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Let's Face the Music and Dance (Maynard Ferguson album)

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Released
  
1960

Artist
  
Maynard Ferguson

Producer
  
Teddy Reig

Genre
  
Jazz

Let's Face the Music and Dance (1960)
  
Maynard '61 (1961)

Release date
  
1960

Label
  
TP4 Music

Recorded
  
October 11, 12 & 14, 1960 New York City

Similar
  
Maynard Ferguson Plays Jaz, Swingin' My Way Through, Maynard '61, Maynard '62, The Maynard Ferguson

Let's Face the Music and Dance is an album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in late 1960 and originally released on the Roulette label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

  1. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Irving Berlin) - 1:58
  2. "Teach Me Tonight" (Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn) - 3:30
  3. "Mango's" (Dee Libbey, Sid Wayne) - 4:05
  4. "The Party's Over" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) - 3:42
  5. "It Could Happen to You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 2:20
  6. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (De Paul, Don Raye) - 2:51
  7. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) - 2:43
  8. "The Masquerade Is Over" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) - 3:35
  9. "My Foolish Heart" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 2:53
  10. "Don't Take Your Love from Me" (Henry Nemo) - 2:54
  11. "Spring Is Here]]" (Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart) - 4:00
  12. "Let's Do It" (Cole Porter) - 3:07
  • Recorded in New York City on October 11, 1960 (tracks 1, 3, 6, 9 & 10), October 12, 1960 (tracks 4, 7, 8, 11 & 12) and October 14, 1960 (tracks 2 & 5)

    • Personnel

  • Maynard Ferguson - trumpet
  • Chet Ferretti, Rick Kiefer, Jerry Tyree - trumpet
  • Slide Hampton, Kenny Rupp - trombone
  • Lanny Morgan - alto saxophone
  • Joe Farrell, Willie Maiden - tenor saxophone
  • Frank Hittner - baritone saxophone
  • Jaki Byard - piano
  • Charlie Sanders - bass
  • Rufus Jones - drums
  • Joe Farrell, Slide Hampton, Willie Maiden, Don Sebesky - arrangers

    • Songs

    1Let's Face the Music and Dance1:59
    2Teach Me Tonight3:30
    3Mangos4:07

    References

    Let's Face the Music and Dance (Maynard Ferguson album) Wikipedia
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