Maynard Ferguson His Orchestra and Octet - Band Ain't Draggin' (2005)

1. Band Ain't Draggin' (2:10)
2. Short Wave (2:35)
3. Love Locked Out (2:57)
4. Take the "A" Train (2:53)
5. What's New (3:11)
6. The Hot Canary (2:21)
7. Roses All the Way (2:38)
8. And So I Waited Around (2:52)
9. Homing Pidgeon (2:36)
10. Wow! (2:06)
11. Maiden Voyage (3:00)
12. Thou Swell (2:44)
13. The Way You Look Tonight (2:54)
14. All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (2:55)
15. Willie Nillie (3:04)
16. Hymn to Her (2:34)
17. Lonely Town (3:08)
18. Over the Rainbow (3:03)

Maynard Ferguson - Trumpet, Valve Trombone, Vocals
Shorty Rogers, Alfred 'Chico' Alvarez, Al Porcino, John Howell, Jimmy Salko - Trumpet
Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts, Herbie Harper, Bob Fitzpatrick, Dick Kenney - Trombone
Paul Weigand - Bass Trombone
John Graas - French Horn
Gene Englund - Tuba
Art Pepper, Abe Most - Alto Saxophone
Bud Shank - Alto Saxophone, Flute
Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Cooper, Bart Caldarell - Tenor Saxophone
Bob Gordon, Bob Gioga - Baritone Saxophone
Barney Kessel, Ralph Blaze - Guitar
Stan Kenton, Russ Freeman, Frank Patchen, Joe Rotundi - Piano
Don Bagley, Curtis Counce, Joe Mondragon - Bass
Shelly Manne - Drums
Kay Brown – Vocals

The music on these sides is the product of different sessions that represent, between them, a veritable Blue Book of West Coast jazz. At the head of each ensemble, enjoying himself to the full, is trumpeter extraordinary Maynard Ferguson. Most of the men heard in this CD were old friends, either colleagues from the Stan Kenton band or Californians with whom he had worked on and off for several years. 18 total tracks originally recorded in 1950-54. ---amazon.com

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