How'd your dad like playing in Maynard's band. Ferguson looks like a fun guy to play for.

That's sick!

What a god

Your dad was one of the great alto players I ever heard. Met him in Detroit in 1981. Great guy.

dude that's incredible! This band is legendary.

+Philip Chen real and true

Peter Erskine!!! Zawinul scooped him up as soon as he got the chance ....

Don't forget that once upon a time Joe Zawinul played with Maynard !

Hell Yeah!

Philip Chen yeah! Peter Erskine! Weather Reports ace!

I wonder how long his chops would last already at this point in his career. It's one thing to be a cool soloist and be able to groove to an old age, but a whole different thing to be a screamer and try to maintain that. Just my opinion.

until Jerry steals it.

I had the honor of stage managing two shows for Dizzy Gillespie back in the mid 80's. He was the same way, he'd walk on stage, blow a few notes, then walk off and let his band have the stage for a while, then come back on, blow a few notes, and walk off again. He never stole the show. He was a very giving musician and a great guy to work with for the two days he performed in the theater where I worked.

Green m&ms

I saw him three time All great But the third time Old Maynard just let them go… I mean really let them go That took guts

yay

What about Bill Chase??

I'm a bit younger, but I still appreciate Maynard Ferguson. I grew up on his music.

Saw him twice in Denver in the 80's. He played valve trombone on earlier straight jazz albums.

that's what we talking bout

Damn you right

Thad Jones/Mel Lewis big band. You need to get out more! Just saying...

Please check out Weather Report's version of Birdland You will not regret it.

Your Band name? Just curious. Milwaukee area maybe?

Me too. I played trumpet at High Point in MD and he and his band came there in 1982 for our senior concert!!🎺

me too! around 1984! he was insane! :)

Me Too! He played at Escondido High in 83. Our Jazz band opened up for him.

Saw him play at Chatham Twp, NJ High School in the early 80s. He was a pioneer in touring small auditoriums as well as an amazing performer.

Yeah, can you imagine a time when Big Bands actually toured and made money? Maynard was so awesome.

Three people I saw and tell people about. Maynard, Woody Herman, and Buddy Rich, the last two at a high school down the street from me. Rich came out and talked to the audience. After a little back and forth he asked what everyone wanted to hear. After hearing some of the suggestions he said, okay, then he'd play some stuff he "liked" ,jokingly implying our suggestions were crap.

I had the privilege of meeting Maynard back in 1982, I asked him when did he record “Hot Canary”, he stared at me, trying to figure out my age, then he responded, do you remember “hot canary”?, I answered,” sure that was my dad’s favorite!” he replied, “1949”. Maynard was quite a person! simple, friendly, to me he was the best and he still is!

When I was playin bass in jazz band in college 2013, we were still using this chart. It's not only a standard but this arrangement is the gold standard. Long live MF

Thanks for this!

Buncha hacks....

Recognized Mr. Erskine right away. Nick Lane is now with Chicago having taken over live concerts from Jimmy Pankow.

Gary Oak he’s the star of the show, of course

@ fuck u

Erskine is very talented & very versatile - played with Maynard's big band, Weather Report, and Steely Dan.

@@dickash1003 I saw Maynard's band years ago in Detroit. It was just after Peter joined the band. He brought it from the get go.

I love Stan Kenton too. My mother had his albums, that I listened to

That guy is my new hero.

denis diblasio ?

yep

Denis DiBlasio is goals

While DiBlasio definitely played both (check my videos if you'd like to see him and I playing together when I was in high school), I believe that's Bobby Militello on Bari here.

Ahhh..yes. Rich wasn't a very pleasant guy to work for.

We looked afraid, but we were actually waiting for Buddy to turn around so we could attack him.

that's true , but NOBODY CAN'T BEAT Buddy version!

