MAYNARD FERGUSON ! He should always be introduced the way Stan Kenton said (in the piece "This is an Orchestra) "a musician who can stir feelings of fire"
- - - when at his best, it was THE best - - and still to this day others stand in line waiting to try but only come up short. This is not to say that there aren't great players out there - - yes there are ! but comparisons should never be made.
I tend to agree with you about her singing. My point was despite her voice, she was a huge star. Her daytime talk show was just horrible, but people watched it in droves. She simply had the 'it' factor and played it to the hilt.
@shnewsman, indeed. Despite what we may think about her "singing" there's no denying that warm, friendly essence she exuded. Her musical talent is questionable but it's obvious why she was a popular personality on Radio & TV.
Read the Wikipedia bio of Dinah Shore. She really WAS a TV and radio star; very much a child of the media, as much as one could be at the time. Fact is--people LOVED her. And her contemporaries with much better voices thought she was a terrific singer. She was very lucky--but she also worked very, very hard to get there.
@shnewsman, I'm not doubting Miss Shore's popularity or work ethic, I'm simply stating that IMO there were MUCH BETTER singers elsewhere that never received half her fame. I'm a vinyl collector & lifelong fan of Classic Pop & Jazz. What's frustrating is that I know Miss Shore's material & I've tried hard to like her vocals. At some point I had to admit to myself that she just wasn't all that good. & I usually take industry people praising each other with a grain of salt. All part of the game.
This show was recorded in May (I think) of 1976. The band at that time was: Mike Migliore (alto) (sorry about the spelling, Mike), Mark Colby (tenor), Bobby Militello (bari), Randy Purcell & Chuck Bennet (tbn), Stan Mark, Joe Mosello, Dennis Noday & Ron Tooley (tpt), Biff Hannon (pno), Gordon Johnson (bs) & Bob Wyatt (dr)
I never realized Dinah Shore had so much trouble singing in tune. Her wavering out of tune vibrato ruined the song. The MF orchestra of course was great. They should have played louder to drown her out. :-)
i've seen this many times before....(well lets just say about 6 or 7 times....) and i just listened again, and I got CHILLS with maynards last note! THAT is really cool.....
MF, you are still giving it!! even in the after life! hugs! Boss!
i've seen this many times before....(well lets just say about 6 or 7 times....) and i just listened again, and I got CHILLS with maynards last note! THAT is really cool.....
MF, you are still giving it!! even in the after life! hugs! Boss!
Oh dear Dinah. To think that a few years before, MF recorded the exquisite "Live at Jimmy's." But hey, this was MF's Rocky era, so why not cash in? Can you imagine what the band (love those dressing gowns!) used to say backstage after every gig? These were up-n-comers, most of which left for greener pastures within a year or two. Still, we're talking afternoon TV so it sure beats today's tele-shopping.
Don't get me wrong folks, I'm a Maynard fan. Really!
Dinah Shore, RIP, was never very hip. She couldn't sing "songs of the day." She was best on old standards and Great American Songbook. She used to routinely butcher contemporary songs. Hippest thing she ever did was Burt Reynolds.
@shnewsman Ouch, but yeah, I'm forced to agree. I liked Dinah, thought she was very classy and quite funny in her low-key way, but moments like this used to make me cringe when I'd watch, which wasn't often--depended on her guest. She really shines singing songs like "The Last Time I Saw Paris" and so on--also love her paired with Danny Kaye in the Goldwyn wartime musical "Up In Arms". Their wild "Torchy Tess" duet is wonderful. I think that clip is around here somewhere...
I've always felt Miss Shore was a lackluster vocalist with a shrill, irritating tone. That includes her early period of "standards" & later attempts at singing contemporary songs. She was a straight-ahead Pop singer of the 40s & 50s & even by those standards she was inferior to Margaret Whiting, Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney, etc. How she became a recording superstar is beyond me? I can only guess that she benefited from the exposure of Radio & early TV, where her warm personality was displayed.
I noticed that too. He was blessed as a bandleader and trumpetplayer.Anybody knows a trumpeter at these days who is able to play that cadenza at 3:10 ff ?
