1.Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky") 	4:22
2.Mister Mellow 	6:33
3.Theme From Star Trek 	4:30
4.Conquistador 	7:34
5.Soar Like An Eagle 	6:27
6.The Fly 	6:17

Alto Saxophone – George Young , Mike Migliore
Baritone Saxophone – Bobby Militello
Bass – Gary King, Gordon Johnson, Will Lee
Drums – Allan Schwartzberg, Harvey Mason, Peter Erskine
Flugelhorn, Soloist – Maynard Ferguson (tracks: A2)
Flute, Soloist – Bobby Militello (tracks: A3)
French Horn – Brooks Tillotson, Donald Corrado
Guitar – Eric Gale, George Benson, Jeff Layton, Lance Quinn
Guitar, Soloist – George Benson (tracks: A2), Jeff Layton (tracks: A1)
Keyboards – Biff Hannon, Bob James, Kenny Ascher
Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
 Percussion [Parade Drum] – Phil Kraus
 Piano, Soloist – Bob James (tracks: B2)
 Soprano Saxophone – Mark Colby, Mike Migliore
Soprano Saxophone, Soloist – Mike Migliore (tracks: B3)
Strings – Alan Shulman, Albert Scheonmaker, Alfred Brown, Charles Libove, Charles McCracken, 
David Nadien, Emanuel Vardi, Eugene Noye, Harold Kohon, Harry Cykman, Harry Lookofsky,
 Marvin Morgenstern, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen, Max Pollikoff, Paul Gershman,
 Richard Sortomme
Tenor Saxophone – Joe Farrell, Mark Colby
Tenor Saxophone, Soloist – Mark Colby (tracks: B2), Stan Mark (tracks: B1)
Trombone – Dave Taylor, Julian Priester, Paul Faulise, Randy Purcell, Roger Homefield, Wayne Andre, 
Trumpet – Alan Rubin, Bernie Glow, Dennis Noday, Jim Bossy, Guiseppe Loon P. Mosello,  Jon Faddis, 
Marky Markowitz, Marvin Stamm, Randy Brecker, Ron Tooley, Stan Mark
Trumpet [Calls] – Dennis Noday (tracks: B1), Joe Mosello (tracks: B1), Ron Tooley (tracks: B1),
 Stan Mark (tracks: B1)
Trumpet, Soloist – Maynard Ferguson (tracks: A1, A3 to B3)
 Vocals – Ellen Bernfeld, Gwen Guthrie, Lani Groves, Linda November, Martin Nelson,
 Patti Austin, Richard Berg, Vivian Cherry

Maynard was shrewd, and Maynard was quick, and he managed to beat almost everyone to the punch -- sorry -- when he recorded the theme from Rocky and watched it rise to number 28 on the pop charts. As blatant as Ferguson's rendition is, it was still the best rendition of the Bill Conti tune at the time (a lot better than the composer's own number one version) -- and Maynard Ferguson's heroic propensity for high notes and his underdog status as a hitmaker make it easy to link him with his celluloid counterpart. It is also the best track on an otherwise overloaded Jay Chattaway production, where the combination of the chrome-plated Chattaway hand and list of noted supporting players (George Benson, Joe Farrell, Bob James, the young Jon Faddis, Julian Priester, Harvey Mason, etc.) nearly overwhelms the Ferguson big band and even Ferguson himself. The title track has a certain flamboyant grandeur emanating both from Ferguson and the electronic brigade that dominates the tune, yet Benson's fluid cameo and Ferguson's obbligatos are wasted by the irritating female voices on "Mister Mellow." This record gave Maynard Ferguson the largest amount of exposure that he ever had; the Faustian tradeoff is that it often sounds gimmicky today. --- Richard S. Ginell, Rovi

Maynard Ferguson's only gold album, Conquistador split its session time between his big band in San Francisco and a contemporary studio ensemble in New York. The 1977 album's memorable themes from Star Trek and Rocky, as well as the enchanting "Mister Mellow," made use of the studio ensemble with superlative results. Bob James and George Benson added a considerably fresh atmosphere to the album and ensured its crossover success.

