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Track Listing
1. Close Your Eyes
2. Very Thought of You, The
3. Let Me Off Uptown
4. Girl Talk
5. You Can't Lose 'Em All
6. One Day at a Time
7. Rhythm of the Blues, The
8. One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else, The
9. Ev'rything You Want Is Here
10. Johnny One Note
11. Swing Is Back in Style
12. Love Is Nuthin' But a Racket
13. Lullaby in Rhythm
14. When Your Lover Has Gone / The Gal That Got Away
15. New York, New York
16. How Little We Know
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Bobby Shew | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Maynard Ferguson (leader, trumpet, flugelhorn); Mike Dubaniewicz, Gary Foster, Matt Catingub (alto saxophone); Jim Brenan, Dan Higgins (tenor saxophone); Sal Lozano (baritone saxophone); Bobby Shew (trumpet, flugelhorn); Adolpho Acosta, Wayne Bergeron, Brian Ploeger (trumpet); Bryant Byers (trombone, bass trombone); Tom Garling, Alex Iles, Reggie Watkins (trombone); Jim Self (tuba); Earl MacDonald (piano); Dennis Budimir (guitar); Brian Stahurski (bass); Dave Throckmorton, Albie Berk (drums); Larry Bunker (percussion).
Producers: Allen Sviridoff, John Burk, Maynard Furguson.
Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California between August 2 & 4, 1999.
Micheal Feinstein is widely known as the urbane, gentle-voiced interpreter of standards, heir apparent to the Great American Songbook tradition. Maynard Ferguson's primary image is that of trumpet maniac, coming dangerously close to blowing his skull out on frenzied flurries of impossibly high notes. Both of these images merely scratch the surface, a fact that makes it possible for the ostensibly incompatible Feinstein and Ferguson to collaborate successfully on BIG CITY RHYTHMS.
Despite his hard-blowing rep, Ferguson, here the leader of a big band, is capable of extraordinary tastefulness and subtlety as he provides sympathetic, swinging accompaniment for Feinstein. The singer, best known as a tender purveyor of piano ballads, proves eminently suited for strutting the boards in grand style on brassy, uptempo swing arrangements of such tunes as Rodgers & Hart's "Johnny One Note" and the self-penned, humorously timely "Swing Is Back in Style."
Industry Reviews
...This is a new musical dimension, a big band led and amply enriched by Maynard Ferguson's still-thrilling horns....predictably pretty....Those who favor Harry Connick Jr. will take to Feinstein...
JazzTimes (05/01/2000)
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