Conquistador

1. Gonna Fly Now

2. Mister Mellow

3. Star Trek (Theme)

4. Conquistador

5. Soar Like an Eagle

6. Fly

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Tracks:

Conquistador
Whaling Stories
Salty Dog
All This and More
In Held 'Twas in I: Glimpses of Nirvana/'Twas Teatime at the Circus/In
Luskus Delph [Live][*]

Album Description

German digipak reissue of 1972 album includes one bonus track, 'Luskus Delph' (live). Six tracks. Repertoire.

Customer Reviews:

Procol Harum's finest hour perhaps.......2007-07-20

Many of the songs on this live Procol Harum disc maintain their wonderful spiritual atmosphere from the studio versions, but are given a louder, more meaningful performance when delivered in a live setting. If you enjoy what you've heard from Procol Harum in the studio, you will no doubt find a lot to enjoy about this disc. A very melodic and almost hauntingly pleasant live album. I can see myself listening to this band when I'm 80 years old. I bet by that age, I'll still be enjoying these excellent tunes.

The Best Procol Harum Album Ever.......2007-01-26

It took me a long time to find this album on CD, previously only had the vinyl and took it all over the world with me. The CD is engineered very well, a clean recording. The only thing that could have been better is if this album had been released on DVD-Audio or SACD in a true 5.1 mix. This album was originally produced in quad-4 so a remix to 5.1 would be easy and fantastic.

best mix.......2007-01-10

Procul harum live bridges classic rock with classical music. In this album you'll hear a gutiar played as an instrument of the ochestra. Absoulutely a brilliant piece of music.

It's been a long time .......2006-11-28

I haven't heard this album, with the exception of the first track, in about 30 years. My roommate in college owned this album and I was always a PH fan so hearing them with an orchestra was fasinating. I never really saw the CD anywhere until I came across it here and said I must have it. It still sounds great. The songs and arrangements are truly classic in every sense.

Truly A Glimpse Of Nirvana.......2006-10-30

Procol Harum's work throughout the years has been uneven, but this collaboration with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra is one of their shining moments. I have worn out more than one vinyl version of this recording over the years, and I also have the MFSL version of this CD. While it is true that the MFSL disc suffers in comparison to this one, keep in mind the state of technology in 1971. We do owe a debt to Wally Heider's mobile studio for the tapes that allowed Repertoire to do such a splendid job of remastering. This recording belongs in everyone's collection, whether they are a fan of Procol Harum or not. If you are not moved in some manner by the time you hear "Grand Finale", then you had better check your pulse.

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Maynard Ferguson IS the Man !
The Conquistador (of trumpet players)
Inclusive Music

Conquistador
Maynard Ferguson
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00009VU2V
Release Date: 2003-07-01

Tracks:

Gonna Fly Now
Mister Mellow
Theme From Star Trek
Conquistador
Soar Like An Eagle
The Fly

Customer Reviews:

Maynard Ferguson IS the Man !.......2005-10-24

Conquistador is only one of his many albums that are all good. The album features a lot of top named talent on every track, which helped to make ths album a smash hit . From the smooth guitar of George Benson to the keyboard of Bob James along with others , and to THE MAN himself with his stratospheric trumphet, this effort will leave any jazz-cat in awe with appreciation!

The Conquistador (of trumpet players).......2005-08-06

There are many trumpet players in the history of jazz. Only a hand few of those could reach such high notes. Maynard Ferguson ruled them all! Some people I know don't like his high pitched, loud, but rather impressive trumpet playing. But as for me, I love hearing Maynard show his chops. This man was capable of anything!

This album, probaly Maynard's most famous album of his 1970's funk/jazz days. One of my favorites on this disk is, Conquistador. This spanish tinged tune starts off with parade drums and mellow trumpet playing. The tune soon takes off and Maynard blows right on.

Soar Like An Eagle is pretty funky. Maynard's band was perfect on this recording. A pretty impressive tune that follows is The Fly, which was written by Ferguson himself. It's fast paced and hosts magnificent trumpet playing.

