- jazz
- 40 min
- 8 tracks
- CBS
Chameleon is a 1974 big band jazz album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. It features cover versions of many songs that were popular in the years leading up to its production, including: "Jet" by Paul McCartney and Wings, "The Way We Were" – which was popularized by Barbra Streisand, and "Livin' for the City" by Stevie Wonder. He also pays tribute to trumpeter Bunny Berigan with his own take on "I Can't Get Started".
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Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks
- A1Chameleon4:38
- A2Gospel John6:05
- A3The Way We Were3:28
- A4Jet3:58
- B1La Fiesta8:06
- B2I Can't Get Started3:45
- B3Livin' for the City4:59
- B4Superbone Meets the Bad Man5:08
8 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Maynard Ferguson
- Label
- CBS
- Released
- 1974
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- XE
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