Maynard Ferguson

• 2 LPs ON 1 CD

• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

• 12 PAGE BOOKLET

This release contains two complete consecutive Maynard Ferguson LPs: Maynard ’61 (Roulette SR52064), and Straightaway Jazz Themes (Roulette SR52076). Both albums feature a myriad of jazz stars, such as Slide Hampton, Rolf Ericson, Joe Farrell, Don Menza & Jaki Byard, and Maynard ’61 includes the trumpeter’s celebrated recording of Slide Hampton’s “Olé”.

PERSONNEL:

• MAYNARD FERGUSON and His Orchestra, featuring:
• ON TRACKS [1-6] MAYNARD ‘61
• (1-2) & (5) Maynard Ferguson (tp, v-tb, mel), Chet Ferretti, Rick Kiefer, Jerry Tyree (tp), Slide Hampton, Kenny Rupp (tb), Lanny Morgan (as), Joe Farrell (ts, sop, cl, fl ), Willie Maiden (ts, cl, fl ), Frank Hittner (bar), Jaki Byard (p), Charlie Saunders (b), Rufus Jones (d).
• New York, October 14 & 20, 1960.

• ON TRACKS (3-4), (6) & (17-18):
• Maynard Ferguson (tp, fl hrn, tb), Rolf Ericson, Chet Ferretti, Rick Kiefer (tp), Ray Winslow, Kenny Rupp (tb), Lanny Morgan (as, fl ), Joe Farrell (ts, sop, fl ), Willie Maiden (ts, cl), Frank Hittner (bar, b-cl), Jaki Byard (p, celeste), Charlie Saunders (b), Rufus Jones (d).
• New York, December 21, 1960 & January 20, 1961.

• ON TRACKS [7-16] “STRAIGHTAWAY” JAZZ THEMES
• Maynard Ferguson (tp soloist), Don Rader, Chet Ferretti, Bill Berry (tp) Ray Winslow, Kenny Rupp (tb), Lanny Morgan (as), Don Menza, Willie Maiden (ts), Frank Hittner (bar), Jaki Byard (p), John Neves (b), Rufus Jones (d).
• New York, June 20-21, 1961.

TRACKS:

• 01) Olé
• 02) New Blue
• 03) Blues For Kapp
• 04) Ultimate Rejectio
• 05) The Pharaoh
• 06) Goodbye
• 07) Straightaway
• 08) Apprehensions
• 09) Mambo Le Mans
• 10) Cocky Scott
• 11) Up Shift
• 12) Last Lap
• 13) Melancholia
• 14) Pit Stop
• 15) Stroking
• 16) After The Race
• 17) Go West, Young Man (*)
• 18) This Is My Lucky Day (*)

• TOTAL TIME: 78:30