Marnard Ferguson.....Dead at 78

Dennis Gardner
Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
edited December 2009 in The Clubhouse
Gabriel.... you'll have to play 2nd now.........................Maynard has passed.

http://www.maynardferguson.com/


Few will deny that he was the most influential trumpet player of the 20th century for young trumpet players throughout the world. So much energy, and passion for music and brought it to every small town auditorium and shared with young people everywhere...............quite the showman, if you ever got to see him live.

He'll be missed by young jazz musicians and educators everywhere.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited August 2006
    Sad news indeed, he can blow his trumpet and reach out those upper octaves like no one else.

    RIP. The best of his was with Diane Schuur - Swingin' with Schuur and Big Bop Noveau.
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  • ahorvitz
    ahorvitz Posts: 235
    edited August 2006
    I had the pleasure of opening for Maynard in high school. He played a couple of solos with my HS jazz band before his band took the stage. Amazing!

    RIP Maynard.
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  • seo
    seo Posts: 305
    edited August 2006
    I saw MF in 1977 ( I think) Was absolutely quite a showman
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited August 2006
    This is very sad news! Great trumpet player and showman. RIP:(
    Carl

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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited August 2006
    Looks like he finally made that trip to Birdland...

    RIP
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2006
    Birdland and The Theme From Shaft are two hot ones. MF Horn and MF Horn II are albums to own. The one with Birdland on it also had an okay Theme From Star Trek. I didn't like the Rocky thing.

    Vaya con dios Maynard.

    You can also credit him, Woody Herman, and Buddy Rich for maintaining big bands well into the 80's, giving a lot of young people their first taste of REAL big band jazz, live and in person. Big on the college circuits. They had to be close to just breaking even on a lot of those tours.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited August 2006
    Maynard, Bill Chase, and Don Cherry ....... the horn section is alive and swinging up above:cool:
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited August 2006
    I saw him several times when he came to visit UNT. In fact, he recruited Scott Englebright from our One O'Clock...wanna say that album was 'One More Trip to Birdland'
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  • jcaut
    jcaut Posts: 1,849
    edited August 2006
    My roommate in college was a trumpet player and a Maynard fanatic, so I became very familiar with his music. Truly one of the greats. RIP.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited August 2006
    60 albums, and the most freakish "lip" in the business, but his real legacy will be the sheer amount of time over the last 40 years of his life that he spent with jazz bands in clinics, teaching and inspiring young musicians when most kids were really steering away from band and orchestras.

    His concerts with his "wall of sound" and the whole trumpet section taking to the crowd for the finale duels, made many rock concerts seem lifeless.

    He was larger than life. Here is a cool image of one of his later concerts...
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  • Normanality
    Normanality Posts: 297
    edited August 2006
    Sad sad indeed.

    I saw Maynard many times in the late 60's and early 70's.
    Agree with George....MF Horn is a jazz classic.

    I'd also mention Frame for the Blues and of course Ole', where Maynard stings that triple C. Chops that never quit and a true love for performing.

    RIP :(
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  • Normanality
    Normanality Posts: 297
    edited August 2006
    For any true Maynard fans, I have a 4mb wmv file of Maynard playing live on the Ed Sullivan show with the Stan Kenton band. Obviously, picture quality is bad, but it shows Maynard doing what he did best.

    PM me if you would like me to email you a copy :)
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited August 2006
    I saw him live in 78 or 79 on his HOT tour. Man, what an awesome musician! I was very sad to hear of his passing. He was very much up to date with his music. No boring long winded nothing songs. His playing always had a lot of excitement to it.
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited August 2006
    I own a Holton MF trumpet. X-Large bore. Very free blowing. Easy to hit the high notes. The secret to Maynard's success was both his lips AND his absolutely freakishly large chest. With that kind of air-supply supporting his sound, its no wonder he could do what very few other Trumpeters can accomplish.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited December 2009
    I thought i would be able to find a thread to dig up on this guy....

    I've got Chameleon in the CDP right now, and i think i finally found something that my rig is VERY good at doing. The accuracy is breathtaking.

    But as for Maynard, the guy still is one of my idols, even if he has passed.

    I am blessed with that "freak lip," myself, in terms of range and manipulation, but not quite the sheer power, considering i'm about a third his size. :p

    This is making me want to start again.

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