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Jim Ferguson, Pat Coil, Chris Potter, Jim White
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (June 1, 1999)
  • Original Release Date: June 1, 1999
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Challenge
  • ASIN: B00000J8B0
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #212,812 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Bassist and singer Jim Ferguson is undoubtedly a minority: people who sing and play an instrument in the jazz world are very few and far between. They might sell a whole lot of CDs (think Diana Krall and Harry Connick Jr., if not 1998's surprise breakthrough Patricia Barber), but there aren't a lot of instrument-handling crooners about. Ferguson is even odder, playing acoustic bass while singing. But he's a wonder. He holds a great Southern-tinged voice, something that alternately echoes Lyle Lovett in its inflections, Mose Allison in its phrase shapes, and a mix of Mel Tormé and Chet Baker in its moods. The tunes Ferguson calls denote the chain of influence (note Allison's "Swingin' Machine" and the "The Real Thing," coauthored by Tormé and accorded Baker collaborator Gerry Mulligan), with swing pervading the CD as a shade rather than a full color, a vibe rather than a frank rhythm. Tenor saxophonist Chris Potter is in great form, caressing his phrases rather than bolting them to the floor. If it's a fine croon set into a slender jazz quartet context that you're after, check this out. --Andrew Bartlett


Terry Teachout, New York Times, August 8, 1999

New jazz singers are as thick on the ground these days as blockbuster movies, and just about as interchangeable. Not so Jim Ferguson, whose first album, "Not Just Another Pretty Bass," is the most distinctive recording debut since Diana Krall came along four years ago with "Only Trust Your Heart." ... though he can swing hard, he prefers to amble lazily through such wistful songs as "I Get Along Without You Very Well" and "Early Autumn," which he sings in the pensive manner of a man who has spent his share of sleepless nights wondering what might have been....The vocals are warm and irresistibly tender, and the band plays with the telepathic confidence of a longtime working group; the feel is that of a relaxed, intimate late-night set by a jazz singer of the first rank, backed up by a formidable quartet of instrumentalists who are at the top of their game...

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Touching and sensitive interpretation of jazz tunes, October 8, 1999
We were given this CD as a gift and it hasn't been out of my car CD player since!! After reading a bio of Jim we contacted him via e-mail and discovered he was going to be in our vicinity in one week as a back-up player with Crystal Gayle. We got tickets and met him after the concert. What a gracious and talented player he is. Our only dissapointment is that he is so busy with his duties playing back-up that he isn't regularly in any club so that his live performances are few and far between. He is writing actively and will have another CD out in the spring,with more of his own tunes on it. Again our assessment of his playing and personality can't be too enthusiastic. He is simply the best.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A breath of musical fresh air, December 29, 1999
As a terrific change of pace from rap, hip-hop, pretty-boy vocal groups with boring harmonies and country singers in big black hats, Jim Ferguson's Not Just Another Pretty Bass cd is a breath of musical fresh air. More than a virtuoso on the bass along with an open and inviting vocal style, Mr. Ferguson takes the musical form of jazz-influenced "standards" and delivers each song with an irresitable contemporary flair. From the whimsy in the title track, Not Just Another Pretty Bass, written by Mr. Ferguson, to the heartfelt performance of Blame it On My Youth, and all of the other cuts, we never tire of listening to it. We give it 5 stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Smooth & cool, March 25, 2000
By Nanci "Book Dragon" (Tri-Cities, WA USA) - See all my reviews
Nashville jazz--I love it! Jim Ferguson has a voice as smooth as silky velvet.
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5.0 out of 5 stars "Pretty Bass" fun and touching
Jim Ferguson's "Not Just Another Pretty Bass" is one of my favorite albums -- full of playful fun and touching sentiment.
Published 12 months ago by George T. Riordan

5.0 out of 5 stars top notch singer
I buy new artists' CD's with great trepidation. With all due respect to other reviewers and the lttle sound samples that I check out on my computer, only once I am alone in the... Read more
Published on January 16, 2006 by N. Harris

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Album
One of the best jazz albums of the past decade. Loved the bass playing and title track. Good job on the piano Pat Coil.
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This cd is simply amazing. I bought it while I was in Nashville after a music teacher at MTSU suggested that I listen to it. Read more
Published on January 19, 2000 by Kyle Ford

5.0 out of 5 stars A Treasure
Wow! Jim Ferguson! His treatment of a ballad is so sensitive, done with such passion, executed with such precision. Read more
Published on October 3, 1999 by Frank Balogh, Jr.

5.0 out of 5 stars The most refreshing music I have heard in a very long time.
Rather than go on at length, which would be easy to do, just let me say that my copy arrived from Amazon last week and it has yet to be removed from my CD player. Read more
Published on September 28, 1999 by hood@pgh.net

5.0 out of 5 stars This is lucious jazz
I heard this CD reviewed on NPR, and fell in love. Ferguson has a delicous voice. The sax is superb, the keyboard great...this is lovely listening. Read more
Published on September 19, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars A sensitive jazz-inflected singer without affectation!
From the moment that Jim Ferguson's music first reached my ears, it has been a staple of my online radio broadcast. Read more
Published on September 1, 1999 by Hugh N. Seay Jr.

5.0 out of 5 stars This is my kind of jazz and a superb vocal.
Rarely have I had a chance to hear a CD so satisfying musically and end up with tears in my eyes at the vocal on "I Get Along without You Very Well. Read more
Published on August 31, 1999 by Janet Gari

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this CD, too!
Praise be to NPR for making me aware of Jim Ferguson! I was absolutely bowled over by this recording: the impeccable pitch and timing, subtlety, intelligence, and wit of Jim... Read more
Published on August 28, 1999

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