Maynard Ferguson (trumpet);
Jimmy Ford (alto saxophone);
Willie Maiden, Carmen Leggio (tenor saxophone);
John Lanni (baritone saxophone);
Clyde Reasinger, Don Ellis, Jerry Tyree (trumpet);
Don Sebesky, Slide Hampton (trombone);
Joe Zawinul (piano);
Jimmy Rowser (bass guitar);
Frankie Dunlop (drums).
Recorded live June 17, 1959 at Birdland "The Jazz Corner of the World" - New York City
Tracks 8 to 12 originally issued in 1994 on "The Complete Roulette Recordings of the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra".
The original album and bonus material have been newly remixed from the original three-track masters and mastered in 24-bit.
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 brilliant treatment of Sonny Rollins's "Oleo" and Slide Hampton's "The Mark of Jazz", but all of the album's original seven tunes and the five bonus tracks added here are all superb. Soloists include Ferguson, Hampton, Don Ellis, Jimmy Ford, Carmen Leggio, and Joe Zawinul. |
