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Maynard Ferguson is a 1971 big band jazz album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. The album was originally released on Columbia Records as Columbia 31117. It was also released in the UK by CBS under the name Alive & Well in London. The album largely consists of arrangements of popular songs of the period along with one original composition.

While he merely "dipped his toes" in the waters of pop music for his first Columbia release (M.F. Horn – Eli's Comin', MacArthur Park), on this album Maynard dives right in. While some albums would contain more "true" jazz than others, this would set the template for most of his tenure at Columbia. Mostly pop covers or popular jazz, with an occasional original (The Serpent on this release) or jazz standard (such as Airegin on 1977's New Vintage).

Reissues

Maynard Ferguson was reissued on CD in 2005 on Wounded Bird 1117.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"Move Over" (arr. Keith Mansfield)	Janis Joplin	Janis Joplin	2:52
2.	"Fire and Rain" (arr. Kenny Wheeler)	James Taylor	James Taylor	3:33
3.	"Aquarius" (arr. Keith Mansfield)	James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot	Cast of Hair	6:00
4.	"The Serpent"	Keith Mansfield		6:41
Total length:				19:06

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"My Sweet Lord" (arr. Kenny Wheeler)	George Harrison	George Harrison	4:37
2.	"Bridge over Troubled Water" (arr. Keith Mansfield)	Paul Simon	Simon & Garfunkel	4:04
3.	"Your Song" (arr. Kenny Wheeler)	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	Elton John	3:29
4.	"Stoney End" (arr. Adrian Drover)	Laura Nyro	Peggy Lipton	3:13
5.	"Living in the Past" (arr. John Cameron)	Ian Anderson	Jethro Tull	3:19
Total length:				18:42

Personnel

Keith Mansfield: Producer
Mike Smith: Executive producer

References

"The Maynard Ferguson Discography: The 1970s". MichaelMinn.net. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
Maynard Ferguson at AllMusic. Retrieved July 1, 2015.

Maynard Ferguson

Studio albums

EmArcy	Maynard Ferguson's Hollywood Party Jam Session featuring Maynard Ferguson Maynard Ferguson Octet Dimensions Around the Horn with Maynard Ferguson Boy with Lots of Brass
Roulette	Swingin' My Way Through College Maynard Ferguson Plays Jazz for Dancing Newport Suite Let's Face the Music and Dance Maynard '61 "Straightaway" Jazz Themes Maynard '62 Si! Si! M.F. Maynard '63 Message from Maynard Maynard '64
Cameo	The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson Come Blow Your Horn
Mainstream	Color Him Wild The Blues Roar The Maynard Ferguson Sextet
Columbia	The Ballad Style of Maynard Ferguson M.F. Horn Maynard Ferguson M.F. Horn Two M.F. Horn 3 Chameleon Primal Scream Conquistador New Vintage Carnival Hot It's My Time Hollywood
Concord	These Cats Can Swing! One More Trip To Birdland Brass Attitude
Other labels	Ridin' High Trumpet Rhapsody Storm Body & Soul High Voltage High Voltage 2 Big Bop Nouveau The One and Only Maynard Ferguson

Live albums

A Message from Newport
A Message from Birdland
M.F. Horn 4&5: Live At Jimmy's
Live from San Francisco
Footpath Café
Live from London
One More Trip to Birdland
M.F. Horn VI: Live at Ronnie's
The Lost Tapes Volume One
The Lost Tapes Volume Two
The Lost Tapes Volume Three

Compilations

Maynard Ferguson
The Big Band Sound of Maynard Ferguson
The World of Maynard Ferguson
The Maynard Ferguson Years
The Big 'F'
Stratospheric
The Best of Maynard Ferguson
Maynard
The Essence of Maynard Ferguson
This Is Jazz 16
The Essential Maynard Ferguson
On a High Note: The Best of the Concord Jazz Recordings

With
Chris Connor

Double Exposure
Two's Company

With
Michael Feinstein

Big City Rhythms

With
Diane Schuur

Swingin' for Schuur

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