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Walter Maynard Ferguson (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz musician and bandleader. He came to prominence playing in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own band in 1957. He was noted for his bands, which often served as stepping stones for up-and-coming talent, and his ability to play expressively and accurately in a remarkably high register.
Ferguson was born in Verdun (now part of Montreal), Quebec. Encouraged by his mother and father (both musicians), Maynard was playing piano and violin by the age of four. Newsreel footage exists of Ferguson as a child prodigy violinist. At nine years old, he heard a cornet for the first time in his local church and asked his parents to purchase one for him. At age thirteen, Ferguson first soloed with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Orchestra. He was heard frequently on the CBC, notably featured on a "Serenade for Trumpet in Jazz" written for him by Morris Davis. Ferguson won a scholarship to the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal where he studied from 1943 through 1948 with Bernard Baker.
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Coordinates: 40°N 100°W / 40°N 100°W / 40; -100
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Big Bop Nouveau is a band formed in the late 1980s by the late jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. Originally composed of four trumpets, two trombones and four saxophones plus a rhythm section (plus Maynard), it was later reduced to what has become known as the "pocket big band" format, consisting of three trumpets, two saxophones, a trombone and rhythm section (plus Maynard).
To mark his 60th birthday in 1988, Maynard Ferguson returned to a large band format and to more mainstream jazz. That then led to the formation of Big Bop Nouveau, a nine-piece band featuring two trumpets, one trombone, three reeds and a three-piece rhythm section which became his standard touring group for the remainder of his career. Later, due to the increasing responsibilities being placed on the trumpet players, the baritone sax position was replaced by a third trumpet player. The band's repertoire included original jazz compositions and modern arrangements of jazz standards, with occasional pieces from his '70s book and even modified charts from the Birdland Dream Band era; this format proved to be successful with audiences and critics. The band recorded extensively, including albums backing vocalists Diane Schuur and Michael Feinstein.
Maynard Ferguson performing Birdland on the Mike Douglas Show
Walter Maynard Ferguson, best know for his extreme high register control on trumpet, was a Canadian jazz trumpet player and bandleader. Born in Verdun, Quebec (now part of Montreal) Maynard by the age of four was playing piano and violin but at 9 years of age he switched to cornet. At age thirteen, Maynard first soloed as a child prodigy with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Orchestra and was heard frequently on the CBC, notably featured on a "Serenade for Trumpet in Jazz" written for him by Morris Davis. Maynard won a scholarship to the French Conservatory of Music where he studied from 1943 through 1948 with Bernard Baker. Maynard dropped out of Montreal High School at age 15 to more actively pursue a music career, performing in dance bands led by Stan Wood, Roland David, and Johnny...
The last full clip of Maynard on Big Band Bash. His late 70's hit.. Theme from Rocky.
Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau Band - Jazzwoche Burghausen 2001 DVD - http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4083194 - Intro - It don't mean a Thing - Ain't no Sunshine - Straight no Chaser - Misva Denuca - Sunny Side of the Street - The Girl from Ipanema - Birdland M. Ferguson - trumpet P. Hession - trumpet P. Armstrong - trumpet P. Ferguson - trumpet R. Watkins - trombone J. Rupert - tenor sax M. Dubaniewicz - alto sax J. Lashway - piano B. Stahurski - bass B. Wolfe - drums 32. Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen, Germany, 2001
Maynard Ferguson European Dreamband - Konzerthaus Wien (29.11.1969)
Walter Maynard Ferguson, best know for his extreme high register control on trumpet, was a Canadian jazz trumpet player and bandleader. Born in Verdun, Quebec (now part of Montreal) Maynard by the age of four was playing piano and violin but at 9 years of age he switched to cornet. At age thirteen, Maynard first soloed as a child prodigy with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Orchestra and was heard frequently on the CBC, notably featured on a "Serenade for Trumpet in Jazz" written for him by Morris Davis. Maynard won a scholarship to the French Conservatory of Music where he studied from 1943 through 1948 with Bernard Baker. Maynard dropped out of Montreal High School at age 15 to more actively pursue a music career, performing in dance bands led by Stan Wood, Roland David, and Johnny...