While "Gonna Fly Now" and "Theme From Star Trek" turned out to be the big hits, the rest of the album remains significant for its overall pleasant atmosphere and late 1970s pop/rock sentiment. The leader's trumpet sound was pure and solid during those years, and Columbia's new digital remix does the sessions justice. The title track stands out for its majestic Spanish ancestry and its fresh, contemporary attack. Electric bass, electric guitar and electronic keyboards combined with funk-laden horn arrangements. The piece has the added benefit from a sensational tenor saxophone solo by Mark Colby.

Elsewhere on the album, Ferguson's hot and high solos are complemented by stellar solo work from Bob James, Mike Migliore, Jeff Layton, Bobby Militello and George Benson. Together, they made Conquistador an album to remember. ---Jim Santella, allaboutjazz.com

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A1		Finger Snappin'	3:50
A2		My New Flame	4:02
A3		Autumn Leaves	3:15
A4		Inter-Space	3:28
A5		20, Rue De Madrid	4:57
B1		Super-G	7:25
B2		What Was Her Name?	5:03
B3		Yeah	6:40

Alto Saxophone – Herb Geller
Baritone Saxophone – Bob Gordon
Bass – Red Callender
Drums – Shelly Manne
Piano – Ian Bernard
Tenor Saxophone – Georgie Auld
Trombone – Milt Bernhart
Trumpet – Conte Candoli
Trumpet, Bass Trumpet, Valve Trombone – Maynard Ferguson

Maynard Ferguson Octet is an album by Canadian jazz trumpeter/trombonist Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA. (Tracks 1-5) April 25th 1955, (Tracks 6-8) April 27th 1955 and originally released on the EmArcy label 1955. This early triumph from the solo career of the brilliant trumpeter remains bewilderingly rare-it's an avowed West Coast-jazz classic but it's been out of print for years! Verve Records Series: Verve Originals re-issued this 2006. Strongly recommended! ---Rick Ransom, allmusic.com

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A1 	To And Fro 	7:28
A2 	I Can't Get Started 	4:00
A3 	Polecat 	12:15
B1 	Who Can I Turn To 	3:18
B2 	My Sister 	5:10
B3 	Over The Rainbow 	3:48
B4 	Summertime 'Revisited' 	8:40

Alto Saxophone – John Christie
Bass – Buddy Fasano
Drums – Ronny Page
Piano – Art Maiste
Tenor Saxophone – Brian Barley
Trumpet – Maynard Ferguson 

Recorded on May 19, 1967
at the Canadian Pavilion of Expo 67

Maynard Ferguson was born in Verdun, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal in 1928. After leading his own band in Canada for a few years in the late 'forties, he went to the United States where he played in the orchestras of Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet. But it was with Stan Kenton and the era of the rather self-conscious progressive jazz that he first came to prominence. Kenton fans applauded wildly his fantastic technique and screaming style on the high notes, and he topped the Downbeat Polls from 1950-52. When the Kenton orchestra came to England, the ending the embargo imposed on exchanges of orchestras between the Old World and the New, Maynard Ferguson became an international star. Since then the Canadian trumpet virtuoso has matured, and while still retaining the essential qualities of his early style and especially his ability to jump with ease from the low to the high range, his vast technique is now more closely allied to his powerful lyricism and expressive means.

