| Big City Rhythms | ||||
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| Released | October 9, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | August 2-4, 1999 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 64:37 | |||
| Label | Concord | |||
| Producer | John Burk, Allen Sviridoff | |||
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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.
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| 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]
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