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, 1960New 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.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

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