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Sherman Ferguson's Jazz Union: Welcome to My Vision . . .

by Jack Bowers
May 3, 2003

One need only glance at Sherman Ferguson’s smiling face on the cover of his long-overdue debut as leader of his own quartet to understand that this is a gentleman who thoroughly enjoys his work. Ferguson’s happiness is evident throughout the session, lending it an aura of good-natured camaraderie that enables his companions to simply loosen their ties and blow. Even without a piano to cue the changes, drummer Ferguson and bassist Trevor Ware are such accurate and persuasive timekeepers that ...