Maynard Ferguson Ridin' High CD

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List Price	$14.97 (You save $2.58)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet
Label	Wounded Bird
Orig Year	1966
All Time Sales Rank	36297
CD Universe Part number	6794385
Catalog number	3101
Discs	1
Release Date	Nov 02, 2004
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Alvertis Isbell
Personnel	Lew Soloff Maynard Ferguson - trumpet, flugelhorn Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone Danny Bank - piccolo, bass saxophone Johnny Pacheco - drums, congas, shaker, tambourine Lew Tabackin - tenor saxophone James Cleveland - trombone George Jeffers - bass trombone, tuba Michael Abene - piano Locksley W. "Slide" Hampton List all 16 contributors

Maynard Ferguson Ridin' High Songs

1.	Rise and Fall of Seven, The
2.	Light Green	$0.99
3.	Kundalini Woman	$0.99
4.	Sunny	$0.99
5.	Meet a Cheetah	$0.99
6.	Molecules	$0.99
7.	Wack-Wack	$0.99
8.	Stan Speaks	$0.99
9.	Alfie	$0.99

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