The tune that opens up the album is a movie theme from Rocky, (you're gonna fly now) Not the best tune on the album, but rather fun to hear Maynard do. Soar Like An Eagle is a mellow tune that reminds of some things Chuck Mangione was doing, another one of my favorite trumpet players.

The last track, is with Rocky, the theme from Star Treck. It has some awesome flute solo by now Dave Brubeck's saxophonist, Bobby Militello.

IF you dig 1970's fusion/funk/jazz, like I do, than this album will probaly be a pleasent listen for you. I put it on to have some listening pleasure, because usually I prefer to listen mostly to newer jazz records to not get lost in the past, but this album is tremendous!

Inclusive Music .......2004-10-16

This album was a favorite of my fathers. His jazz collection was second to none. Many Saturday mornings this and other jazz albums would be playing in our living room. I call this "inclusive " because even at an early age I knew that this was great music and great music has no boundaries. I gave it only 4 stars because the album is way to short.

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I agree--Cecil's Best
The other half of Cecil's '66 Blue Note sessions.. Finally!
Cecils best!!!
"Conquistador" Returns to Conquer

Conquistador
Cecil Taylor
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001CLZPG
Release Date: 2004-03-23

Tracks:

Conquistador
With Exit
With Exit Alt Take

Album Description

Personnel:
Cecil Taylor: piano
Bill Dixon: trumpet
Jimmy Lyons: alto sax
Henry Grimes, Alan Silva: bass
Andrew Cyrille: drums

Customer Reviews:

I agree--Cecil's Best.......2004-09-14

I've got alot of Cecil's stuff, but I have to agree that Conquistador may very well be Cecil's masterpiece. It really is better than Unit Structures, and had you told me that before I heard it I wouldnt have believed you. Also thanks to Rudy Van Gelder, it sounds much better too. Dont hesitate to get this one, it's excellent.

The other half of Cecil's '66 Blue Note sessions.. Finally!.......2004-08-18

1. Conquistador 17:54
2. With (Exit) 19:20
3. With (Exit) 17:24

Cecil Taylor, piano
Bill Dixon, trumpet
Jimmy Lyons, alto sax
Henry Grimes, bass
Alan Silva, bass
Andrew Cyrille, drums

If I didn't know better, I'd think this music was from the same session as Unit Structures, but it isn't. It's got roughly the same group (there's a different trumpet player and only one sax). For me, the real joy of this record (and any of Cecil's other recordings from this period) is the rhythm section. Andrew Cyrille is to me one of the truly great and innovative drummers of that time. The bass duo of Henry Grimes and Alan Silva is incredible as well. Grimes strums and rumbles in the background while Silva shades and colors the music with his unbelievably high-pitched bowed tones, formally called "arco bass." And of course, Cecil Taylor, one of the greatest musicians ever. And I don't mean among the other two-thousand "greatest musicians ever;" I mean that he is probably one of the top 10 greatest musicians who ever lived. Other musicians have even said that he was greater than Stravinsky. So you really can't go wrong with a set like this if you are a fan of avant-garde jazz, or even if you just appreciate creative & innovative music. Bill Dixon and Jimmy Lyons play wonderful melodies and solos throughout the record (Dixon's solo on the alt. take of "With (Exit)" is particularly interesting). Although it's not easy listening for people who haven't been exposed to free music before, this is a must-have for Cecil Taylor fans and avant-garde jazz fans in general.

The original album consisted of two side-length tracks (the first two on the CD). An alternate take of "With (Exit)" has been added for our listening pleasure. Although it is a wonderful song, it doesn't differ too much from the master take. This album has been out of print for a very long time; it was only just reissued by Blue Note in 2004. Recorded in 1966, Conquistador came from one of the two only sessions that Taylor had with Blue Note (the other one, only a few months earlier, produced Unit Structures). An earlier Taylor album, Jazz Advance, has been reissued by Blue Note, but it was originally recorded for an independent label. At any rate, it's an absolute joy to have the other half of his Blue Note sessions.

