Maynard Ferguson - These Cats Can Swing! (1995)

Maynard Ferguson - Trumpet * Flugelhorn
Trumpets: Jon Owens, Joey Tartell, Carl Fischer
Trombone: Tom Garling
Saxes: Chip McNeill, Matt Wallace
Rhythm: Ron Oswanski (piano & keyboards), Chris Berger (bass), Jason Harnell (drums)

1. Sugar
2. Caravan
3. I Don't Want To Be A Hoochi Coochie Man No Mo'
4. Sweet Baba Suite (Bai Rav)
5. I'll Be Around
6. He Can't Swing
7. It's The Gospel Truth

Maynard Ferguson - Carnival (1978)

Maynard Ferguson - Trumpet/Superbone/Firebird/Flugelhorn
Trumpets: Stan Mark, Dennis Noday, Dan Wetly, Ron Tooley, Joe "Loon" Mosello
Trombones: Nick lane, Phil Grey
Saxophones: Eric Traub, Mike Migliore, Bob Militello
Rhydthm: John Odini (Guitar), Biff Hannon (Electric Piano/Synthesizers), Gordon Johnson (Bass), Bob Economou (Drums), Peter Erskine (Drums), Ralph McDonald (Percussion), Rubens Bassini (Percussion)
Vivian Cherry - Vocals

1. MF Carnival
2. Fantasy
3. Theme from "Battlestar Galactica"
4. Stella by Starlight
5. Birdland
6. Baker Street
7. How Ya' Doin' Baby?
8. Over From Rainbow

Maynard Ferguson - The Birdland Dream Band (1956)

Tracks: 1-9, 18
Trumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Al De Risi, Nick Travis, Joe Ferrante,
Trombones: Jimmy Cleveland, Sonny Russo, Eddie Bert
Saxophones: Herb Geller(alto), Budd Johnson(tenor), Ernie Wilkins(bari), Al Cohn(tenor)
Rhythm: Hank Jones (piano), Milt Hinton (bass), Jimmy Campbell (drums)

Tracks 10-17:
Trumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Al De Risi, Nick Travis, Joe Ferrante, Nick Travis, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Al Stewart
Trombones: Jimmy Cleveland, Sonny Russo
Saxophones: Herb Geller( alto), Budd Johnson (tenor), Frank Socolow (tenor), Ernie Wilkins (bari), Al Cohn (tenor)
Rhythm: Hank Jones (piano), Arnold Fishkin (bass), Don Lamond( drums)

1. Lady Bug
2. Still Water Stomp
3. Blue Birdland
4. Great Guns
5. Button Nose
6. Maynard The Fox
7. Somebody Wants Me Down There
8. More West
9. The Wailing Boat
10. Mogo
11. Early Hours
12. Geller's Cellar
13. Say It With Trumpets
14. You Said It
15. Everybody Moan
16. Sleep Softly
17. Cervezita
18. Little Girl Kimbi

Maynard Ferguson - Color Him Wild (1964)

Maynard Ferguson - Trumpet/Valve Trombone
Nat Pavone, Don Radar, Harry Hall, Dick Hurwitz - Trumpets
Kenny Rupp - Trombone/Tuba
Rob McConnell - Valve Trombone
Lanny Morgan, Willie Maiden, Frank Vicari, Ronnie Cuber - Saxophones
Mike Abene - Piano
Ron McClure - Bass
Tony Inzalaco - Drums

1. Airegin
2. Macarena
3. Green Dolphin Street
4. People
5. This Nite
6. The Lady's In Love
7. Tinsel
8. Three More Foxes
9. Come Rain Or Come Shine

Maynard Ferguson - Brass Attitude (1998)

Maynard Ferguson (trumpet, flugelhorn); Matt Wallace, Sal Giorgianni (alto & tenor saxophones); Carl Fischer (trumpet, superbone); Frank Greene, Wayne Bergeron (trumpet); Tom Garling (trombone, superbone); Ron Oswanski (piano, keyboards); Paul Thompson (acoustic & electric basses); Dave Throckmorton (drums)

1. Just Friends
2. Waltz For Nicole
3. I Love You
4. Milk Of The Moon
5. Misra-Dhenuka
6. Knee Deep In Rio
7. Erica And Sandra
8. The Lip
9. Caruso

