Come Blow Your Horn (album)

Come Blow Your Horn is an album recorded by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson in 1963 which was originally released on the Cameo label.[1][2]

Come Blow Your Horn
Studio album by
Maynard Ferguson's Big Band
ReleasedSeptember 1963
RecordedAugust 29 and September 4, 1963
StudioFine Recording Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelCameo
C/SC 1046
ProducerDave Edelman
Maynard Ferguson chronology
The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson
(1963)
Come Blow Your Horn
(1963)
Color Him Wild
(1964)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]

AllMusic reviewer Matt Collar stated "Featuring arrangements by Don Sebesky, the albums showcased Ferguson's swinging and powerful high-note-centric style backed by his always dynamic ensemble".[3]

Track listing edit

  1. "Groove" (Oliver Nelson) – 2:48
  2. "Country Boy" (Bill Holman) – 3:52
  3. "Blues for a Four String Guitar" (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:25
  4. "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson, Leonard Feather) – 6:24
  5. "We've Got a World That Swings" (Lil Mattis, Lois Yule Brown) – 2:18
  6. "Chicago That Toddling Town" (Fred Fisher) – 6:03
  7. "Naked City Theme" (Billy May) – 2:27
  8. "New Hope" (Don Raider) – 2:41
  9. "Antony and Cleopatra Theme" (Alex North) – 2:30
  10. "Come Blow Your Horn" (Jimmy van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 2:35
  • Recorded at Fine Recording Studios in Queens, New York on August 29, 1963 (tracks 2, 3 & 5) and September 4, 1963 (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8 & 10) and unknown date (tracks 7 & 9)

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Edwards, D. Eyries, P. & Callahan, M. Cameo Label Album Discography, Part 1, accessed February 9, 2017
  2. ^ Minn, M. Maynard Ferguson discography, accessed February 9, 2017
  3. ^ a b Collar, Matt. Maynard Ferguson – The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson/Come Blow Your Horn: The Complete Cameo Recordings: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 9, 2017.