | "Bridge over Troubled Water" (arr. Keith Mansfield) | Paul Simon | Simon & Garfunkel | 4:04 |
| 3. | "Your Song" (arr. Kenny Wheeler) | Elton John, Bernie Taupin | Elton John | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Stoney End" (arr. Adrian Drover) | Laura Nyro | Peggy Lipton | 3:13 |
| 5. | "Living in the Past" (arr. John Cameron) | Ian Anderson | Jethro Tull | 3:19 |
| Total length: | 18:42 | |||
Personnel
edit- Keith Mansfield: Producer
- Mike Smith: Executive producer
References
edit- ^ "The Maynard Ferguson Discography: The 1970s". MichaelMinn.net. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ^ Maynard Ferguson at AllMusic. Retrieved July 1, 2015.