This is Maynard when he is "ON". When he is "feeling it". And when he is on there is absolutely nothing like it. And when he is on he saves nothing. He gives all of it to us. Does not play it safe. Does not hold ANYTHING back. All for us!! God bless Maynard!!!
same here Groovinhigher. we would leave school when MF was on. i have great footage of him on Dinah as well, doing Pagliacci, Primal Scream as well as many other shows around then. great stuff! from the Master!
Right on guys! I remember my friends and I always rushing home from school whenever we knew Maynard would be on one of these shows like Dinah Shore, Merv Griffin or Mike Douglas. He was like a rock star in the 70's, was even on the pop radio stations with Rocky, pretty fun times.
This is great. Maynard and the band sound great backing up Miss Shore. It's a real treat to hear Dinah sing something from her talk show years. There's not a lot available.
Dinah's hearing was never the same after this performance. Mighty nippy in that studio.....
GumbyButter 3 weeks ago
Amazing Kiss of at the end!!!
irishbenocpa 3 months ago
Oh the Boss Was feelin it alright! These were the heroin years! Love the BOSS. Met him many times. Miss him dearly RIP Maynard!
irishbenocpa 3 months ago
MAYNARD FERGUSON ! He should always be introduced the way Stan Kenton said (in the piece "This is an Orchestra) "a musician who can stir feelings of fire"
- - - when at his best, it was THE best - - and still to this day others stand in line waiting to try but only come up short. This is not to say that there aren't great players out there - - yes there are ! but comparisons should never be made.
PJMPercussion 6 months ago
Dinah, Dinah, Dinah, pitch, girl, pitch. Maynard, what a sound and what a band. Maynard was the nicest, kindest and greatest. We miss you, man.
1972DaveMS 7 months ago
Those first three chords in the intro are un-f'n believable!!!! Only to be ruined by her singing
dbrennan76 8 months ago
I tend to agree with you about her singing. My point was despite her voice, she was a huge star. Her daytime talk show was just horrible, but people watched it in droves. She simply had the 'it' factor and played it to the hilt.
shnewsman 8 months ago
@shnewsman, indeed. Despite what we may think about her "singing" there's no denying that warm, friendly essence she exuded. Her musical talent is questionable but it's obvious why she was a popular personality on Radio & TV.
ThorSmith 8 months ago
Read the Wikipedia bio of Dinah Shore. She really WAS a TV and radio star; very much a child of the media, as much as one could be at the time. Fact is--people LOVED her. And her contemporaries with much better voices thought she was a terrific singer. She was very lucky--but she also worked very, very hard to get there.
shnewsman 8 months ago
@shnewsman, I'm not doubting Miss Shore's popularity or work ethic, I'm simply stating that IMO there were MUCH BETTER singers elsewhere that never received half her fame. I'm a vinyl collector & lifelong fan of Classic Pop & Jazz. What's frustrating is that I know Miss Shore's material & I've tried hard to like her vocals. At some point I had to admit to myself that she just wasn't all that good. & I usually take industry people praising each other with a grain of salt. All part of the game.
ThorSmith 8 months ago
This show was recorded in May (I think) of 1976. The band at that time was: Mike Migliore (alto) (sorry about the spelling, Mike), Mark Colby (tenor), Bobby Militello (bari), Randy Purcell & Chuck Bennet (tbn), Stan Mark, Joe Mosello, Dennis Noday & Ron Tooley (tpt), Biff Hannon (pno), Gordon Johnson (bs) & Bob Wyatt (dr)
at51057 9 months ago
as great as Dinah was she was no match for that gang of hardcore jazz men!
jaxdodge 1 year ago
Stan Mark said that they did bout seven takes...she was so flat thru out the whole tune. And one of the most loudest double Cs ever!
38b 1 year ago
Please post the Pagliacci part of this show!
onlytrumpet 1 year ago
too bad Dinah had to ruin the music...Maynard is the best bar none!
centervilletn 1 year ago
I never realized Dinah Shore had so much trouble singing in tune. Her wavering out of tune vibrato ruined the song. The MF orchestra of course was great. They should have played louder to drown her out. :-)
tbcass 1 year ago
What a show! Please if you have completely of this show I can exchange this for something else...
4greatmf 1 year ago
Damn!!! That 's a band!!!
superugly75 1 year ago
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i've seen this many times before....(well lets just say about 6 or 7 times....) and i just listened again, and I got CHILLS with maynards last note! THAT is really cool.....