Maynard Ferguson - Plays Jazz For Dancing (1959)

Maynard Ferguson - Trumpet/Baritone Horn
Don Ellis, Chet Ferretti, Paul Fontaine - Trumpets
Billy Byers, Charlie Greenlace - Trombones
Jimmy Ford, Lynn Halliday, Willie Maiden, Frank Hittner - Saxophones
Jaki Byard - Piano
Gene Cherico - Bass
Frank Dunlop - Drums
Anne Marie Moss - Vocal

1. Hey There
2. Where's Teddy
3. If I Should Lose You
4. I'll Be Seeing You
5. 'Tis Autumn
6. Secret Love
7. I'm Beginning To See The Light
8. It Might As Well Be Spring
9. Stompin' at the Savoy
10. 'Round Midnight
11. Soft Winds

Maynard Ferguson - Around The Horn with Maynard Ferguson (1956)

Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Childers, Ray Linn - Trumpets
Bob Burgess - Trombone
Herb Geller, George Auld, Bill Holman, Bud Shank - Saxophones
Lorraine Geller - Piano
Ray Brown - Bass
Buddy Clarke - Bass
Alvin Stoller - Drums

1. Mrs. Pitlack Regrets
2. Never You Mind
3. Pork Pie
4. Dream Boat
5. Well, Hardly Ever
6. The Roamin' Showman
7. Dancing Nitely
8. Ain't Life Grand
9. Idyll
10. Open Sesame
11. C'est La Blues
12. Wildman

"New" Maynard Available

Sleepy Night Records has just released a new Maynard Ferguson CD, "Maynard Ferguson - The Lost Tapes Volume One" containing "never before heard tracks from Maynard and his amazing band from 1967 onwards complete with 16 page booklet with never before seen photos and information."

Track listing is: 1. L-Dopa 15'57 2. Fox Hunt 2'49 3. Tenderly 4'03 4. Watermelon Man 13'07 5. Somewhere 3'25 6. The Italian Suite 17'14 7. Eleanor Rigby 7'45 8. The Fruit of the Loon 5'18 9. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me 5'10 10. Bluebird Land 1'33 11. MF/Ernie Goodnight.

If you love MF like I do, BUY THIS CD. If sales are good there are chances there will be a Volume Two and more, maybed even a DVD. Get it here.

Maynard Ferguson - Uncle Joe Shannon (1979)

Music by Bill Conti from the movie, "Uncle Joe Shannon".

1. Seascape
2. Evening Concert
3. Fire Tragedy
4. Alone Again
5. Return To The Sea
6. Uncle Joe
7. Hot Nights
8. The Goose
9. Hard Time

Why did I star this blog? One word: Maynard

I thought this would be appropiate for my 200th post on this blog, the topic of why I started it in the first place.

I have enjoyed the music of Maynard Ferguson for some time, since the late 80's. However most of what I knew was from the 70's, MF Horn 1 & 2 (on cassette), Primal Scream, Conquistador and the like. I had no idea at first that his career spanned the decades that it has. Once I discovered this I wanted to learn more about those recordings from the 50's and 60's, but it wasn't until the internet really came around in the mid 90's that I was able to. And with eBay I was finally, much to my joy, able to acquire a number of LPs that were out of print.

That is the reason I started this blog, to share that joy with others who may not have had the opportunitiy to ever have heard some of these MF recordings. Now, of course, it's gone well beyond just Maynard into other areas of my own personal jazz collection.

So, as a reminder, here's a list of those joys - all the Maynard material currently available here. Some of these have been reissued, and I encourage you to buy those CDs so we can hope to have more of these released in the future. And, if you have other bootlegs you would like to share, drop me a line.

