Advantages: The tracks are all hits and the playing is out of this world Disadvantages: None
This album is a great introduction to Maynard Ferguson's music and includes all his best known and loved hits. If you've never heard him play before you will be awestruck. There is still no one to rival his amazing upper register playing.
All the recordings are good quality and unlike some compilations, there are detailed sleeve notes including band personnel and origins of the recordings (for some tracks) and a biography.
The first track, Birdland, ...
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Release Date: 1996-10-07, Audio CD, Sony Jazz