Big City Rhythms

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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]

1. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 2:57
2. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 5:29
3. "Let Me Off Uptown" (Earl Bostic, Redd Evans) - 3:34
4. "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) - 5:07
5. "You Can't Lose 'Em All" (Marshall Barer, David Ross) - 4:33
6. "One Day at a Time" (Charles DeForest) - 3:54
7. "The Rhythm of the Blues" (Michael Feinstein, Lindy Robbins) - 5:52
8. "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 5:25
9. "Ev'rything You Want Is Here" (Murray Grand) - 4:29
10. "Johnny One Note" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:27
11. "Swing Is Back in Style" (Feinstein, Ray Jessel, Cynthia Thompson) - 2:38
12. "Love Is Nothin' But a Racket" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, André Previn) - 3:27
13. "Lullaby in Rhythm" (Benny Goodman, Walter Hirsch, Clarence Profit, Edgar Sampson) - 3:25
14. Medley: "When Your Lover Has Gone"/"The Gal That Got Away" (Einar Aaron Swan)/(Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin) - 4:59
15. "New York, New York" (Leonard Bernstein, Comden, Green, John Kander) - 3:38
16. "How Little We Know" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 2:43

• Michael Feinstein - vocals, piano
• The Maynard Ferguson big band:
• Maynard Ferguson - bandleader, flugelhorn, producer, trumpet
• Tom Garling - arranger, trombone
• Brian Stahurski - double bass
• Albie Berk - drums
• Dave Throckmorton - drum set
• Bobby Shew - flugelhorn, trumpet
• Dennis Budimir - guitar
• Larry Bunker - percussion
• Earl MacDonald - piano
• Matt Catingub - alto saxophone
• Mike Dubaniewicz - alto saxophone
• Gary Foster
• Sal Lozano - baritone saxophone
• Jim Brenan - tenor saxophone
• Dan Higgins
• Alexander Iles - trombone
• Reggie Watkins - trombone
• Bryant Byers - bass trombone
• Adolfo Acosta - trumpet
• Wayne Bergeron
• Brian Ploeger - trumpet
• Jim Self - tuba
• Alan Broadbent - arranger, conductor
• Eddie Karam
• Mort Lindsey
• Patrick Williams

Production

• Charles Paakkari - assistant engineer
• Dann Thompson
• Albert Treskin - design
• Alexis Davis - director, production coordination
• Leslie Ann Jones - engineer, mixing
• Ken DiMaio - Live Sound Engineer
• Glen Barros - executive producer
• Antonio Branco - stylist
• Roger Dong - portrait photography
• Shay Ashula - hair stylist, make-up
• Paul Stubblebine - mastering
• Bill Hughes - music contractor, music preparation
• Bruce Burr - photography
• John Burk - producer
• Allen Sviridoff