Big City Rhythms

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jonathan Widran awarded the album 4 stars and said the pairing of Feinstein and Ferguson "such a rousing success that it's surprising the two didn't think of it before".

Track listing

1. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 2:57
2. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 5:29
3. "Let Me Off Uptown" (Earl Bostic, Redd Evans) - 3:34
4. "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) - 5:07
5. "You Can't Lose 'Em All" (Marshall Barer, David Ross) - 4:33
6. "One Day at a Time" (Charles DeForest) - 3:54
7. "The Rhythm of the Blues" (Michael Feinstein, Lindy Robbins) - 5:52
8. "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 5:25
9. "Ev'rything You Want Is Here" (Murray Grand) - 4:29
10. "Johnny One Note" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:27
11. "Swing Is Back in Style" (Feinstein, Ray Jessel, Cynthia Thompson) - 2:38
12. "Love Is Nothin' But a Racket" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, André Previn) - 3:27
13. "Lullaby in Rhythm" (Benny Goodman, Walter Hirsch, Clarence Profit, Edgar Sampson) - 3:25
14. Medley: "When Your Lover Has Gone"/"The Gal That Got Away" (Einar Aaron Swan)/(Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin) - 4:59
15. "New York, New York" (Leonard Bernstein, Comden, Green, John Kander) - 3:38
16. "How Little We Know" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 2:43

Personnel