Maynard Ferguson
Pittsburgh, PA 1974.xx.xx
exact date unknown

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Disc 1
01 Living for the City
02 The Fox Hunt
03 The Way We were
04 Gospel John
05 Got the Spirit
06 Take the A Train

Disc 2
01 Fruit of the Loon
02 Superbone Meets the Badman
03 LA Expression
04 Melancholy Baby
05 Sweet Rosetta
06 Three More Foxes

This is at least a 3rd gen copy of an excellent soundboard recording. A number of audio pops
were removed by hand, and some EQing was used on the entire recording. The last three tracks were
at a much lower volume level on the tape, and were captured seperately with the input turned up considerably.
As a result the level of hiss was higher, and so hiss reduction was used on these tracks, and I
think you'll hear that the results are excellent. Sweet Rosetta was not played very often, but it's
a superb piece of music and we're fortunate to have such an excellent recording of it.

The first five tracks are labelled as Pittsburgh 1974, with the exact date unknown. The performances are
so similar to the Chameleon album that I suspect it was recorded around that time. The next four
tracks are from a somewhat later date, most likely 1975, judging by the personnel which has changed
slightly. Pete Jackson returned to the band in January 1975, and MF is remarking that he'd just returned,
which means this could have been recorded in early 1975. Along those same lines, Joe Mosello joined in
January 1975, and so I'd guess this is from very early 1975. The final three tracks are from an unknown source,
again almost certainly 1975. While some of the info is unclear, none of it has been released commercially,
and this is a great recording of MF and the band playing some unusual tracks.

Total time on this is 82 minutes. It would be possible to fit all the music onto one disc if some of the
introductory dialogue was removed, but there's enough missing info already.

Probable Pittsburgh personnel:

Trumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Stan Mark, Dennis Noday, Bob Summers, Lynn Nicholson, Ernest Garside
Trombones: Randy Purcell, Jerry Johnson
Saxes: Andy Mackintosh, Brian Smith, Bruce Johnstone
Drums: Danny D'Imperio
Bass: Rick Petrone
Piano: Alan Zavod

Later tracks: Joe Mosello replaces Nicholson, Pete Jackson replaces Zavod. Don Hahn solos on 'Three More Foxes'.