Dancing Sessions

Maynard Ferguson - Dancing Sessions

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Artist: Maynard Ferguson
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2007-09-17
Music Label: Jazz Beat Records
Soundtracks:

Secret Love
'tis Autumn
Soft Winds
'round Midnight
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Stompin' At The Savoy
It Might As Well Be Spring
I'll Be Seeing You
If I Should Lose You
Where's Teddy
Hey There
Mangos
Don't Take You Love From Me
My Foolish Heart
Let's Face The Music And Dance
You Don't Know What Love Is
It's Only A Paper Moon
Party Is Over
Masquerade Is Over
Let's Do It
Spring Is Here
It Could Happen To You
Teach Me Tonight
Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me
Don't Take Your Love From Me
Let's Fall In Love

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Music Review: More exciting than your average dance gig
Rating: 5 Stars

When this music was recorded (1959-60), the popular big bands routinely performed for both concert and dance audiences. This collection showcases perhaps the most exciting dance book of any big band of that era. The 26 tracks include the complete albums "Maynard Ferguson Plays Jazz for Dancing" and "Let's Face the Music and Dance" plus three bonus tracks, including an alternate take and two other tunes from the 1959 recording sessions. One of these is the only vocal on the CD, "Let's Fall in Love." Surprisingly, the vocalist is not identified, but it sounds like Chris Connor, who was working with Maynard around that time.
The tracks are short, ranging from about 2:30 to 4:00 each, so there are no extended improvised solos. But don't let that dissuade you from getting this CD for your jazz listening pleasure. All the things that made Maynard our hero are on display. Examples abound of his Herculean ability across the full range of the trumpet and his versatility on other instruments in the brass family. Just a couple of highlights: "Where's Teddy?" is a medium-tempo blues that will amuse and amaze you, and "Hey There" is one of the best ballad features Maynard ever recorded. (Note to jazz trumpet aficionados: the 1959 sessions include Bill Chase and Don Ellis in the trumpet section.)
Overall, you've got to love what the arrangers have done with some great old standards. It would have been nice if the arrangers had been identified in the liner notes. Top writers Willie Maiden, Slide Hampton, and Don Sebesky are playing on these sessions, so you can be sure their work is here. Regardless of who wrote the charts, this is 79 minutes of great stuff.

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Description of Dancing Sessions

This release contains the complete contents of the original Maynard Ferguson big band LPs Plays Jazz for Dancing and Let?s Face the Music and Dance, plus three rare bonus tracks taken from the same sessions and previously issued as singles or on compilation albums. The two albums presented here, recorded in 1959 and 1960, come from the zenith of this orchestra and present Maynard Ferguson?s vision of dance music at a time in which dancing and Jazz were undergoing serious decline. By 1950, Swing music seemed a thing of the past. Modern Jazz focused on small formats or big orchestral scores which targeted concert halls as opposed to dancing establishments. Most of the dance scene had been taken over by Rock 'N' Roll and R&B bands. 26 tracks. Jazz Beat.

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