The Best of Maynard Ferguson

The Best of Maynard Ferguson
Compilation album by Maynard Ferguson
Released 1980
Genre Jazz, big band, bop
Length 54:10
Label Columbia
Maynard Ferguson chronology
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(1979)		 The Best of Maynard Ferguson
(1980)		 It's My Time
(1980)

The Best of Maynard Ferguson is the first compilation album and 13th overall by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson on Columbia Records.[1] The 1980 release opens with Maynard's biggest hit "Gonna Fly Now", before going on a tour of some of his best work for Columbia, featuring no less than 4 major theme songs along the way.

Critical reception

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AllMusic [2]

The Best of Maynard Ferguson was not only an attempt to profit from Maynard's Columbia catalog while he was still in the public eye, it was an opportunity entice listeners to look beyond "Gonna Fly Now", and discover what came both before and after it. As AllMusic's Thom Jurek put it, "For the sake of argument, we'll look at this compilation as a decent if imperfect collection of the period of his greatest popularity..."[2]

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s)Original album Length
1. "Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky")"  Bill Conti, Carol Connors, Ayn RobbinsConquistador 4:22
2. "MacArthur Park"  Jimmy WebbM.F. Horn 4&5: Live At Jimmy's 8:27
3. "Theme from Star Trek"  Alexander Courage, Gene RoddenberryHot 5:04
4. "Birdland"  Joe ZawinulCarnival 5:35
5. "Give It One"  Alan Downey, Maynard FergusonM.F. Horn Two 3:30
Total length:
 26:58
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s)Original album Length
1. "Stella by Starlight"  Victor Young, Ned WashingtonCarnival 7:16
2. "Theme from "Battlestar Gallactica""  Stu Phillips, Glen A. LarsonCarnival 5:53
3. "Pagliacci" (Adapted by Jay Chattaway from the aria Vesti la giubba)Ruggiero LeoncavalloPrimal Scream 5:53
4. "Main Title (From the 20th Century-Fox Film "Star Wars")"  John WilliamsNew Vintage 4:10
5. "Airegin"  Sonny RollinsNew Vintage 4:00
Total length:
 27:12

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Ferguson, Maynard (1980). The Best of Maynard Ferguson (album). Columbia. JC 36361.
  2. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. The Best of Maynard Ferguson at AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2015.

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