During the latter part of Mat, 1967, Maynard Ferguson was invited to appear at the Canadian Pavilion at Expo. To celebrate his 'homecoming' a group of musicians, some of whom were personal friends, representing the very best in Canadian jazz talent, was assembled by the CBC Transcription Service, and two memorable albums were recorded. ---discogs.com

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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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Side 1:
01) Give Me The Simple Life
02) My Funny Valentine
03) The Lamp Is Low
04) Imagination
05) The Song Is You
06) Jeepers Creepers

Side 2:
01) Love Me Or Leave Me
02) A Foggy Day
03) Easy To Love
04) Moonlight In Vermont
05) I Hadn't Anyone 'Till You
06) I Never Knew

Maynard Ferguson - Trombone (Valve), Trumpet
John Bello - Trumpet
Larry Bunker - Drums
Joe Burnett - Trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland - Trombone
Al Cohn - Arranger
Richard Evans - Bass
Bill Holman - Arranger
Tate Houston - Sax (Baritone)
Jimmy Knepper - Trombone
Irene Kral - Vocals
Willie Maiden - Arranger, Sax (Tenor)
Anthony Ortega - Sax (Alto)
Bobby Timmons - Piano
Ernie Wilkins - Arranger

After his specially assembled "Birdland Dreamband" broke up, trumpeter Maynard Ferguson put together a regular big band that would exist for the next decade. This Mercury LP features his 13-piece unit at a time that it featured trombonist Jimmy Cleveland, Willie Maiden on tenor, altoists Jimmy Ford and Anthony Ortega, pianist Bobby Timmons and singer Irene Kral; the latter is heard on four of the dozen standards that make up the album. The arrangements are by Maiden, Al Cohn, Bill Holman and Ernie Wilkins and they show off the talented orchestra and its memorable leader quite well. ---Scott Yanow, Rovi

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01) Teonova
02) MacArthur Park
03) Left Bank Express
04) I'm Getting Sentimental
05) Two For Otis
06) Stay Loose With Bruce
07) Nice 'N' Juicy
08) The Foxhunt
09) Take The A Train
10) Got The Spirit
11) Blue Birdland

Maynard Ferguson:...... trumpet
Trumpets & flugel horn: Lin Biviano, Danny Cahn, John de Flon, Bob Summers
Trombones:............... Randy Purcell, Graham Ellis
Alto & soprano saxophone & flute: Andy MacIntosh
Tenor sax & flute:..................... Ferdinand Povel
Baritone sax and flute:.............. Bruce Johnstone
Drums:................................... Randy Jones
Bass / Fender bass:.................. Rick Petrone
Electric Piano:......................... Pete Jackson

This double LP is easily Maynard Ferguson's best jazz-oriented recording for Columbia. With the exception of a remake of "MacArthur Park" (which isn't bad), the music sticks exclusively to jazz with the highlights including "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You," "Two for Otis," "Stay Loose with Bruce," "The Fox Hunt," and "Got the Spirit." In addition to Ferguson's powerful trumpet, other musicians making strong impressions include first trumpeter Lin Biviano, altoist Andy MacIntosh, Ferdinand Povel on tenor, baritonist Bruce Johnstone, and keyboardist Pete Jackson. ---Scott Yanow, ROvi

Maynard Ferguson, Live at Jimmy's. First, let me say, It's about flippin' time they released this on CD!. I had just about worn out the vinyl record that I bought 30 years ago.

Maynard always had the knack of attracting some of the strongest jazz players available. This version of the orchestra, with Bruce Johnston on baritone sax and Randy Jones on drums to name a few, was one of his strongest. This set was recorded during a mid-day concert in front of a packed house of Columbia Record exec's. The reason was when the idea arose to record at Jimmy's there wasn't enough time to arrange it before the group headed off to another gig up in New England. So the afternoon concert was arranged so that the group could return to New York for the recording and still get back to their nighttime concert.

The music here is some of his best. "MacArthur's Park" is a great rendition, much better than the version recorded a couple years earlier on his Live at the Great American Music Hall pair of CD's. It's followed by my personnel favorite "Left Bank Express." Other top numbers are "Two for Otis", "Nice & Juicy" and the final piece, "Got the Spirit." But pretty much all the listing here is great, with maybe the first piece "Teonova" being the weakest.