Both Conquistador and Unit Structures include the basic nucleus of Taylor's working group: Jimmy Lyons, Andrew Cyrille, Henry Grimes, and Alan Silva. (The live album Student Studies, recorded in late 1966, featured Lyons, Cyrille, and just Silva on bass.) This was pretty much Taylor's main band for a very large portion of his career. Lyons joined in 1960 and stayed until his death in the 1980s. Cyrille joined in 1964 and stayed until the mid-70s. I believe Grimes joined in 1961, but I'm not sure when he left. I'm pretty sure that Silva just worked with Taylor in the 1960s. Anyhow, many Taylor fans, including this one, believe that this was his best group.

The title track begins with a few characteristic atonal piano flourishes, followed by a brief statement from the horns. Listen to what Grimes is doing here; at first it seems that he's just playing random notes, but it soon becomes apparent that he's playing an out-of-time repeated pattern. I swear, if I had a free-jazz group, this is the man I would want on bass. He had such a cool touch. This short section gives way to a Jimmy Lyons solo, in which he explores atonality without abandoning the scale he's apparently hearing in his head. Cyrille is playing freely, but he still hints at the time; it's a kind of loping, uneven pulse. And of course Cecil is just thrashing underneath it all. This fades into a slow, drawn out section for Dixon to come in and play a short but beatifully lyrical solo. I love the contrast of the two horns' solo sections. After Dixon finishes up, the rhythm section briefly develops a new groove, with Silva bowing high notes on top of it. The horns state a different theme, which is more tonal and organized. Cyrille suggests a latin feel here. The next 5 or 6 minutes belongs to Cecil, who does an incredible solo here. Keep in mind that he means to hit all the notes he does; it may sound like he's just randomly hitting the piano, but he is really thinking about what he's playing. A Taylor solo is sort of like an odd dream-you have no clue what's going to come next. Silva slithers in and out with more arco bass. During all of this, Grimes sounds like an earthquake. Cecil wraps up his solo and fades down a bit and Silva solos for a bit on bowed bass. Cecil comes back in before the horns restate the second theme. Then the entire group drops out except for Grimes and Silva, who play a great duet. Silva puts down his bow and plays pizzicato, exploring the same idea that Lyons finished his solo with. Notice how different the two basses sound; something tells me that Silva was playing a smaller bass. His notes just sound higher-pitched than Grimes, even though they're playing in the same register. The rest of the group comes back in, the horns restate the first theme, and the tune ends.

"With (Exit)" is fairly similar in structure to the title track, but it is certainly a unique tune nevertheless. It opens with a wash of bowed bass and piano, slow and legato. Cyrille adds bits of color here and there. The horns state what may be the coolest (and creepiest) Taylor theme; it brings to mind a nursery rhyme of some sort. I could picture an into like this being in a thriller movie. If you like the beginning of this tune, you might want to check out "Student Studies" (mentioned above). After the theme, the rhythm section just kind of trips out for a few minutes. Lots of interplay between Cecil and Silva. Dixon eventually comes in and plays a really far out solo. He seems to be responding to Cyrille, whose quick, fluttering brushes make for some great tension. Dixon's short, atonal outbursts build and build, and you think that he is just going to go crazy, but then he steps out and the momentum changes. Cyrille kicks it up a notch and Lyons comes in, again with Cecil thrashing and cursing underneath. Next comes Cecil himself. Do I really need to describe what happens here? A Cecil Taylor solo is experienced, not talked about. After Cecil is finished blowing our minds, the theme is stated again and the group takes it out.

The alternate take of "With (Exit)" is basically the same as the master structure-wise, except I think that Dixon does a better solo on the alternate.

Conquistador could definitely be considered one of Cecil's best albums. He did a lot of work, and much of it differs from what the average person is used to. Conquistador could be an ear-shattering but revelatory and enlightening experience if the listener is not aware of what is to come. However, if you dig Cecil and you haven't heard this, then you're in for a trip.

