The title of this recording， <I>Swingin' For Schuur</I>， alludes to two things: The album features the stratospheric trumpet and flugehorn master Maynard Ferguson and his 11-piece， high-octane Big Bop Noveau Band behind the powerful， two-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist Diane Schuur. It also refers to the no-nonsense， straight-ahead swing emanating from these two jazz giants. Ferguson's high-register trumpet tones add fuel to the fire of Schuur's powerful， Ella Fitzgerald-derived vocals. Together， they both generate enough heat to give old standards such as "Just One of Those Things"， "Besame Mucho" and "Deep Purple" a 21st-century sheen. Schuur turns in a bouncy version of Lionel Hampton's little heard ballad "Midnight Sun" and Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life" is recast by Schuur and Ferguson with a bravura horn arrangement. <I>--Eugene Holley， Jr.</I>