Canadian
jazz musician Maynard Ferguson had a career in jazz which lasted over
fifty years. He performed alongside many of great legends like Jimmy
Dorsey, Doc Severinsen and Stan Kenton and received numerous awards for
his accomplishments. After being dropped from Columbia Records in 1982,
Ferguson roared right back with his return to the classic jazz fusion
that made him a star in the late-seventies. Now, for the first time
Omnivore Recordings is reissuing the album "Storm" along with his
1985 concert album "Live From San Francisco."
Both
releases feature new liner notes from Ferguson historian Eric Palmquist
and re-introduces Ferguson's mid-eighties output to the world of jazz.
The album "Storm" was released in 1983 and showcases Ferguson's love for
the classics as he displays in his versions of Duke Ellington's "Take
The 'A' Train" and his work on the theme to "Sesame Street." His
fourteen man band are electrifying during the seven-minute jazz fusion
of "Latino Lovewalk" and the album closers "Go With The Flo" and "Hit In
The Head."
He would
follow that studio release with his first live album in over a decade. "Live From San Francisco"
captures his performance at The Great American Music Hall in San
Francisco. He began with the explosiveness of his original "Fireshaker"
as Ferguson made sure he was the star attraction. The island flair of
"Coconut Champagne" and the 13-minute iconic jazz sound of "Bebop
Street" proudly showcases how strong his band was and how great Ferguson
was as a live performer. He would bookend his show with another
original, the worldly experimental sound of "Ganesha." To find out more
about this two new releases from the Maynard Ferguson catalog, please
visit omnivorerecordings.com.
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