Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy MG-26017: Maynard Ferguson's Hollywood Party

MG-26017: Maynard Ferguson's Hollywood Party

Label Type :	blue EmArcy type A
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	YMG26017A M B
	SIDE-B	YMG26017B M B

Comments

All tunes are also available on EP-1-6027 and EP-1-6028.

Will be reissued as MG-36046.

Inside The Groove

A thrilling jam session with ex-Stan Kenton band's pals.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Maynard Ferguson, Herbie Harper, Bud Shank, Bob Cooper, Bob Gordon, Shelly Manne ... all from the Stan Kenton band. This will guarantee the high voltage and supreme capabilities. Actually the jam session heard on this LP is great. Maynard, who always tends to pride himself on high-note hitting, does what he sounds like here again, but very impressive.

A great West-Coast jam session album.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

9 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	10343-1	Night Letter	-
SIDE-B
B-1	10340	Somebody Loves Me	-

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

Maynard Ferguson (tp, v-tb), Bud Shank (as, fl), Bob Cooper (ts), Bob Gordon (bs),
Russ Freeman (p), Curtis Counce (b), Shelly Manne (ds).
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on February 22, 1954.