Octet

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Total Tracks: 8   Total Length: 39:13

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Ferguson Fifties

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"OCTET" is a great mid-50s jazz date with some of the best West Coast jazzers . All of the songs have a recognized West-Coast Jazz style and become "James Dean -Shorty Rodgers" cool. If you're interested in hearing what Maynard Ferguson sounded like before he became a "commercial success" then listen to these recordings. I have never thought of Ferguson as being COMMERCIAL, and I only hear him as a trumpet player. This "Octet" recording was originally released on EmArcy records in April 1955. "Octet" has been reissued on Verve. The remastered sound makes all of the instruments crisper and clearer in the well-written arrangements by Bill Holman. The solos from all members are above-average, and at times superb! Maynard Ferguson ( trumpet,bass trumpet, valve trombone) Conte Candoli (trumpet), Milt Bernhart (trombone), Herb Geller (alto sax), Georgie Auld (tenor sax), Bob Gordon (bari sax), Ian Bernhard (piano), Red Callender (bass) and Shelly Manne (drums).RGY

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