Maynard was a super nice guy..... The best jazz trumpet player EVER.... Buddy is the best drummer EVER..... Maynard Ferguson band was like a Cadillac but buddy Rich's band was like a Ferrari

yes, and I just watched a really bad Rich recording of Birdlands. Drummers should be no bandleaders. It makes things just worse

Unlike 7d mkb who drives tincan ritz

I am not surprised at all. I saw him twice in his last years, and saw two things that I never saw in any other group of any genre: 1) Everyone had a solo. And when he played a solo, Maynard would step off stage, out of everyone's sight, so that the soloist had everyone's attention and Maynard had no one's attention. 2) After each solo, Maynard would reenter, and shake the soloist's hand. The Boss was publicly telling them "Good job." It was evident that he loved his band members, and they loved him back. You don't see that much. Maynard Ferguson was a classy band leader as well as a world-class trumpet player.

Cool, way Cool,

Google for Community Band + your city They just might have it in their repertoire!

I'm playing it in Jazz Band now, I'm the bass player. I wish I could get that same distortion, it sounds so cool and different.

I did a 2 year stint in my high school's jazz band back in the late 80's. Easily my favorite part of high school. We played everything from big band, rock n roll, pop, ballads and old standards. I played bass trombone and had a blast playing all the low parts. And we were pretty darn good for high school kids which made it all the more fun. Aaahhhh the memories.....

@ldater Did the same thing in the late 70's.

+Trey Barnes Also a Moog.

Freakin' analog kicks butt

The trumpets screaming

yeah i like the way the moog sometimes doubles the bass.

That bass is soooo loud! I LOVE IT!!!

LOL... Jazz guys don't care about hits? Sorry do you have uploads I am lazy to see if you have uploads

Now it’s been 10 years. Still not 1 mil.

There’s another recording by Maynard that has hit 1 mil views

@@ethanchaparro2028 11 years now... quite disappointing

were getting there

Chal bey ...kuch bhi

AWESOME!

Jose is a sweet man and a god of a professional musician!!

Exactly

Kris V badass

Some were high. But not all. As much as I admire Stan Mark? My guess is that he was hitting the beer pretty good back then. Regardless he still ran a strong section. At this point in time he was the only member of the band whom I'd known and met. Stan was always very approachable. Even til today I think that he likes to help other musicians. I saw Maynard at least a dozen times over about 35 years. One of the times Stan was actually imbibing on stage was a performance somewhere in Beverly Mass. Their arrangement of Stevie Wonder's "Livin For The City" was one of the most moving pieces I've ever heard.

How else do you show up to a gig

@@KqEpNhNiY love of producing music is top with all, i think

See, I saw them back in ‘78. Music and Camraderie was the #1 thing. You had to be the artist and not let it get in the way. Otherwise ... But if you’re young and it’s part of your artistry and you can burn when it counts? No judgment. *** They were amazing; in fact, technically unrepeatable. The spirit easily shines through the source limitations

I’ve listened to this enough times that I just took it for granted, but not that you pointed it out, wow! That’s crazy.

total agree!

*Side

John Novaria birdland

Ikr sounds like birds

He played a warmup note at 3:54

Biff 🤘🏻

So, wait - Was this before, after or during his stint in WR?

@@Dan-hc1owit would be before

Peter Erskine has the most impressive resume of any drummer I can think of. Weather Report? Kate Bush? Taught Neil Peart?! The list goes on, but that alone proves the point!

Maynard he rest in piece

+Ubercorn Huh????? ??? He was 78 , you still just growing corn on that farm of yours?

He died from playing to high and hard.

not true.

Heard he was dead many years ago, cos of high notes. Big surprise when several years later he was announced to play in Bangkok around year 2000. Went there, and he easily packed the concert hall with asian audience. Most musicians in the band was picked from different music classes in US universities, if I remember correct.

Good luck to you sir.

Best of luck to you, I hope you’re doing well.

@@pesty4592 HEY PESTY4592...Thank you for inquiring. I am still fighting. A little weaker, but still breathing in!(lol)

Me too! Loved that superbone. One of the best days of my life.

There is music on the very low stands ...watch again and you will see those!

I work on a cruise ship, and I was sitting at the bar jamming this in Jamaica one day recently.

Drug filled shithole Guatemala

@@maldose1227 Go make it better then! I don't think you are that kind of person though. You don't make anything in the world better.

@@txblades1 seems like an ascinine and irrational thing to say considering im not in any position of power to exert authority over guatemala lol

@@maldose1227 You seem like a real go getter. Keep being awesome bruh

I often play 3rd or 4th trumpet in two big bands and I got used to the fact that I contantly can't hear myself and after so much time only playing in big bands I started playing in an orchestra as the only trumpet and I first had to get used to the fact that I CAN constantly HEAR myself now.

