''New Vintage'' is the tenth studio album by Canadian

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trumpeter

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 ...

released in 1977 on

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. The title is likely an allusion to new recordings of two 'vintage' titles included in the track list. "

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" was first recorded on ''Maynard '62'' (it is presented here in a new arrangement), and "

Airegin "Airegin" is a jazz standard composed by American jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins in 1954. Rollins chose the name "Airegin", as it is an anadrome of "Nigeria". Recording history "Airegin" was first recorded in 1954 by the Miles Davis Quintet and r ...

" was first recorded in 1964 for the album ''

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'' (this new recording features the original

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arrangement). The front cover plays on this theme, presenting a trumpet in an ice bucket in place of a bottle of champagne, while on the back cover, the cork is seen popping out of the trumpet's bell.

Background and production

After unexpectedly " catching lightning in a bottle" with ''

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'', Columbia and Ferguson were eager to repeat the success. Taking the same basic ingredients of a big theme song ("Star Wars"), a couple of originals, some guest guitar work (this time provided by

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), a reworking of a classical theme (in the same vein as ''

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's'' "Pagliacci"), a couple of

Bobby Militello Robert Philip Militello a.k.a. Bobby M. (born 25 March 1950) is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist who was a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Career During the 1970s, Militello went on tour with Maynard Ferguson. He returned to Buffa ...

flute solos, and looking deep into Maynard's book to revive "

", for a high-energy finale, they hoped to re-create that same magic while ''Conquistador'' was still on the charts. This was also a return to using the touring band as the core of the album's sound, with only a slightly augmented brass section. The strings and background vocalists were still used to maintain the level of production and polish from the previous 2 albums.

Critical reception

Following the same strategy as the previous album, the album's opening track ("Main Title (From the 20th Century-Fox Film ''Star Wars'')") was released as a single, but didn't have nearly the success as ''Conquistadors "Gonna Fly Now". As with other albums of this period, reviewers were not kind regarding this release, and didn't hesitate to make their contempt known.

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's Matt Collar summed up how many reviewers felt, calling it "Utterly gimmicky and bereft of any actual jazz..."

Reissues

In 2004, ''New Vintage'' was reissued by

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Track listing

All compositions arranged and conducted by

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except "Airegin" arranged by

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album cover. *

– Trumpet,

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(Trumpet solos on all tracks except "Oasis" on Flugelhorn)

The M.F. Band

* Mark Colby –

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(Soprano solo on "Oasis", Tenor solo on "El Vuelo (The Flight)") *

Peter Erskine Peter Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead. Early life and education Erskine was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. He began playing the drum ...

– Drums (Solo on "Airegin") * Biff Hannon –

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and

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, and Polymoog Synthesizer (Piano solo on "Airegin") * Roger Homefield – Trombone * (uncredited) Gordon Johnson – Bass *

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– Trombone *

Stan Mark Stan Mark was an American trumpet player. Mark started his playing career in 1963 with the United States Navy Band in Washington D.C. and later played lead trumpet with the band's jazz ensemble, The Commodores, from 1967 to 1970. In 1973 Mark ...

– Trumpet, Flugelhorn * Mike Migliore –

Alto The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: ''altus''), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range. In 4-part voice leading alto is the second-highest part, sung in choruses by ...

, Soprano Saxophone (Alto solos on "Main Title (From the 20th Century-Fox Film "Star Wars")" and "Airegin") * Bob Militello –

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, Flute (Flute solo on "Maria" and "Scheherazade") * Joe Mosello – Trumpet, Flugelhorn,

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s, Percussion * Dennis Noday – Trumpet, Flugelhorn * Randy Purcell – Trombone * Ron Tooley – Trumpet, Flugelhorn * Eric Traub – Tenor, Soprano Saxophone * Tony Romano – Sound and The Tony Rome Show

Additional musicians

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– Percussion *

– Electric and Acoustic 6 and

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s, Classical Guitar (Solos on "Main Title (From the 20th Century-Fox Film "Star Wars")" and "Scheherazade") * David Taylor – Trombone * Donald Corrado – French Horn *

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– French Horn * Brooks Tillotson – French Horn * Earl Chapin – French Horn

Strings

* Gloria Agostini (

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) * Jonathan Aloramowitz * Lamar Alsop *

Seymour Barab Seymour Barab (January 9, 1921 – June 28, 2014) was an American composer of opera, songs and instrumental and chamber music, as well as a cellist, organist and pianist. He was best known for his fairy tale operas for young audiences, such as ' ...

* Arnold Black * Alfred Brown * Frederick Buldrini * Harold Coletta * Harry Cykman * Richard Davis * Max Ellen * Lewis Ely * Barry Finclair * Louis Gabowitz * Harry Glickman * Theodore Israel * Harold Kohon * Charles Libove * Charles McCracken * Marvin Morgenstern *

David Nadien David Nadien (March 12, 1926 – May 28, 2014) was an American virtuoso violinist and violin teacher. He was the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic from 1966 to 1970. His playing style, characterized by fast vibrato, audible shifting noise ...

* Tony Posk * Matthew Raimondi *

Alan Shulman Alan Shulman (4 June 1915 – 10 July 2002) was an American composer and cellist. He wrote a considerable amount of symphonic music, chamber music, and jazz music. Trumpeter Eddie Bailey said, "Alan had the greatest ear of any musician I ever came ...

* Herbert Sorkin * Richard Sortomme *

Emanuel Vardi Emanuel Vardi (21 April 1915 – 29 January 2011), an American Viola, violist, was considered to have been one of the great viola players of the 20th century. Early life Emanuel Vardi was born April 21, 1915 in Jerusalem. His mother, Anna Joffa ...

Vocalists

* Richard Berg * Ellen Benfield * Katie Irving * Tina Kaplan * Tony Wells

Production

* Produced by

* Associate producer:

* Recorded and mixed by

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at Mediasound Studios, New York City, except "Airegin", which was recorded and mixed by Don Puluse at CBS Recording Studios, N.Y.C. *

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: Vlado Mellor * Cover concept, sleeve design: Reed Rankin * Album design: Robert Biro * Photography: Ulf Skogsbergh *

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: Frank Conley * Additional photography: Gary Adcock, Bobby Bank, Mary Scibetta, Gordon Johnson, Kim Ferguson, Tom Copi *

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: Kim Ferguson *

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: Willard Alexander *

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: Peter Levinson * M.F. Band assistant road manager: Susan McGonigle * M.F. Band concert lighting: Reed Rankin

Notes

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1977 albums Columbia Records albums Maynard Ferguson albums