Cecils best!!!.......2004-03-26

Apparently, Blue Note has finally re-released this album again (it has been available on cd before but was several years ago). The band is similar to the one on "Unit Structures" in that it features Cyrille, Silva, Grimes and Lyons. Added to this group is the incredible trumpeter Bill Dixon who really adds to the magic of this album. His style is introverted, moody and RELATIVELY laid-back. This was a great contrast with the rest of the group and it was a stroke of genius to include him on the album.

There's only two songs on the album; the title track and "With (Exit). Both those songs are less dense and complicated than the compositions on "Unit Structures" which makes this a great first-buy for new-comers to cecils later (post-62) works. The first song, "Conquistador" starts with a theme which is followed by a typically intense (but logical) Lyons solo. If you listen to Cecils piano in the background you can hear that there are easily recognizable tonal centers which isn't always the case with his music. After Lyons comes a beautiful, laid-back section where Dixon plays a lyrical trumpet solo. This leads into the "real" theme which is far more melodic in the conventional sense than Taylor usually is. Cecil then plays a long, incredible piano-solo backed by "african"-sounding percussion. The song ends with a bass-piano section and a recapitulation of the first theme. Incredible stuff.
The other song, "With (exit)" is my favourite Cecil Taylor composition. It starts off with another catchy and beautiful theme that goes through a syncopated section and a more intense one. The solos are basically explorations of the various moods of the theme. First a beautiful piano-basses section, then a trumpet solo over syncopated rhytms followed by a long, intense alto solo. Then follows one of the best piano solos I've ever heard where Cecil goes from ethereal, laid-back passages to screaming intensity and back to the theme again. The whole number doesn't sound disjointed at all; it flows seamlessly from section to section.
This is one of the best "avant-garde" jazz albums ever made and a perfect way to start your Cecil Taylor collection!!!

"Conquistador" Returns to Conquer.......2004-03-24

Cecil Taylor's "Conquistador," out-of-print for nearly ten years and often impossible to find used, makes an improbable return to the Blue Note catalog in the RVG series. Cecil Taylor has been making unique contributions to jazz for more than 50 years, but the pianist actually only made two albums for Blue Note -- "Unit Structures" and "Conquistador." (Others have been issued on CD by Blue Note, but those sessions, like "Love for Sale" and "Jazz Advance," were originally recorded for other labels.) While many will say his most creative, fertile period began in the mid-70s, I have always enjoyed his two mid-60s Blue Note dates the best. I know many critics have deemed these transition years for Taylor, but I find his participation in the jazz avant-garde's most popular period to be quite vital. This October 6, 1966 session and its two tracks "Conquistador" and "With (Exit)," (an alternate take of the latter song is also included) certainly holds it own compared to albums of that year by fellow innovators John Coltrane, Albert Ayler and Archie Shepp, not to mention his Blue Note colleagues. Indeed, the climate at Blue Note in Alfred Lion's last years was very open-minded and favored the experimental, and Taylor must have relished this freedom. His group of Bill Dixon on trumpet, Jimmy Lyons on alto sax, Henry Grimes and Alan Silva on bass, and Andrew Cyrille on drums is the perfect vehicle to put forth Taylor's eccentric, multi-layered free jazz vision. Those who like Blue Note classics like "Out to Lunch," Point of Departure," "The All-Seeing Eye" or "Dialogue" will be right at home with "Conquistador."

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good for a debut album
Awesome
One of the best newer Power Metal bands
Already living up to the elevation of their namesake!
A fantasic album!!!!

Conquistador
Olympos Mons
Manufacturer: Lmp
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00064N8PY
Release Date: 2004-11-16

Tracks:

Seven Seas
Stars
The Last Light Of The Moon
Wanted Man
Black
Through The Ice And Snow
Black Desire
Cleopatra
The Princess Of Saba
Lady In White
Conquistador

