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Big City Rhythms

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Big City Rhythms
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 9, 1999
RecordedAugust 2–4, 1999
GenreVocal jazz
Length64:37
LabelConcord
ProducerJohn Burk, Allen Sviridoff
Michael Feinstein chronology
Michael & George: Feinstein Sings Gershwin
(1998)
Big City Rhythms
(1999)
Romance on Film, Romance on Broadway
(2000)
Maynard Ferguson chronology
Brass Attudes
(1998)
Big City Rhythms
(1999)

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

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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

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  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

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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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Big City Rhythms". Allmusic. Retrieved March 7, 2011.