Stan Kenton - Summer of '51 (1951)
Stan Kenton - New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm (1952)
Stan Kenton - Kenton in Hi-Fi (1956)
Live at Peacock Lane (1956)
Boy with Lots of Brass (1957)
Live at Peacock Lane (1957)
A Message from Newport (1958)
Swinging My Way Through College (1958)
A Message from Birdland (1959)
Let's Face The Music And Dance (1960)
Newport Suite (1960)
Maynard '61 (1961)
Straightaway Jazz Themes (1961)
Two's Company (1961)
Maynard '62 (1962)
Si! Si! MF (1962)
Maynard '63 (1963)
Message from Maynard (1963)
Come Blow Your Horn (1964)
The Blues Roar (1964)
Maynard '64 (1964)
The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson (1964)
Ridin' High/Freaky (1968)
1969 (1969)
The Ballad Style of Maynard Ferguson (1969)
MF Horn (1970)
MF Horn 2 (1972)
MF Horn 3 (1973)
MF Horn 4 & 5, Live at Jimmy's (1973)
Live at the Great American Music Hall (1973)
Chameleon (1974)
Various Live Tracks (1970s)
The Best of Maynard Ferguson (1980)
Storm (1982)
Live from San Francisco (1983)
Body & Soul (1986)
Big Bop Nouveau (1990)
Footpath Café (1992)
Verve Jazz Masters 52 (1996)
Live at "The Basement" (2002)
Live at the Blue Note (2003)
Live in Las Vegas (2004)

Maynard Ferguson - Big Bop Nouveau (1990)

LP, Intima Records, 7 73390-1

Trumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Wayne Bergeron, Roger Ingram, Peter Olstad
Trombones: Alex Iles, Rich Berkeley
Saxes: Christopher Hollyday, Matt Wallace, Gene Burkert, Glenn Kostur
Rhythm: Tom Bevan (guitar), Billy Hunting (percussion, mallets), Jim Donica (bass), John Toomey (keyboards), David Tull (drums)

1. Blue Birdland
2. Cherokee
3. Caught In The Current
4. But Beautiful
5. Crusin' For A Bluesin'
6. The Maynard Ferguson Hit Medley
     - Chameleon
     - MacArthur Park
     - Frame For The Blues
     - Maria
     - Birdland

Stan Kenton - Kenton in Hi-Fi (1956)

Saxes: Skeets Herfurt, Lennie Niehaus, Bill Perkins, Spence Sinatra, Vido Musso (solos only), Jack Nimitz
Trombones: Milt Bernhart, Carl Fontana, Bob Fitzpatrick, Kent Larsen, Don Kelly
Trumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Pete Candoli, Sam Noto, Ed Leddy, Vinnie Tanno, Don Paladino
Rhythm: Ralph Blaze (guitar), Chico Guerrero (percussion), Mel Lewis (drums), Stan Kenton (piano, leader)

1. Artistry Jumps
2. Interlude
3. Intermission Riff
4. Minor Riff
5. Minor Riff (Alt. Take)
6. Collaboration
7. Painted Rhythm
8. Southern Scandal
9. Peanut Vendor
10. Eager Beaver
11. Concerto To End
12. Artistry In Boogie
13. Lover
14. Unison Riff
15. Opus In Pastels
16. Machito
17. Artistry In Rhythm

Stan Kenton - New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm (1952)

Trumpets: Conte Candoli, Buddy Childers, Maynard Ferguson, Don Dennis, Ruben McFall
Trombones: Bob Fitzpatrick, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Bill Russo, George Roberts
Saxes: Lee Konitz, Vinnie Dean, Richie Kamuca, Bill Holman, Bob Gioga
Rhythm: Stan Kenton (piano, leader), Sal Salvador (guitar), Don Bagley (bass), Stan Levy (drums) Derek Walton (conga)
vocal: Kay Brown (7)

1. Prologue (This Is An Orchestra!)
2. Portrait Of A Count
3. Young Blood
4. Frank Seaking
5. 23 Degrees N-82 Degrees W
6. Taboo
7. Lonesome Train
8. Invention For Guitar And Trumpet
9. My Lady
10. Swing House
11. Improvisation
12. You Go To My Head

Maynard Ferguson - Body & Soul (1986)

Trumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Wayne Bergeron, Alan Wies
Trombone: Alex Iles
Saxes: Tim Ries, Rick Margitza
Rhythm: Todd Carlon (keyboards), Dave Miller (drums), Dave Carpenter (bass), Steve Fisher (percussion), Michael Higgins (guitar)

1. Expresso
2. Body & Soul
3. M.O.T.
4. Mira Mira
5. Last Dive
6. Beautiful Hearts
7. Central Park

From All Music Guide: "Trumpeter Maynard Ferguson cut back on his big band around this time, utilizing an 11-piece group with six horns and an expanded rhythm section; best known among his sidemen is tenor-saxophonist Rick Margitza. MF uses electronics on some of the selections and swings a bit on "Body and Soul." In addition to Margitza, the other soloists include guitarist Michael Higgins, altoist Tim Ries and keyboardist Todd Carlon."

