Most Maynard Ferguson fans consider his years on the Roulette label (from 1958 to 1962) to be his finest big band recordings. They are ferocious on every level—from stampeding arrangements to ...
What would the holidays be without brass. Here are a bunch of recently posted YouTube clips of Maynard Ferguson in action, including Christmas for Moderns, an Ed Sullivan Show performance in 1960 and ...
Maynard Ferguson, the undisputed high-note king of the trumpet, who toured the world with his bands for 50 years and had a hit record with the theme from "Rocky," died Aug. 23 at Community Memorial ...
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Is there something vulgar about a man in a bright jumpsuit, a long scarf around his massive neck, screeching out a tragic opera theme on a highly amplified trumpet? This seems clear to me now, in ...
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) _ Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, known for his soaring high notes and for his hit recording of ``Gonna Fly Now,’' which lent the musical muscle to the ``Rocky’’ movies, has died ...
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