From the album " Conquistador " 1977
Maynard Ferguson: Live - At the Top (1975) Maynard Ferguson with his orchestra performs his most memorable songs and he amazes the fans with his stratospheric trumpet playing. Songs include: MacArthur Park, Chameleon, La Fiest, I Can't Get Started, Gospel John, and Got the Spirit.
Maynard Ferguson performing at Festival International de Jazz, Montreal 1982
Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau Band - Jazzwoche Burghausen 2001 DVD - http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4083194 - Intro - It don't mean a Thing - Ain't no Sunshine - Straight no Chaser - Misva Denuca - Sunny Side of the Street - The Girl from Ipanema - Birdland M. Ferguson - trumpet P. Hession - trumpet P. Armstrong - trumpet P. Ferguson - trumpet R. Watkins - trombone J. Rupert - tenor sax M. Dubaniewicz - alto sax J. Lashway - piano B. Stahurski - bass B. Wolfe - drums 32. Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen, Germany, 2001
Maynard Ferguson performing Birdland on the Mike Douglas Show
- You Got It - Caravan - Sweet Baba Suite - It Don't Mean A Thing Maynard Ferguson - trumpet, flugelhorn, leader Scott Englebright - trumpet Carl Fischer - trumpet John Roberts - trumpet Tom Garling - trombone Matt Wallace - saxophone Chris Farr - saxophone Mike Willmers - piano Phil Palombi - bass Phil Maturano - drums 10. Internationale Jazzfestival Viersen, Germany, September 9, 1996
Sid Mark - host Maynard Ferguson: trumpet Trumpets: Stan Mark, Bob Summers, Don Hahn, Lynn Nicholson, Ernie Garside Trombones: Randy Purcell, Jerry Johnson Saxes: Andy Mackintosh, Bruce Johnstone, Brian Smith Piano: Alan Zavod Bass: Rick Petrone Drums: Danny D'Imperio
Maynard Ferguson - Live at Cork (Opera House) 1992
Maynard Ferguson Concert at Reigen in Vienna 2003 filmed by Werner Krausler
Maynard's insane pieces, Give It One and Primal Scream, from the televised finals of "The Canadian Stage Band Festival" in Toronto -- in 1977 (Canada's "Musicfest" was borne out of this festival). These videos were already on YouTube and I grabbed them some time ago. The Primal Scream video has since been pulled, so I decided to put this back up with both songs as one video. Besides, how often does one come across a random video clip of him/herself FROM THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO?? Yes, that's me, bopping my head to the conga solo at 12:11 wearing a silly blue Stage Band Festival hat! I was sweet 16.
Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau Band - Jazzwoche Burghausen 2001 DVD - http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4083194 - Intro - It don't mean a Thing - Ain't no Sunshine - Straight no Chaser - Misva Denuca - Sunny Side of the Street - The Girl from Ipanema - Birdland M. Ferguson - trumpet P. Hession - trumpet P. Armstrong - trumpet P. Ferguson - trumpet R. Watkins - trombone J. Rupert - tenor sax M. Dubaniewicz - alto sax J. Lashway - piano B. Stahurski - bass B. Wolfe - drums 32. Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen, Germany, 2001
Maynard Ferguson European Dreamband - Konzerthaus Wien (29.11.1969)
Maynard Ferguson performing at Festival International de Jazz, Montreal 1982
- You Got It - Caravan - Sweet Baba Suite - It Don't Mean A Thing Maynard Ferguson - trumpet, flugelhorn, leader Scott Englebright - trumpet Carl Fischer - trumpet John Roberts - trumpet Tom Garling - trombone Matt Wallace - saxophone Chris Farr - saxophone Mike Willmers - piano Phil Palombi - bass Phil Maturano - drums 10. Internationale Jazzfestival Viersen, Germany, September 9, 1996
Maynard Ferguson - Live at Cork (Opera House) 1992
Clifford Brown, Maynard Ferguson, Clark Terry - Trumpet Herb Geller - Alto Saxophone (# 1, 3 & 4) Harold Land - Tenor Saxophone Junior Mance (# 1, 3 & 4)- Piano Richie Powell (# 2) - Piano Keter Betts, George Morrow - Bass Max Roach - Drums Dinah Washington - Vocals (# 2) ................................................................................ 1. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" - 14:56 2. "Darn That Dream" - 5:16 3. "Move" - 14:28 4. "My Funny Valentine/Don't Worry 'bout Me/Bess, You Is My Woman Now/It Might as Well Be Spring" - 11:29 .................................................................................. Recorded - August 14, 1954 - Los Angeles, California .................................................................................. FAIR USE DISCLAIMER: I do not...