Album Description

It was neither the alcohol nor their similar band backgrounds which brought the guitarist Jari Sündström and singer Ian E. Highhill together on that unforgettable concert evening in a small town in Finland in 2002. It was the passion for melodic, symphonic metal music and one which led the two experienced musicians to the important decision of founding a band with the name of Olympos Mons (the highest mountain on Mars and the largest volcano in the known universe). Jari Sündström feels just as much at home in the world of classical music as he does in rock and metal, has been composing songs for many years and his aggressive style of playing guitar has made him a popular figure on the local scene. For his part, Ian E. Highhill has a voice of exceptional range and is also known worldwide both as a composer and as the author of dark, romantic lyrics. Their new album, Conquistador, clearly shows that Olympos Mons have jumped the queue to become forerunners in the field. The impressive production by Janne Saksa from Sound Supreme Studios, the excellent mixing by Nino Laurenne (Sonic Pump-Studio) as well as the brilliant mastering by Mika Jussila (Finnvox Studios) make sure that Conquistador is just as huge and sounds just as explosive as the name Olympos Mons implies.

Customer Reviews:

good for a debut album.......2006-07-30

Well I would only give 3 1/2 stars, but you know. This is a good album, some songs are a bit dull. But for the price it is on here it's a good deal.

Awesome.......2006-02-12

I had checked this CD first on the LMP web page. I've read "poetic power metal". I guessed what would that be. It is a metal accompanied with classical acoustic instrument andsometimes narrating an epic story.all those three things that i've mentioned on the last sentenced are SO WELL put together at the point that this band made a unique heavy metal style.

I got astounded on the third song when when one of the rhythms is getting repeated, and each time it gets repeated sound of horse step, foot step and blades and swords crashes are getting added but not just sporadically. It even makes park of the rhythm. Awesome!

I also got impressed when, either the 8 or 9 track. they start adding sort of jazz or blues rhythms that fit so well for a heavy metal.

Furthermore, the way how powerfull and mystical this music is brings you so much into it.

I believe that to achieve all this you have to be a great musician.

AWESOME!

One of the best newer Power Metal bands.......2005-08-26

I'm going to keep this review fairly short. I didn't know what to expect from these guys before I heard them but once I put the disc in I was hooked. Not too many bands out there right now has had that effect on me. These guys and Galloglass have been the best newer bands that I've heard on LMP lately. This album is definately worth buying, you won't be dissapointed. I'm hoping too hear more from these guys in the future and I hope that their future albums will live up or be better than this.

Already living up to the elevation of their namesake!.......2005-07-07

WOW! I've been checking out a lot of bands on this label lately (LIMB Music, Germany), and as with most labels out there in this genre there are good ones, bad ones and hidden jewels within the numerical litany of the catalog and band roster! This one qualifies as a hidden jewel for sure! I love how many territories this one explores in it's 11 tracks! At first we start as you'd expect, with a typical "happy" power metal song with "Seven Seas". Good, but the best was certainly yet to come! On "Stars" the band revs up their Rhapsody machine and treats us to some stellar symphonic fury! Then with the next track "The Last Light Of The Moon" we digress to more of a Dream Theater/Symphony X sound. With awesome cunchy progressive riffs! We even visit the more anthemic...and dare I say "mainstream" side of power metal on the album with the catchy song "Black". For dessert we're treated to the cliche' (but I'm still smiling anyway:-) "10-minute epic" track with the astounding "Conquistador"! Oh, and let's not forget track #10 either called "Lady In White"...I'M IN METAL HEAVEN! Crank this up! This track is what the band Skylark could and should sound like if they'd actually get it together! A crackling experience from the album that left me dazzled!

The sound and production on this disc are just all-out teutonic! I also love the fact that unlike so many power metal albums I pick up nowadays, the 11 tracks on this cd are ACTUAL SONGS THAT COUNT! No wasted space or bulking up the tracklisting with needless acoustical interludes of 90 seconds or stupid "book on tape" narratives that waste my time! NO WAY! All the tracks are full-fledged aural assaults complete with great lyrics and vocal delivery! The masses of swirling keyboards (all just in the right places by the way...) are also fabulous and add a dramatic tapestry to each song.

