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Maynard Ferguson
Conquistador
Album US 1977 on Columbia label
Jazz, R&B/Soul and Soundtrack (Fusion, Jazz-Funk, Theme, Disco)
Mastered at CBS, N.Y. CBS Studios. Recorded at Media Sound, NYC. CBS Studios, San Francisco, Ca. Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, Ca. Given durations from label. Different durations on coversleeve: A1 4:18 A2 6:27 A3 6:17 B1 7:34 B2 6:33 B3 4:30 The durations shown on the labels for A1 and B1 are different from most releases of this album.
Musicians
 | Maynard Ferguson tr, 1928-2006 US flugelhorn, soloist, trumpet, soloist, album by, written by |
 | George Young ts, as, alto saxophone |
 | Mike Migliore as, fl, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, soprano saxophone, soloist |
 | Bob James key, ep, *1939 US arranged by, keyboards, piano, soloist, written by |
 | Jay Chattaway key, *1946 US arranged by, producer, written by |
 | Bobby Militello fl, as, *1950 US baritone saxophone, flute, soloist |
 | Gary King voc, b, eb, *1941 US bass |
 | Gordon Johnson b, *1952 US bass |
 | Will Lee b, *1952 US bass |
 | Allan Schwartzberg dr, *1942 US drums |
 | Harvey Mason dr, *1947 US drums |
 | Peter Erskine dr, *1954 US drums |
 | Brooks Tillotson frh, FR french horn |
 | Donald Corrado frh, french horn |
 | Eric Gale g, 1938-1994 US guitar |
 | George Benson g, voc, *1943 US guitar, guitar, soloist |
 | Jeff Layton g, bj, guitar, guitar, soloist |
 | Lance Quinn g, US guitar |
 | Biff Hannon p, ep, US keyboards |
 | Ken Ascher p, syn, *1944 US keyboards |
 | Tony Romano , other, sound |
 | Ralph MacDonald perc, cng, 1944-2011 US percussion |
 | Phil Kraus perc, 1918-2012 US percussion, parade drum |
 | Mark Colby ts, sax, *1949 US soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, tenor saxophone, soloist |
 | Alan Shulman vc, 1915-2002 US strings |
 | Albert Scheonmaker strings |
 | Alfred Brown vl, US strings |
 | Charles Libove vn, 1926-2008 US strings |
 | Charles McCracken vc, US strings |
 | David Nadien vn, 1926-2014 US strings |
 | Emanuel Vardi vl, str, 1915-2011 US strings |
| Eugene Noye strings |
 | Harold Kohon vn, str, US strings |
 | Harry Cykman vn, US strings |
 | Harry Lookofsky str, vn, 1913-1998 US strings |
 | Marvin Morgenstern vn, str, strings |
 | Matthew Raimondi vn, str, US strings |
 | Max Ellen vn, US strings |
 | Max Pollikoff vn, str, 1904-1984 US strings |
 | Paul Gershman vn, 1912-1986 US strings |
 | Richard Sortomme vn, strings |
 | Joe Farrell ts, fl, 1937-1986 US tenor saxophone |
 | Stan Mark tr, tenor saxophone, soloist, trumpet, trumpet, calls |
 | David Taylor tb, *1944 US trombone |
 | Julian Priester tb, *1935 US trombone |
 | Paul Faulise tb, US trombone |
 | Randy Purcell tb, trombone |
 | Roger Homefield tb, trombone |
 | Wayne Andre tb, 1931-2003 US trombone |
 | Alan Rubin tr, 1943-2011 US trumpet |
 | Bernie Glow tr, 1926-1982 US trumpet |
 | Dennis Noday tr, trumpet, trumpet, calls |
 | Jim Bossy tr, trumpet |
 | Joe Mosello tr, trumpet, trumpet, calls |
 | Jon Faddis tr, *1953 US trumpet |
 | Marky Markowitz tr, 1923-1986 US trumpet |
 | Marvin Stamm tr, *1939 US trumpet |
 | Randy Brecker tr, fh, *1945 US trumpet |
 | Ron Tooley tr, trumpet, trumpet, calls |
 | Ellen Bernfeld voc, vocals |
 | Gwen Guthrie bvoc, voc, 1950-1999 US vocals |
 | Lani Groves bvoc, voc, vocals |
 | Linda November voc, bvoc, vocals |
| Martin Nelson vocals |
 | Patti Austin voc, bvoc, *1950 US vocals |
 | Richard Berg voc, vocals |
 | Vivian Cherry voc, bvoc, US vocals |
Producers
| Joe Jorgensen engineer |
| Vlado Meller mastered by |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky") | Maynard Ferguson | Ayn Robbins, Bill Conti, Carol Connors | 7:34 |
| 2 | | Mister Mellow | Maynard Ferguson | Jay Chattaway, Maynard Ferguson | 6:33 |
| 3 | | Theme From Star Trek | Maynard Ferguson | Alexander Courage, Gene Roddenberry | 4:30 |
| 4 | | Conquistador | Maynard Ferguson | Jay Chattaway, Maynard Ferguson | 4:22 |
| 5 | | Soar Like An Eagle | Maynard Ferguson | Bob James | 6:27 |
| 6 | The Fly | Maynard Ferguson | Jay Chattaway | 6:17 |
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