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Boy with Lots of Brass

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Boy with Lots of Brass
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1957
Recorded1957
GenreJazz
Length36:10
LabelEmArcy
MG 36114
Maynard Ferguson chronology
Around the Horn with Maynard Ferguson
(1955)
Boy with Lots of Brass
(1957)
A Message from Newport
(1958)

Boy with Lots of Brass is a 1957 album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring singer Irene Kral.[1][2]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Allmusic awarded the album three stars with reviewer Scott Yanow stating that the arrangements "show off the talented orchestra and its memorable leader quite well."[1]

Track listing

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  1. "Give Me the Simple Life" (Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby) – 2:34
  2. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:00
  3. "The Lamp Is Low" (Peter DeRose, Bert Shefter) – 3:24
  4. "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:55
  5. "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:10
  6. "Jeepers Creepers" (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) – 2:32
  7. "Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:44
  8. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:02
  9. "Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 3:10
  10. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:49
  11. "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Ray Noble) – 1:42
  12. "I Never Knew" (Ted Fio Rito, Kahn) – 3:08

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Boy with Lots of Brass". Allmusic. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  2. ^ Discogs accessed March 20, 2015
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.