Big City Rhythms Explained

Big City Rhythms
Type:	studio
Artist:	Michael Feinstein
Border:	yes
Released:	October 9, 1999
Recorded:	August 2–4, 1999
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Length:	64:37
Label:	Concord
Producer:	John Burk, Allen Sviridoff
Chronology:	Michael Feinstein
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Romance on Film, Romance on Broadway
Next Year:	2000

Big City Rhythms is a 1999 album by American vocalist Michael Feinstein accompanied by the Maynard Ferguson big band. It was Feinstein's second album for the Concord label, and his first with Maynard Ferguson.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jonathan Widran awarded the album 4 stars and said the pairing of Feinstein and Ferguson "such a rousing success that it's surprising the two didn't think of it before".^[1]

Track listing

1. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 2:57
2. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 5:29
3. "Let Me Off Uptown" (Earl Bostic, Redd Evans) - 3:34
4. "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) - 5:07
5. "You Can't Lose 'Em All" (Marshall Barer, David Ross) - 4:33
6. "One Day at a Time" (Charles DeForest) - 3:54
7. "The Rhythm of the Blues" (Michael Feinstein, Lindy Robbins) - 5:52
8. "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 5:25
9. "Ev'rything You Want Is Here" (Murray Grand) - 4:29
10. "Johnny One Note" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:27
11. "Swing Is Back in Style" (Feinstein, Ray Jessel, Cynthia Thompson) - 2:38
12. "Love Is Nothin' But a Racket" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, André Previn) - 3:27
13. "Lullaby in Rhythm" (Benny Goodman, Walter Hirsch, Clarence Profit, Edgar Sampson) - 3:25
14. Medley: "When Your Lover Has Gone"/"The Gal That Got Away" (Einar Aaron Swan)/(Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin) - 4:59
15. "New York, New York" (Leonard Bernstein, Comden, Green, John Kander) - 3:38
16. "How Little We Know" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 2:43

Personnel

• Michael Feinstein - vocals, piano
• The Maynard Ferguson big band:
• Maynard Ferguson - bandleader, flugelhorn, producer, trumpet
• Tom Garling - arranger, trombone
• Brian Stahurski - double bass
• Albie Berk - drums
• Dave Throckmorton - drum set
• Bobby Shew - flugelhorn, trumpet
• Dennis Budimir - guitar
• Larry Bunker - percussion
• Earl MacDonald - piano
• Matt Catingub - alto saxophone
• Mike Dubaniewicz - alto saxophone
• Gary Foster
• Sal Lozano - baritone saxophone
• Jim Brenan - tenor saxophone
• Dan Higgins
• Alexander Iles - trombone
• Reggie Watkins - trombone
• Bryant Byers - bass trombone
• Adolfo Acosta - trumpet
• Wayne Bergeron
• Brian Ploeger - trumpet
• Jim Self - tuba
• Alan Broadbent - arranger, conductor
• Eddie Karam
• Mort Lindsey
• Patrick Williams

Production

• Charles Paakkari - assistant engineer
• Dann Thompson
• Albert Treskin - design
• Alexis Davis - director, production coordination
• Leslie Ann Jones - engineer, mixing
• Ken DiMaio - Live Sound Engineer
• Glen Barros - executive producer
• Antonio Branco - stylist
• Roger Dong - portrait photography
• Shay Ashula - hair stylist, make-up
• Paul Stubblebine - mastering
• Bill Hughes - music contractor, music preparation
• Bruce Burr - photography
• John Burk - producer
• Allen Sviridoff

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=big-city-rhythms-r441305|pure_url=yes}} Big City Rhythms]. Allmusic. March 7, 2011.