Maynard Ferguson Plays Jazz for Dancing is an album released by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in early 1959 and originally released on the Roulette label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed October 30, 2015Minn, M. Maynard Ferguson discography, accessed October 30, 2015
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars and states "Ferguson and his excellent orchestra purposely play it safe, performing pleasing but unadventurous music that is not as exciting as their more jazz-oriented sessions of the era".
Track listing "Hey There" (Jerry Ross, Richard Adler) – 2:58 "Where's Teddy" (Maynard Ferguson, Willie Maiden) – 2:37 "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 3:35 "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 2:25 "'Tis Autumn" (Henry Nemo) – 3:07 "Secret Love" (Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:22 "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Harry James, Johnny Hodges) – 2:38 "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:28 "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb, Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf) – 2:23 "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 3:10 "Soft Winds" (Goodman) – 3:31
Personnel Maynard Ferguson – trumpet, valve trombone, euphonium Bill Chase, Don Ellis, Larry Moser – trumpet Don Sebesky – trombone, bass trombone Slide Hampton – trombone Jimmy Ford – alto saxophone Carmen Leggio, Willie Maiden – tenor saxophone John Lanni – baritone saxophone Bob Dogan – piano Jimmy Rowser – bass Frankie Dunlop – drums Slide Hampton, Willie Maiden, Don Sebesky – arrangers
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