This band reminds me of so many power and progressive metal acts during the running time of this cd, it's impossible to pin down just one or two bands with which to compare them. Truly that means that it looks like...finally(!)...we have something original under the sun in this class of music?! At least in the sense that most bands who try to sound like the dreaded "amalgum" of all their influences wind up horribly missing the mark. NOT HERE! Olympos Mons carves out an awesome block of remarkably varied power metal music that will surely be finding it's way into this listeners cd player for months and months to come! I'm happy now, but I can't wait for the next installment! Watch these guys! They could be the next really big thing on the block for metal lovers of all persuasions! 4/5!

A fantasic album!!!!.......2004-11-29

CONQUISTADOR is a really strong debut coming from the Finnish power metal band Olympos Mons. All songs are written by guitarist Jari Sundström and singer Ian E.Highhill. They also seem to stand for the production of the record.The songs are filled with mystical magical elements and cool lyrics that together creates a whole fantasy world for the mind to enjoy.
I really loved "The last light of the moon" a big bombastic track with great guitar riffs and a soaring high vocal in the chorus part.
"Throught the ice and snow" is a straight fast metal song with a great catchy melody.
The haunting "Black" is progressive metal at its very best,this song never fails to give me chills.
"Princess of Saba" is an eastern influenced song with some heavy Symphony-X like riffs in the opening.
"Lady in white" is a magical tune, it has the kind of chorus you just have to sing along with!!!
Everyone who buys this record can surely agree with me that these (Finnish) guys have produced a really big sounding (kick ass) Power Metal album, with great catchy melodies!!!
One of the best Metal records of 2004!!!

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Conquistador
Cecil Taylor
Manufacturer: Blue Note Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00009PN90
Release Date: 2003-08-04

Tracks:

Conquistador
With (Exit)
With (Exit) [Alternate Edition]

Album Details

24bit Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase. Includes an Additional Track Not on the Original Release: "With (Exit)(Alternate Version)".

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Conquistador

Manufacturer: Marble Arch
ProductGroup: Classical
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FN7S7K

Product Description

1. Conquistador~~~2. Mabel~~~3. Repent Walpurges~~~4. Boredom~~~5. All This and More~~~6. Pilgrim's Progress~~~7. Juicy John Pink~~~8. Wish Me Well~~~9. Rambling On~~~10. Kaleidoscope.

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Canada rocks!

Conquistador
13 Engines
Manufacturer: Nettwerk Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005DCM
Release Date: 1996-03-05

Tracks:

Beneath My Hand
Reptile Boy
Menefreghista
Slow
Naked
Vermilion
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Satellite
Bird Of Prey
Cootie girl
Zone
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The Listener

Customer Reviews:

Canada rocks!.......2002-08-23

If you're not familiar with this band, check them out! A very powerful, clean sound, distinct vocals make this band one of my all time faves! Another example of the great hard rock that Canada produced in the late '80's and early '90's. A shame they are no longer a band. So many of these tunes will make you get up and move!! Definetely a guitar driven, rock and roll outfit.

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Conquistador
Leroy Moray & Duques
Manufacturer: Omni Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005BJ9
Release Date: 1997-08-26

Tracks:

Botella
Mil Anos
Canciones De Mi Padre
Quanto De Mi Padre
La Taverna
Solo Para Ti
No Mas Una Vez
Esperame
Buelta Y Buelta
Nina Preciosa

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Lo Mejor de Handel

Manufacturer: Children's Group
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000B6FXTQ
Release Date: 2005-10-18

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A Bit corny?
Never a dull moment...........
A music fan from Detroit
This is the album that turned me on to Maynard!
Great Musicians Make Mediocre Material Shine

Conquistador
Maynard Ferguson
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Chameleon

ASIN: B00000258L
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Gonna Fly Now
Mister Mellow
Theme from Star Trek
Conquistador
Soar Like an Eagle
Fly

Customer Reviews:

