Boxset / Compilation · 1971
Tracklist
The Herb Pomeroy Orchestra
A1 Blue Grass 3:01
A2 Wolafunts Lament 3:45
A3 Jack Spratt 3:20
A4 Aluminium Baby 3:11
A5 It's Sand, Man 3:19
A6 Our Delight 2:32
B1 Theme For Terry 3:27
B2 No One Will Room With Me 3:00
B3 Feather Merchant 3:45
B4 Big Man 4:20
B5 Less Talk 2:17
Maynard Ferguson And His Orchestra
C1 The Fugue 3:36
C2 Fan It, Janet 3:00
C3 The Waltz 4:00
C4 Tag Team 5:05
C5 And We Listened 5:42
D1 Slide's Derangement 7:55
D2 Frame For The Blues 6:54
D3 Humbug 3:28
D4 Three Little Foxes 4:04
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Boots Mussulli (tracks: A1 to B5), Dave Chapman (tracks: A1 to B5), Jimmy Ford (tracks: C1 to D4)
Baritone Saxophone – Deane Haskins (tracks: A1 to B5), Jay Cameron (tracks: C1 to D4)
Bass – Jimmy Rowser (tracks: C1 to D4), John Neves (tracks: A1 to B5)
Drums – Jake Hanna (tracks: C1 to D4), James Zito (tracks: A1 to B5)
Piano – John Bunch (tracks: C1 to D4), Ray Santisi (tracks: A1 to B5)
Tenor Saxophone – Carmen Leggio (tracks: C1 to D4), Jaki Byard (tracks: A1 to B5), Varty Haritounian (tracks: A1 to B5), Willie Maiden (tracks: C1 to D4), Zoot Sims (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B3, B4 )
Trombone – Bill Legan (tracks: A1 to B5), Don Sebesky (tracks: C1 to D4), Gene Di Stasio* (tracks: A1 to B5), Joe Ciavardone (tracks: A1 to B5), Slide Hampton (tracks: C1 to D4)
Trumpet – Augie Ferretti (tracks: A1 to B5), Bill Chase (tracks: C1 to D4), Clyde Reasinger (tracks: C1 to D4), Everett Longstreth (tracks: A1 to B5), Herb Pomeroy (tracks: A1 to B5), Joe Gordon (tracks: A1 to B5), Joe Slaney jr. (tracks: C1 to D4), Lennie Johnson (tracks: A1 to B5)
Trumpet, Valve Trombone – Maynard Ferguson (tracks: C1 to D4)
About this release
Jazz Vogue – VJD567 (UK)
Repackaging of Herb's 1958 album 'Life Is A Many Splendoured Gig' & Maynard's 1958 'A Message From Newport', both originally on Roulette
Thanks to snobb for the addition