wow man. that hits me right now. yeah he was the best if not among the best. This piece here is incredible. I was fortunate to see him a few times here in Maryland. One time was in my old community college and somehow, not sure how, I got front row center seats. OMG. yep. at the end of the horn pretty much. lol. 1990-ish ? He ws big then, size wise.
I interviewed him for ITG Journal & Instrumentalist Magazines. He was the one & ONLY! --Michael McClary, Professor of Trumpet -- 1975, 76-- BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
Holton Brass manufactured his trumpets and Mouthpiece. All Holton needed to sell MILLIONS was have Maynard in-concert, on the "Today" Show, and doing his famous Festivals! Michael McClary, Professor of Trumpet, 1978-2015.
Wayne went on to be a first call trumpet player is Los Angeles. You will see him in the trumpet section playing the lead book at the Acadamy Awards and the like. Also has played with Gordon Goodwin and is a traveling solo artist.
That guy was phenemonal. Saw him with High Voltage in 1987, and he did a similar thing at the beginning of Shufflemonk. The guy played a solo that covered like 10 different styles...and of course ended with Jump. :) Great concert--got to shake hands with Maynard when he did his walking through the crowd bit, and he played the Firebird on Jack Usage. The one tune I've not been able to find ANYWHERE is his High Voltage version of Gonna Fly Now. Would love to hear that again.
This was Maynard's High Voltage 2 album's lineup, plus an added horn section of his alumni that were added for this TV show: Trumpet Section: Don Hahn, Wayne Bergeron (lead) Trombone: Steve Weist Saxes: Tim Ries, Matt Wallace Keyboards: John Toomey Guitar: Tom "Boomer" Bevan Bass: Michael Lufkin Drums: David Tull Aux. Perc.: Billy Hulting
I love how Maynard just walks over and shakes the piano player's hand right at 24:36 right in the middle of his playing. Um, yeah, I'm kind of using both of my hands at the moment, can you wait a se..... oh, you're frikking Maynard Ferguson, I can do that! shake shake
I graduated high school with the pianist, John Toomey. Back in the day, Goshen NY....in Jr. H.S. he could blast the keyboards...and just got better/ He toured with Ferguson throughout the 1980's.....
I ADORE ALL BIG BAND BRASS, THEREFORE FERGUSON IS SUPREME.... SUPERB... COMPLETELY STEPS AHEAD OF ALL TIME.... OHHHH MANNN HOW MUCH WE JAZZ LOVERS MISS .... BUT LEFT A GIANT HERITAGE FOR THE MUSIC OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yamaha came out with an Electric Grand piano for Maynard's Band. But before that, Steinway piano & Bosendorfer (Berlin) competed for the Right to have there pianos on-stage with Maynard's Band!
Алексей Зинкевич I hear it. There's no way they could play that far off without getting lost. The chaos was in sync. Maybe it's VHS/cassette tape deterioration.
After Blue Birdland, the songs are Last Dive and Body and Soul, as announced by Maynard after Last Dive (and Body and Soul announced again after its conclusion).
Can't stand how Tull plays Jack Usage. Sounds like he constantly blows the feel. I thought when i saw him play with Steve Huffstetter Big Band, he wasn't very good. Guess i was right.
Call me a stupid young-un, but I vastly prefer Wayne's playing to Maynard's, even when he was this young. Maynard feels out of control to me, and his tone below c4 is lackluster.
Mayard grew to be a better musician after his Columbia years. I think Wayne is a great lead trumpeter but Maynard to my ears seemed to have something more than being able to screech. I loved the live at Jimmy's c.d.
I would agree that across the range of the horn Wayne probably has a more consistent sound than the Boss. However, considering I can't even play on the mouthpieces Maynard used, the fact that he can play down to the bottom of the horn at all astonishes me. And while there were eras when he relied too much on the wiggly lip trills effect like at moments in this concert, his improvisations were nearly always good, and his melodic and technical playing was always amazing. He always sounded melodic even in the extreme upper register. And while one of the comments mentioned screech playing, I differentiate that term with Maynard. Screech to me is someone just barely getting the notes out without a lot of tonal color. While it maybe isn't any more complimentary, I prefer scream playing. Solid, huge sound with a tonal center that isn't thin or tinny. And many of the videos I've seen his band may be using music but he's playing his solo parts including some amazingly complicated heads always by memory. I can't fathom how many charts he committed to memory over his illustrious career. That all by itself is amazing to me, and when combined with his playing skills and multi-instrumental capabilities, makes him very unique.
@@stevenhogenson4880 I think when you use the term"screech trumpeter people would automatically think of Cat Anderson. Maynard for the most part had his own banc after he left Kenton and was part of the Birdland sound. I think I read somewhere that he did studio work also but missed the road too much. Some of my favorite parts of a Maynard concert were he would play a ballad. That said there is nothing like a great banc swinging like crazy. I always remember the Count Basie aphorism "I love music where halfway through you can tap your foot to it." "
Maynard knew how to entertain and put on a great show. Wayne is a great trumpet player, but he's no front man. Just look a videos of gigs where he's a special guest - like the Disney college band. Fucking snooze fest. Oh, you're stupid. And young.
