Nial Ferguson

Bassist Jim Ferguson does something on Deep Summer Music and his 1999 debut, Not Just Another Pretty Bass, that few on his instrument can muster. And it's so simple, so dynamic. He sings. Well, he not only sings, but he offers up a pliable voice that can wrap around a lyric like a hug (try the lovely title tune here), and then morph into a playful, sardonic, jab-rich vehicle that shows off how much style he has. A most important follow-up to Ferguson's auspicious debut.

Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson was something of a prodigy as a youngster, playing solos with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Orchestra broadcasts when he was 13 years old, and was always destined for a career in music, training at the Conservatoire in Montreal until 1948. He moved to the USA and played with the bands of Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey and Charlie Barnet before joining Stan Kenton for an extended stint in the early '50s. The recordings featured here represent his first forays into recording leading his own bands. This 43-track 2-CD collection comprises all the titles (excluding one which could not be included for reasons of space) from his albums on the Emarcy label The Maynard Ferguson Octet, Dimensions, Around the Horn with Maynard Ferguson and Boy with Lots of Brass, with line-ups ranging from an octet to a 13-piece big band. It features many original compositions, with a number by tenor saxophonist and arranger Bill Holman, along with arrangements of classic Songbook standards, with the musicians involved including Bud Shank, Shelly Manne, Milt Bernhart, Herb Geller, Georgie Auld, Red Callender, Nino Tempo, Ray Linn, Bill Holman, Ray Brown, Alvin Stoller, Bobby Timmons, Larry Bunker and many more. It's an intriguing and entertaining insight into his work as he leads his own bands on record for the first time

Rebecca Caroline Ferguson est née le 21 juillet 1986 à Liverpool, en Angleterre. En 2010, cette admiratrice d'Aretha Franklin et d'Amy Winehouse termine deuxième de la septième saison de l'émission et concours de chant The X Factor. Clairement orienté vers la néo-soul, son premier album Heaven (2011) se classe numéro trois en Grande-Bretagne et s'écoule à un million cinq cents mille copies dans le monde, avec l'aide des singles « Nothing's Real But Love » et « Backtrack », devenus des tubes. En 2013, l'apprentie diva revient avec l'album Freedom qui connaît un succès moindre, même s'il est disque d'or au Royaume-Uni. La France est touchée tardivement par le phénomène. Le simple « Glitter & Gold », présent sur Heaven, ne fréquente les charts qu'en décembre 2014. En 2015, Rebecca Ferguson rend hommage à l'une de ses héroïnes, Billie Holiday, à travers l'album de reprises Lady Sings the Blues.

Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson was something of a prodigy as a youngster, playing solos with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Orchestra broadcasts when he was 13 years old, and was always destined for a career in music, training at the Conservatoire in Montreal until 1948. He moved to the USA and played with the bands of Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey and Charlie Barnet before joining Stan Kenton for an extended stint in the early '50s. The recordings featured here represent his first forays into recording leading his own bands. This 43-track 2-CD collection comprises all the titles (excluding one which could not be included for reasons of space) from his albums on the Emarcy label The Maynard Ferguson Octet, Dimensions, Around the Horn with Maynard Ferguson and Boy with Lots of Brass, with line-ups ranging from an octet to a 13-piece big band. It features many original compositions, with a number by tenor saxophonist and arranger Bill Holman, along with arrangements of classic Songbook standards, with the musicians involved including Bud Shank, Shelly Manne, Milt Bernhart, Herb Geller, Georgie Auld, Red Callender, Nino Tempo, Ray Linn, Bill Holman, Ray Brown, Alvin Stoller, Bobby Timmons, Larry Bunker and many more. It's an intriguing and entertaining insight into his work as he leads his own bands on record for the first time

Two Big Bands Play Selections From West Side Story & Other Delights is a 1991 album by Buddy Rich and Maynard Ferguson. It features a series of songs with each musician heading their own band. This was released by LRC Ltd.

Folk-pop crooner Duff Ferguson is a familiar face around the Los Angeles roots rock scene, having rode in crap tour vans, recorded alongside, jammed with, photographed, danced with the wives of and bought PBRs for most everybody in 20 years of California music. "My Story Is The Same" made at 663 Sound by Ted Wulfers and Sun Studio by Todd Herfindal. Solo guitar and vox, no overdubs, no bs. Herf recordings made entirely on solar power!