Description: Two's Company is an album by trumpeter/bandleader Maynard Ferguson and vocalist Chris Connor featuring tracks recorded in late 1960 and early 1961 which was originally released on the Roulette label. Maynard Ferguson: Walter Maynard Ferguson CM (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader. He came to prominence in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own big band in 1957. He was noted for his bands, which often served as steppingstones for up-and-coming talent, his versatility on several instruments, and his ability to play in a high register. Maynard Ferguson, whose soaring trumpeting reached the instrument’s highest ranges and propelled a musical career of more than 60 years, died Wednesday in Ventura, Calif. He was 78. The cause was kidney and liver failure, said his personal manager, Steve Schankman. Mr. Ferguson had a stratospheric style all his own. He possessed “a tremendous breadth of sound and an incomparable tone,” said Lew Soloff, a prominent trumpeter who started out with Mr. Ferguson in the mid-1960’s. The writer Frank Conroy once noted, “He soared above everything, past high C, into the next octave and a half, where his tone and timbre became unique” — sometimes reaching, as Mr. Schankman said, “notes so high that only dogs could hear them.” He pleased far more crowds than critics. John S. Wilson, reviewing Mr. Ferguson’s big band at the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival for The New York Times, called it “screaming” and “strident.” Yet that same year the readers of Down Beat magazine voted the band the world’s second-best, outranked only by Count Basie’s. Today, record collectors pay hundreds of dollars for rare Fergusons. “Very few rock superstars can command that kind of prices for used CD’s or records,” said John Himes, who runs the Maynard Ferguson Album Emporium in Cypress, Calif. Chris Connor: Mary Jean Loutsenhizer, known professionally as Chris Connor (November 8, 1927 – August 29, 2009), was an American jazz singer. Biography:Chris Connor was born Mary Loutsenhizer in Kansas City, Missouri, to Clyde Loutsenhizer and Mabel Shirley. She became proficient on the clarinet, having studied for eight years during middle school and high school. She sang with the college band at the University of Missouri, playing at functions in Columbia, Missouri. In 1949, Connor recorded two songs with Claude Thornhill's band: "There's a Small Hotel" and "I Don't Know Why". With Jerry Wald's big band she recorded "You're the Cream in My Coffee", "Cherokee", "Pennies from Heaven", "Raisins and Almonds", and "Terremoto". Connor and Thornhill reunited in 1952 for a radio broadcast from the Statler Hotel in New York City for which she sang "Wish You Were Here", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Sorta Kinda", and "Who Are We to Say". She made her final recordings for HighNote: Haunted Heart in 2001 and Everything I Love in 2003. Billboard reported in 1955 that Connor's first two solo albums for Bethlehem, Sings Lullabys of Birdland and Sings Lullabys for Lovers, ranked No. 1 and No. 2 on the jazz chart for the week ending April 23, 1955. In 1957, she ranked No. 10 in the Favorite Female Vocalist disk jockey popularity poll behind Lena Horne and June Christy. Maynard Ferguson And Chris Connor – Two's CompanyLabel:Fresh Sound Records – FSR-CD 30, Roulette – R 52068Format:CD, Album, Reissue, StereoCountry:SpainReleased:1989Genre:JazzStyle:Big Band, Easy ListeningTrack list:1I Feel A Song Coming OnWritten-By – Oppenheim*, McHugh - Fields*Written-By – Oppenheim*, McHugh - Fields*2The WIndWritten-By – Russ FreemanWritten-By – Russ Freeman3New York's My HomeWritten-By – Gordon JenkinsWritten-By – Gordon Jenkins4Guess Who I Saw TodayWritten-By – Boyd*, Grand*Written-By – Boyd*, Grand*5When The Sun Comes OutWritten-By – Arlen*, Koehler*Written-By – Arlen*, Koehler*6Send For MeWritten-By – Ollie JonesWritten-By – Ollie Jones7Where Do You Go?Written-By – Alec Wilder, Arnold SundgaardWritten-By – Alec Wilder, Arnold Sundgaard8Something's ComingWritten-By – Bernstein*, Sondheim*Written-By – Bernstein*, Sondheim*9Deep SongWritten-By – Cross*, Cory*Written-By – Cross*, Cory*10Can't Get Out Of This MoodWritten-By – Loesser*, McHugh*Written-By – Loesser*, McHugh*CreditsAlto Saxophone – Lanny MorganBaritone Saxophone – Frank HittnerBass – John NevesDrums – Rufus JonesEnsemble – The Maynard Ferguson Orchestra*Piano – Jaki ByardProducer, Liner Notes – Teddy ReigTenor Saxophone – Joe Farrell, Willie MaidenTrombone – Kenny Rupp, Ray WinslowTrumpet – Bill Berry, Chet Feretti*, Rolf EricsonTrumpet, Trombone [Slide], French Horn – Maynard FergusonNotesRecorded June 1961; originally issued on Roulette LP #52068 - Birdland Series; there is no barcode on this CD reissue; includes original liner notes by Dom Cerulli Chris Connor – New AgainLabel:Contemporary Records – CCD-14038-2Format:CD, AlbumCountry:USReleased:1988Genre:JazzStyle:Track list:1Dearly Beloved3:052Down In Brazil4:113I Never Meant To Hurt You3:464Love Locked Out3:145Astair Medley: Cheek To Cheek/That Face/Dancing In The Dark/It Only Happens When I Dance With You5:406Mad About The Boy3:067Antonio's Song4:178I Wish I'D Met You4:129My Foolish Heart5:0210Jukebox Medley: Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week)/Little White Lies/I Wish I Didn't Love You So/I've Heard That Song Before/Everything Old Is New Again6:03Companies, etc.Recorded At – Counterpoint StudiosCreditsAcoustic Bass – Michael Moore (2)Drums – Buddy WilliamsEngineer [Recording] – Scott NollFlute – Dave Valentin (tracks: 2 / 7)Keyboards – Michael Abene, Richard Rodney BennettPercussion – Sammy FigueroaPhotography – Nancy EllisonProducer – Helen KeaneTenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet – Bill KirschnerTrumpet, Flugelhorn – Claudio RoditiVocals – Chris ConnorNotesRecorded At Counterpoint Studios, New York City, September 17 - 19, 1987Barcode and Other IdentifiersBarcode: 0 25218-1438-2 0
Price: 16 USD
Location: Simi Valley, California
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Chris Conner, Maynard Ferguson
CD Grading: Excellent (EX)
Record Label: Nippon Columbia Ltd.
Release Title: Two's Company & New Again
Case Type: Jewel Case: Standard
Case Condition: Good (G)
Inlay Condition: Excellent (EX)
Type: Album
Format: CD
Release Year: 1987
Era: 1980s
Instrument: Voice
Style: Big Band, Cool Jazz, Vocal
Features: 2 LP's On One CD, Compilation, Import, Original Cover, Original Inner Sleeve
Genre: Jazz
Run Time: 61:01
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