+Rondo Anderson Disguised name. Not a particularly famous cat but then who is lol? Not when Britney Speares gets chosen for fame at age seven. Using a pseudonym is useful. Most of your trumpet forums are filled with idiots. Pushing the same,- tired obsolete concepts like "faster air for high notes". So? I keep my name to myself. I could be a heavy player or some skinny twelve year punk with a bad attitude. Or maybe I'm your little sister keeping track of which websites you visit on the net. Btw: For some reason the lead player, Stan Mark isn't going for the High G that is the third note from the beginning. It should start with, First ledger line B Natural, D second ledger line. High G fourth ledger line but he doesn't play the rise I hear him or someone else blowing the High E in the second passage but no one on the G. Stan did have a good G and I'd heard him blow plenty of them back in the day. Perhaps in this recording he was still getting used to Lynn N leaving the band. Back in the 1970's Maynard's trumpet section was not always filled with screamers. In general he had two. The lead and a guy like Nicholson. Then there would be a guy like Bob Summers or Don Hahn who was more noted for playing jazz. At the end of his life he was carrying only two trumpet players besides himself. Usually Pat Hessions and Seraphim Aguillar. Both of these cats had the screamers.

+Rondo Anderson Bearded trumpet player on Stan's left nails a nice G at 3:21. Not sure who he is. Mosello would be a good guess. He appears to be the "high nte guy" in the section. Stan Mark was playing the lead book but various other cats would assist him in the stratospheric notes. Lynn Nicholson being one of them during the year of 197. Back in 1975 pr so I observed Guiseppe Mosello on the band and he was nailing nice Double C's and whatnot. Then just six months later? He was really working! You could see him looking all stressed out. That's why it never bothers me when a good lead player joins a band that I'm in. More the merrier. It's only the really immature types who insist on gobbling up all the lead and high note parts for themselves. Part of the reason those traveling big bands carried some many trumpet players was because of the tendency of road life to burn out lead players. Stan Kenton carried FIVE trumpets. The third played all the scream parts. Third trumpet in fact was Maynard's position on the band back in 1952. Buddy Childers blew lead. The Kenton biography "Artistry In Rhythm" tells fascinating stories about how difficult that it was to blow the lead book CONSISTENTLY! Lead player Tom Baker mentioned that on the Kenton band that one day he "had to pick out the dried blood from his mouthpiece and break open a scab on his lip just to get a note out of the thing". That was a heavy HEAVY Kenton band too. What with Jim Karchner on the "scream chair". It is alleged that Karchner's Double C was better than most trumpet player's High C's. Lin Biviano mentions "consistency being of utmost importance" in his teachings too. LIke some five years ago a bandleader (somewhere in California) came up to me and asked of I would yield half the lead book to a cat who used to be the lead player. I didn't really need anyone to help me but I posted no resistance to the leader's request. Then six months later I developed a nasty infection inside my upper lip due to a cold sore. Couldn't get even one note out of the horn for a whole week! It was at that time that I really appreciated having a guy next to me with some solid high note chops. It saved the band!

+Jorge Callico oh my god... you sound so dumb, come back down with us, it is not 4:20 yet

+Jorge Callico from my experience, (im not a trumpet player i play bari, shoutout to all bari,) usually in the bands i play in the first and second players blow the high stuff during the main melody and the third and fourth play the easy stuff and then the first and seconds back off and let them play the really screamy stuff at the end. this is actually what my main man maynard did with his band.

Happyloren Madrigal lol how is it possible

I feel your pain.

Usually it is a cerebral hemorrhage that gets them.

Dennis Noday man

Trumpet Tunes my best bud and I were there, too. I think second or third row back, dead center. Saw Maynard every year he was there, ALWAYS a packed house. Yep, had to be there early in the day to see his later show. Never missed him, Buddy Rich, Stanley Clarke, and Spyro Gyra. I forgot about those days, thanks for the great reminder. Cheers!

Correct on that lineup. Speaking of which, whatever became of Ron Tooley? I don't believe I ever heard of him anymore after MF...

WHAT!?!