Big Bop Nouveau / Maynard Ferguson / Maynard Ferguson & Big Bop Nouveau - Brass Attitude CD Album

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Maynard Ferguson/Big Bop Nouveau: Maynard Ferguson (trumpet, flugelhorn); Matt Wallace, Sal Giorgianni (alto & tenor saxophones); Carl Fischer (trumpet, superbone); Frank Greene, Wayne Bergeron (trumpet); Tom Garling (trombone, superbone); Ron Oswanski (piano, keyboards); Paul Thompson (acoustic & electric basses); Dave Throckmorton (drums).

With one major exception, the tracks on Brass Attitude reflect the relatively traditional (dare we say restrained) big band sound of Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau, whose most distinctive feature by far is -- surprise, surprise -- its leader. At 70, MF still has a lot left, able to blast away at those ultrasonic passages and dish out that throbbing, unctious tone in the middle regions. Yet he seems to be choosing his spots with more economy, resorting frequently to the flugelhorn for mellower passages. The soloing by MF's sidemen -- the most prominently featured of whom are Tom Garling on trombone and Sal Giorgianni on tenor sax -- is of a competent, energetic bop variety with few distinguishing qualities. Thankfully, an element of strangeness bursts forth at the album's midpoint, "Misra-Dhenuka," a nearly 16-minute reminder of MF's sabbatical in India. Grounded in a raga, it dissolves into a 6/8 meter vamp based on what sounds like a Spanish chordal pattern. A less welcome bit of weirdness is MF alumnus Denis DiBlasio's amateurish vocal cameo in "The Lip," which in this context fawns over MF's high-note proclivity as shamelessly as rappers have about Miles Davis. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Recorded at Sound Design Studios, Santa Barbara, California from May 26-30, 1998. Includes liner notes by Maynard Ferguson.

Full performer name: Maynard Ferguson/Big Bop Nouveau.

Personnel: Maynard Ferguson (trumpet, flugelhorn); Denis DiBlasio (vocals, baritone saxophone); Matt Wallace , Sal Giorgianni (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Wayne Bergeron, Frank Greene, Carl Fischer (trumpet); Tom Garling (trombone); Ron Oswanski (piano, keyboards); Paul Thompson (acoustic bass, electric bass); Paul Thompson (acoustic bass); Paul Thompson (electric bass); Dave Throckmorton (drums).

Audio Mixers: Dominic Camardella; Maynard Ferguson; Tom Garling.

Recording information: Sound Design Studios, Santa Barbera, CA (05/26/1998-05/30/1998).

Arranger: Tom Garling.

Additional personnel: Denis DiBlasio (vocals, baritone saxophone).

Brass Attitude Music

List Price	$11.98 (You save $0.09)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet
Label	Concord Jazz
Orig Year	1998
All Time Product Rank	46,596
CD Universe Part number	1006993
Catalog number	4848
Discs	1
Release Date	Oct 13, 1998
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Maynard Ferguson; Tom Garling
Engineer	Dominic Camardella
Recording Time	66 minutes
Personnel	Wayne Bergeron Maynard Ferguson - trumpet, flugelhorn Paul Thompson - acoustic bass, electric bass Matt Wallace Frank Greene Carl Fischer - trumpet Tom Garling - trombone Dave Throckmorton - drums Ron Oswanski - piano, keyboards Sal Giorgianni - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Big Bop Nouveau Maynard Ferguson & Big Bop Nouveau Also: Denis Diblasio

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