Maynard Ferguson - Live from San Francisco (1983)

Trumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Hoby Freeman, Hugh Ragin, Alan Wise
Trombones: Chris Braymen, Steve Wiest
Saxes: Tim Ries, Dan Jordan, Denis DiBlasio
Rhythm: Gregg Bissonette (drums), Matt Bissonette (bass), Ron Pedley (keyboards)

1. Fireshaker
2. Coconut Champagne
3. Lush Life
4. South 21st Shuffle
5. Bebop Buffet
6. On the Sunny Side of the Street
7. Ganesha

All Music Guide: "This album was Maynard Ferguson's strongest jazz album in quite a few years. Utilizing a small big band comprised of 12 pieces, Ferguson is in consistently fiery form during a session recorded live from the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. "Bebop Buffet" (which has quotes from many bop classics) is a highpoint and these versions of "Lush Life" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (along with four group originals) are quite enjoyable; baritonist Denis DiBlasio's arrangements are a major asset."

Maynard Ferguson - MF Horn 3 (1973)

Columbia KC32403

Trumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Alan Downey, Mike Davis, Tony Mabett, Terry Noonan
Trombones: Billy Graham, Adrian Drover, Geoff Wright
Saxes: Andy Mackintosh, Tony Buchanan, Bruce Johnstone
Rhythm: Randy Jones (drums), Pete Jackson (piano), Vimu Mukunda (veena), Dave Markee (bass), Ray Cooper (Latin)

1. Awright, Awright
2. ’Round Midnight
3. Nice ’n’ Juicy
4. Pocahontas
5. Love Theme From ‘The Valachi Papers’
6. Mother Fingers
7. S.O.M.F.

Maynard Ferguson - The Ballad Style of Maynard Ferguson (1969)

CBS 63514

1. Born Free
2. Girl Talk
3. If He Walked Into My Life
4. The Fool On The Hill
5. The Impossible Dream
6. Somewhere
7. Maria
8. As Long As He Needs Me
9. Hushabye Mountain
10. The Sound Of Silence
11. You Only Live Twice

Maynard Ferguson - Ridin' High/Freaky (1968)

Enterprise S 13-101


Atlantic 2464 008

Trumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Nat pavone, Charles Camilleri, Richard Hurwitz, Lew Soloff
Trombones: Jimmy Cleveland, Slide Hampton, George Jeffers
Saxophones: Richard Spencer, Lew Tabackin, Frank Vicari, Pepper Adams, Danny Bank
Rhythm: Joe Beck (Guitar), Mike Abene (Piano), Donald Payne (Bass), Donald McDonald (Drums), John Pacheco (Percussion)

1. The Rise & Fall of Seven
2. Light Green
3. Kundalini Woman
4. Sunny
5. Meet a Cheetah
6. Molecules
7. Wack-Wack
8. Stan Speaks
9. Alfie

Maynard Ferguson - MF Horn (1970)

LP, Columbia C 30466

Trumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Alan Downey, Martin Drover, John Huckridge, John Donnelly
Trombones: Billy Graham, Chris Pyne, Albert Woods
Saxes: Pete King, Danny Moss, Brian Smith, Bob Watson
Rhythm: George Kish (Guitar), Pete Jackson (Piano), Dave Lynane (Bass), Randy Jones (Drums), Frank Ricotti (Conga), Vemu Mekunda (Vina), Mohana Lakshimipathy (Tambura)

1. Eli's Comin'
2. Ballad to Max
3. MacArthur Park
4. Chala Nata
5. If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind
6. L-Dopa

Maynard Ferguson - Chameleon (1974)

Trumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Stan mark, Dennis Noday, Lynn Nicholson, Bob Summers
Trombones: Randy Purcell, Jerry Johnson
Saxes: Andy McIntosh, Brian Smith, Bruce Johnson
Rhythm: Alan Zavod (Piano), Rick Petrone (Bass), Dan D'Imperio (Drums)

1. Chameleon
2. Gospel John
3. Way We Were, The
4. Jet
5. La Fiesta
6. I Can't Get Stated
7. Livin' For The City
8. Superbone Meets The Bad Man