A Bit corny?.......2004-01-11

Speaking as a schooled musician (both classical and jazz) I implore all jazz purists to get off their high horses and admit that conquistador is one of the benchmark albums of great brass driven jazz/rock. With around 100 albums to his credit over the past 49 years, Maynard has touched upon various styles of jazz, big band and smaller combos and in the 70's, big surprise! rock and disco! Was such a direction commercially motivated? Most certainly. Most of the jazz greats who were still active at the time had found themselves admitting the influence of rock and funk. Heck, Miles Davis initiated this move towards rock in the late 60's!
The fact is, good music is good music whether its played on all acoustic instruments to a swing beat or electrified to a disco rock beat. Maynard and all his collaborators on Conquistador elevate potentially banal forms,(disco) and make something that is driven, funky, beautiful and exciting in the highest sense. And hearing something like "Star Trek" or Mr.Mellow in all their 70's inflected arrangements brings an indulgent smile to my face everytime! By all means, check out earlier Maynard too! There's a rich lode of great music to be mined. (Provided you can find them on CD: What a crime.) But don't miss out on this album or "Carnival" (on Wounded Bird Records) and Columbia! how about reissuing "MF Horn 2" Been waiting 15 years for it!

Never a dull moment..................2002-04-10

Jazz aficionados, and especially trumpet players, will listen to this recording with envy. Maynard's getting older, but his chops are still just fine. He heads to the stratosphere with ease, and his lip slurs (with pinpoint control) are truly amazing.
The centerpiece of the album has to be the re-write of the popular "Star Trek" theme. A powerful, electronic-driven chart, the improvising of flautist Bobby Militello is awesome. Listen carefully and you can hear him "singing" along with his solo midway through. Make sure you turn up the volume at the fadeout, and you will hear what is most likely the highest sustained note ever played on the trumpet.
Ferguson is to be congratulated for using contemporary musicians like Bob James, he of "Taxi" fame, on his charts. James's "Soar Like an Eagle" features a wonderful electric piano solo, and some nifty sax work as well.
This is quintessential Ferguson......some great, searing trumpet work, plus an eclectic selection of music that will keep you listening.
A must for Ferguson fans, and jazz fans as well.

A music fan from Detroit.......2001-09-15

In 1977, I attended my 3rd MF concert at the Prom Center in St. Paul. Conquistor done live convinced me to expand my own musical horizons, and drove me to become a better ensemble player, but more than that, infused me with the passion to improvise. The entire band filtered into the audience while Maynard and the rhythm section remained onstage, one musician every 20 feet or so, and created an aural vision which to this day blows me away - Mark Colby stood within 6 feet of me and the power and passion he wrung out of his tenor sax during his extended solo absolutely stunned me. I think I forgot to breathe.
It may have been Maynard's first appearance in a jump suit, or maybe the first time he showed up with bi-focals, which he joked about self-depracatingly, but the vision did not detract from the power...it elevated his considerable reputation. If you ever doubt Maynard's technical virtuousity, take one of his vinyl albums from the MF Horn to Conquistador era, and play it at 16 rpm, so he sounds like he's playing a trombone...your ear cannot hear it when he plays, but Maynard actually hits and clearly intones more notes per second than you would have thought possible. The Lip is quicker than the Ear.
The defining tune at the height of Maynard's Columbia era isn't Theme from Rocky, it is Conquistador. Listen and live the Power of the Captain.

This is the album that turned me on to Maynard!.......2001-09-07

I first heard this album when it came out in 1977. I thought it was awesome then, and I still do now. The theme from Rocky is a classic as is the title cut. But my favorite is the collaboration of two of my favorites, Maynard and Bob James, on Soar Like an Eagle.

This is a superb album.

Great Musicians Make Mediocre Material Shine.......2001-08-06

Proving once again that great musicianship can make so-so material okay, Maynard and his sidemen do the job. Keep in mind that on this record, you are really hearing only part of the regular band...lots of studio guys were hoisted onto Maynard by Bob James, head of Columbia's jazz section back then. Jay Chattaway, a very popular arranger in the 70's and 80's, does some good things to meet the commercial demands of the time. The Rocky tune became the first big band top 40 single since Glenn Miller in the 40's, and made this album the best selling album by a jazz great. MF took a lot of heat over some of his commercial approaches during this time period, but the playing is solid and hey, we all got over it. Buy this.

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