Maynard Ferguson

Walter " Maynard " Ferguson ( born May 4, 1928 in Verdun (now part of Montreal); † August 23, 2006 in Ventura, California ) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He was regarded as "high- grade" specialist and was famous for its large range.

Life

From a young age discovered Ferguson his love for music. Inspired by his parents, he studied piano and violin from the age of four. At the age of nine, he discovered the trumpet for himself and at age 13 he has already performed with the Canadian Broadcasting Company Orchestra, at 15 he played with his own band as the opening act to by traveling bands. However, before his famous skyscraper cascade played on the trumpet, he made himself as a veritable valve trombonist a name. However, he then decided definitively for the trumpet. With his energy and his virtuosity, he attracted the attention of several famous band leader on and was finally taken up with 22 years in the Stan Kenton Orchestra, in which he starred from 1950 to 1953, as the album New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm. Mid-fifties, he founded his first orchestra, which saw himself in the tradition of Basie - Classicism and made swinging, simple, blues - and beat -oriented, but still vital as instrumentalisch exciting jazz.

Then he turned to film music and recorded several soundtracks for Paramount Pictures. In Hollywood, he had also participated as a West Coast jazz musicians. He also played, among others, the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein William Russo's The Titans.

In the 60s and early 70s Ferguson lived in Spain, England and India and toured with his own bands, sometimes even big bands. His version of MacArthur Park became famous and attracted orders him again to his homeland. In 1974 he decided to return to the U.S.. With Gonna Fly Now from the U.S. feature film Rocky, he celebrated his final breakthrough as downmarket jazz trumpeter, because the single was in the top 10, the album Conquistador got gold, and he was nominated for the 1978 Grammy Awards.

For a long time Ferguson was in the jazz of the high -note trumpeter par excellence. He also plays trombone, had in this area, but only as a co-developer of a combined Ventilzugposaune importance.

August 23, 2006 Ferguson died at the age of 78 from a liver and kidney failure.

Disco printing specifications

  • Jazz Masters 52: Maynard Ferguson ( Verve Records, 1951 to 1957 )
  • The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson and His Orchestra ( Fresh Sound, 1964)
  • Chameleon ( Columbia Records, 1974 ( P) )
  • Conquistador (Columbia Records, 1977)
  • Carnival (Columbia Records, 1978)
  • Maynard Ferguson ( Columbia Records C31117 )
  • Live from San Francisco ( Rhino, 1983)
  • These Cats Can Swing ( Concord Records, 1994) with Tom Garling
  • One More Trip to Birdland ( Concord, 1996)
  • Brass Attitude ( Concord, 1998)
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