Dimensions (Maynard Ferguson album)
Dimensions is an album led by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in early 1954 and mid 1955 and released on the EmArcy label.[1]
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| Released | 1955 | |||
| Recorded | February 19 & 23, 1954 and August 26, 1955 Capitol Studios and Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | EmArcy MG 36044 | |||
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Reception
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Although not essential, the bop-oriented music is well-played and gives one a good taste of early Ferguson".[2]
Track listing
- "Egad, Martha" (Bill Holman) - 3:50
- "Breakfast Dance" (Holman) - 4:00
- "Maiden Voyage" (Willie Maiden) - 2:56
- "Thou Swell" (Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart) - 2:50
- "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 2:50
- "All God's Children Got Rhythm" (Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn) - 2:49
- "Slow Stroll" (Holman) - 2:40
- "Wonder Why" (Nicholas Brodzsky, Sammy Cahn) - 3:27
- "Willie Nillie" (Maiden) - 2:41
- "Hymm to Her" (Maiden) - 2:14
- "Lonely Town" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Leonard Bernstein) - 2:56
- "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (Yip Harburg, Harold Arlen) - 3:00
- Recorded at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles on February 19, 1954 (tracks 3-6 & 9), and at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles on February 23, 1954 (tracks 10-12) and August 26, 1955 (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8)
Personnel
- Maynard Ferguson - trumpet, valve trombone, bass trombone
- Conte Candoli - trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8)
- Milt Bernhart (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8), Herbie Harper (tracks 3-6 & 9-12) - trombone
- Herb Geller - alto saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8)
- Bud Shank - alto saxophone, flute (tracks 3-6 & 9-12)
- Bob Cooper (tracks 3-6 & 9-12), Nino Tempo (tracks 1, 2, 7, & 8) - tenor saxophone
- Bob Gordon - baritone saxophone
- Ian Bernard (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8), Russ Freeman (tracks 3-6 & 9-12) - piano
- Curtis Counce (Tracks 3-6 & 9-12), Red Mitchell (tracks 1, 2, 7 &8) - bass
- Gary Frommer (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8), Shelly Manne (tracks 3-6 & 9-12) - drums
- Bill Holman (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8), Willie Maiden (tracks 3-6 & 9-12) - arranger
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References
- EmArcy Records discography accessed September 28, 2012
- Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 28, 2012
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