On May 8, 1998, I spoke with Maynard in his hotel room, during a week long gig at the Blue Note, in New York, celebrating his 70th birthday, four nights earlier.. The article was published in JazzTimes magazine later that year. Maynard agreed to let me shoot video as well, to document the interview. I started listening to Maynard in the early 60s, his Roulette recordings, which to my ears, are some of the most exciting big band sessions ever. The first time I heard Maynard live, in the summer of '64, at Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT, I was a fifteen year old trumpeter in search of some answers about my embrochure. I went backstage after the gig and he was a very nice cat, very encouraging. I didn't become a trumpter, but instead a writer and filmmaker. But I always dug Maynard...
this is an informal chat with Maynard Ferguson in his hotel room following a jazz concert in Newport Beach, California in the early 90's (originally recorded for a local Naples, Florida jazz radio station...)
Maynard Ferguson appearing on the Regis and Kathy Lee Show.
In this video, jazz legend Maynard Ferguson discusses his equipment preferences while in studio taping trumpet instructional lessons for StarsTeachMusic. Check out all his lessons at www.starsteachmusic.com.
Interview of Maynard Ferguson on the Tom Snyder Show in 1982.
Maynard Ferguson's CBS Interview in the early 1980's
Maynard Ferguson recollects his first time playing at Paramount. The opening to Alfred Hitchcock's - Rear Window (1954).
Maynard Ferguson - Live at Cork (Opera House) 1992
Maynard Ferguson European Dreamband - Konzerthaus Wien (29.11.1969)
from a live performance in Orange, California -- circa 1974
Maynard Ferguson performing Birdland on the Mike Douglas Show
Walter Maynard Ferguson, best know for his extreme high register control on trumpet, was a Canadian jazz trumpet player and bandleader. Born in Verdun, Quebec (now part of Montreal) Maynard by the age of four was playing piano and violin but at 9 years of age he switched to cornet. At age thirteen, Maynard first soloed as a child prodigy with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Orchestra and was heard frequently on the CBC, notably featured on a "Serenade for Trumpet in Jazz" written for him by Morris Davis. Maynard won a scholarship to the French Conservatory of Music where he studied from 1943 through 1948 with Bernard Baker. Maynard dropped out of Montreal High School at age 15 to more actively pursue a music career, performing in dance bands led by Stan Wood, Roland David, and Johnny...
The last full clip of Maynard on Big Band Bash. His late 70's hit.. Theme from Rocky.
Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau Band - Jazzwoche Burghausen 2001 DVD - http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4083194 - Intro - It don't mean a Thing - Ain't no Sunshine - Straight no Chaser - Misva Denuca - Sunny Side of the Street - The Girl from Ipanema - Birdland M. Ferguson - trumpet P. Hession - trumpet P. Armstrong - trumpet P. Ferguson - trumpet R. Watkins - trombone J. Rupert - tenor sax M. Dubaniewicz - alto sax J. Lashway - piano B. Stahurski - bass B. Wolfe - drums 32. Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen, Germany, 2001
Maynard Ferguson European Dreamband - Konzerthaus Wien (29.11.1969)
Walter Maynard Ferguson, best know for his extreme high register control on trumpet, was a Canadian jazz trumpet player and bandleader. Born in Verdun, Quebec (now part of Montreal) Maynard by the age of four was playing piano and violin but at 9 years of age he switched to cornet. At age thirteen, Maynard first soloed as a child prodigy with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Orchestra and was heard frequently on the CBC, notably featured on a "Serenade for Trumpet in Jazz" written for him by Morris Davis. Maynard won a scholarship to the French Conservatory of Music where he studied from 1943 through 1948 with Bernard Baker. Maynard dropped out of Montreal High School at age 15 to more actively pursue a music career, performing in dance bands led by Stan Wood, Roland David, and Johnny...
From the album " Conquistador " 1977
Gonna Fly Now (theme of Rocky)
trying hard now
it's so hard now
trying hard now
getting strong now
won't be long now
getting strong now
gonna fly now
flying high now
gonna fly, fly, fly