I remember the first time I saw Maynard Ferguson in concert. It was spring 1982, the Cross & Sword Amphitheater in St. Augustine, Fla. It was my first time seeing a live jazz act, and the program left ...
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, who died Wednesday at 78, was a veteran trumpeter and bandleader best known for delivering stratospheric high notes, rock-concert-level volume, and sheer excitement in equal ...