Again, I just can not express how happy I am that this is finally out on CD. If you are a Maynard fanatic or just a fan of Big Band jazz, do not hesitate to buy this. It's well worth it. ---Archie Mercer, amazon.com

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1.Chameleon
2.Gospel John
3.La Fiesta				play
4.Macarthur Park
5.Pagliacci
6.Primal Scream			play
7.Spinning Wheel
8.Superbone Meets The Badman
9.Theme From Shaft

Personnel: 
Maynard Ferguson (trumpet, flugelhorn, valve trombone); 
George Kish (guitar); 
Danny Moss, Brian Smith , Peter King , Bobby Watson (saxophone); 
Alan Downey , John Donnelly, John Huckridge, Martin Drover (trumpet); 
Albert Woods , Billy Graham , Chris Pyne (trombone); 
Pete Jackson (piano); 
Randy Jones (drums); 
Frank Ricotti (congas).

One of Maynard Ferguson's greatest albums, Master of the Stratosphere, is a showcase of his great talent. He wails on the upper register and makes it sound so easy. Some of his greatest stuff is on this CD as well, including the famous "MacArthur Park" and "Chameleon". Songs you will end up listening to many times. This album also contains remakes of two very popular theme songs from the 70's, Rocky and Shaft. Whenever Maynard Ferguson remakes a song, he builds on to it from the ground up. The original lyrical line will still be there, but he builds a tower of high notes, intricate harmonies, and just a wall of intense brass sound on top."MacArthur Park" is probably one of the greatest examples of this. Other songs like "Gospel John" include a slow moody song developing into a Disney-esque type melody. The reason I picked this album over "Primal Scream" or "Chameleon" is because this CD has all of the most popular songs. Master of the Stratosphere is like his Greatest Hits. It's difficult to find another Maynard CD with "MacArthur Park","Chameleon","Primal Scream", or "Gospel John" on them. So if you have an interest in jazz or brass, I Highly recommend this album. In fact if you have never heard Maynard before, I guarantee that this CD will impress you, and you will spend hours listening to it. ---Ramza, amazon.com

When he debuted with Stan Kenton's Orchestra in 1950, Maynard Ferguson could play higher than any other trumpeter up to that point in jazz history, and he was accurate. Somehow he kept most of that range through his career and since the 1970s has been one of the most famous musicians in jazz. Never known for his exquisite taste (some of his more commercial efforts are unlistenable), Ferguson nevertheless led some important bands and definitely made an impact with his trumpet playing. After heading his own big band in Montreal, Ferguson came to the United States in 1949 with hopes of joining Kenton's orchestra, but that ensemble had just recently broke up. So instead, Ferguson gained experience playing with the big bands of Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey, and Charlie Barnet. In 1950, with the formation of Kenton's Innovations Orchestra, Ferguson became a star, playing ridiculous high notes with ease.

In 1953, he left Kenton to work in the studios of Los Angeles and three years later led the all-star "Birdland Dreamband." In 1957, he put together a regular big band that lasted until 1965, recorded regularly for Roulette (all of the band's recordings with that label are on a massive Mosaic box set) and performed some of the finest music of Ferguson's career. Such players as Slide Hampton, Don Ellis, Don Sebesky, Willie Maiden, John Bunch, Joe Zawinul, Joe Farrell, Jaki Byard, Lanny Morgan, Rufus Jones, Bill Berry, and Don Menza were among the more notable sidemen. After economics forced him to give up the impressive band, Ferguson had a few years in which he was only semi-active in music, spending time in India and eventually forming a new band in England.

After moving back to the U.S., Ferguson in 1974 drifted quickly into commercialism. Young trumpeters in high school and colleges were amazed by his high notes, but jazz fans were dismayed by the tasteless recordings that resulted in hit versions of such songs as the themes from Star Wars and Rocky and much worse. After cutting back on his huge orchestra in the early '80s, Ferguson recorded some bop in a 1983 session, led a funk band called High Voltage during 1987-1988, and then returned to jazz with his "Big Bop Nouveau Band," a medium-sized outfit with which he toured the world up until his death from kidney and liver failure on August 23, 2006. ---Scott Yanow, allmusic.com

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