The Ballad Style Of Maynard Ferguson / Alive & Well In London

Digitally remastered two-fer containing a pair of albums from the jazz great. From 1969 and 1971 come these Ferguson albums They were recorded in London and produced by Keith Mansfield and Mike Smith, with the late Kenny Wheeler doing arrangements on 'Fire And Rain' and 'Your Song'. Ballad Style contains songs such as 'The Fool On The Hill', 'Sound Of Silence' and 'You Only Live Twice' whilst Alive & Well has a selection of more contemporary and upbeat material. Ferguson's popularity was high in the UK due to being the House Band on the top-rated Simon Dee TV Show. Includes extensive new notes by Charles Waring.