Artist: Maynard Ferguson & Chris Connor
Album: Two's Company
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Label: Roulette Jazz
Released: 1961/1996
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- I Feel a Song Coming On (Oppenheim-Fields-McHugh) - 2:06
- The Wind (Freeman) - 4:59
- New York's My Home (Jenkins) - 4:38
- Guess Who I Saw Today? (Grand-Boyd) - 3:30
- When the Sun Comes Out (Arlen-Koehler) - 3:38
- Send for Me (Jones) - 2:36
- Where Did You Go? (Wilder-Sundgaard) - 3:43
- Something's Coming (Bernstein-Sondheim) - 6:34
- Deep Song (Cory-Gross) - 4:10
- Can't Get Out of This Mood (Loesser-McHugh) - 2:44
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Singer Chris Connor and trumpeter Maynard Ferguson first met up as members of Stan Kenton's Orchestra in 1953. This CD reissue is a rather strange record because Connor performs very dramatic material that often sounds as if it were lifted directly from Broadway shows. Although Ferguson gets to throw in some high-register blasts now and then, his orchestra is mostly used as a prop behind Connor. The singer does her best (her voice was in prime form around this time) but the flamboyant and often-pompous arrangements (which are uncredited) take away from any real spontaneity or swing. An odd set.
Review by Scott Yanow