MF, you are still giving it!! even in the after life! hugs! Boss!
jazzjeffjohnson 1 year ago
i've seen this many times before....(well lets just say about 6 or 7 times....) and i just listened again, and I got CHILLS with maynards last note! THAT is really cool.....
MF, you are still giving it!! even in the after life! hugs! Boss!
jazzjeffjohnson 1 year ago
Oh dear Dinah. To think that a few years before, MF recorded the exquisite "Live at Jimmy's." But hey, this was MF's Rocky era, so why not cash in? Can you imagine what the band (love those dressing gowns!) used to say backstage after every gig? These were up-n-comers, most of which left for greener pastures within a year or two. Still, we're talking afternoon TV so it sure beats today's tele-shopping.
Don't get me wrong folks, I'm a Maynard fan. Really!
jeremyjgray 1 year ago
OUCH!!! Maynard is great...wow...
fairylisa2 1 year ago
shes a dinosaur
dezzitt13 1 year ago
Gawd you just got to love Mayanrd Ferguson, incredible!!
UpperRegister 2 years ago
If I played like that into a vocalists ear I would get shot! Maynard was on though!
larrymeregillano 2 years ago
The world is not the same without him. The one and only...PERIOD.
bimmerfun 2 years ago
Dinah Shore, RIP, was never very hip. She couldn't sing "songs of the day." She was best on old standards and Great American Songbook. She used to routinely butcher contemporary songs. Hippest thing she ever did was Burt Reynolds.
shnewsman 2 years ago 5
lol
msailors 2 years ago
@shnewsman Ouch, but yeah, I'm forced to agree. I liked Dinah, thought she was very classy and quite funny in her low-key way, but moments like this used to make me cringe when I'd watch, which wasn't often--depended on her guest. She really shines singing songs like "The Last Time I Saw Paris" and so on--also love her paired with Danny Kaye in the Goldwyn wartime musical "Up In Arms". Their wild "Torchy Tess" duet is wonderful. I think that clip is around here somewhere...
TheCatgirl6 1 year ago
I've always felt Miss Shore was a lackluster vocalist with a shrill, irritating tone. That includes her early period of "standards" & later attempts at singing contemporary songs. She was a straight-ahead Pop singer of the 40s & 50s & even by those standards she was inferior to Margaret Whiting, Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney, etc. How she became a recording superstar is beyond me? I can only guess that she benefited from the exposure of Radio & early TV, where her warm personality was displayed.
ThorSmith 8 months ago
Maynard's too much. Too great. Love that manic, over the top approach to the ballad...on every stanza. Only Maynard. Viva Maynard.
assignmentearth 2 years ago 3
Maynard Sounds Great. I seem to remember Dinah sounding better than that thought. MUst have been a off night for her.
biggboyed 2 years ago
I noticed that too. He was blessed as a bandleader and trumpetplayer.Anybody knows a trumpeter at these days who is able to play that cadenza at 3:10 ff ?
marv40 2 years ago
Great stuff. Anybody notice how Maynards count off gets slower and slower by beat four.
jazzgent 2 years ago
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onlytrumpet 2 years ago 3
This is Maynard when he is "ON". When he is "feeling it". And when he is on there is absolutely nothing like it. And when he is on he saves nothing. He gives all of it to us. Does not play it safe. Does not hold ANYTHING back. All for us!! God bless Maynard!!!
jazzgent 2 years ago 12
Can someone please post the Pagliacci
part of this show if you have it? This was one of his best greatest renditions as I remember.
mikeysaxnt 2 years ago
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mikeysaxnt 2 years ago
same here Groovinhigher. we would leave school when MF was on. i have great footage of him on Dinah as well, doing Pagliacci, Primal Scream as well as many other shows around then. great stuff! from the Master!
MFHORNS111 2 years ago
Right on guys! I remember my friends and I always rushing home from school whenever we knew Maynard would be on one of these shows like Dinah Shore, Merv Griffin or Mike Douglas. He was like a rock star in the 70's, was even on the pop radio stations with Rocky, pretty fun times.
groovinhigher 2 years ago
This is great. Maynard and the band sound great backing up Miss Shore. It's a real treat to hear Dinah sing something from her talk show years. There's not a lot available.
GoParkinson 2 years ago
MF is the man!!!
jeroenpan 2 years ago