Maynard Ferguson - Straight No Chaser

[brooksvilleguy]

seen him three times. once with the big band in 1978, and twice with the big bop noveau band; first at a high school gym, and second at the jazz cellar in ybor city, tampa. he was phenominal. i met him briefly, he reminisced about working with doc when they were teenagers, and conte candoli. a great and under rated artist.

[selector111]

This was def. not maynard's best performance, over did it with the shake but still good, and i like the arrangement, like the 2nd trumpet playing with the sax going up and then the other two going down that was good

[timothyrreeves]

Maynard? He did stop. He's deceased.

[linurigi]

Yes indeed: so you need to stop saying bullshit!!!

[freeeeeeedy]

And some should know not to start.

[ktrum492]

Too bad you don't know when not to start, then you wouldn't say shit like this.

[freeeeeeedy]

My dad's bigger than your dad. Well, actually , he's dead. But i was speaking figuratively. So there. I think.

[trump3t]

what's his name?

[swpctx]

From left to right, they are Paul Armstrong, Patrick Hession and I *think* the last guy is Peter Ferguson (no relation.)

[swpctx]

Oh, wait. Peter Ferguson IS related to Maynard, being his nephew. I somehow missed that last time I looked him up.

[trump3t]

dude! i think that trumpet solo guy at the beginning has my trumpet! does anyone know if he's got a Zigmant Kanstul?

[sjking92]

our highschool band played this

[Paganinilovechild]

lol i bet the introduction sounded like ass

[sjking92]

not really we had 3 all staters

[Paganinilovechild]

that just reinforces my point.

[sjking92]

we are not bad, we won the North texas University (best jazz school in the USA) High School jazz competition.

[viellieb0000]

The saxplayer at 5:27 looks like Michael Moore

[turbolawnmower]

Man, Maynard is just Canadian Basassness

[theinvisiblelight]

is it just me or do the piano player and bass player look the same?

[mistrmann]

everyone looks the smae.

except for maynard

[DangerousParadox]

The drummer looks like hes crying at 5:19

[joshmx28]

Isnt that wolf man on the drums? They played me high school in 01 and he was actually a pretty sick drummer.

[euphoricxd]

....ok, why did the drums stop playing when the piano started playing.

[pow3rtr1p]

So you could hear the piano...

[jamesbazzle91]

I'm pretty sure it was the piano's solo..

[ramonefunk]

you guys can bicker about the drummer and piano player all you want...

the harmonies in the horns were so tight together, it left NO room for error. these trumpet players were practically half-steps apart from each other; if one missed a partial, it would go down in flames.

this arrangement, though kind of bloated, was amazing. if it weren't a monk piece, i'd be worshiping at the feet of this horn section.

[PUIncubus]

word brotha, those harmonies were so tight together... literally a slight partial off it wouldnt have been the intensity it was... ps the lead player Pat Hession was the last lead player to play with maynard till his death...he toured with him for the last 3 years ...i got to open for maynard ferguson on his 74th birthday.

[kandyc92]

omg that piano player KILLED IT!!!

[trumpetplayer37]

The drummer killed this song for me...

[NewJerseyDevil15]

i no

[salord09]

i agree, proboably some german guy they got off of the street last minute to fill in. just a different kind of training i guess, uses a weird variotion of french grip with flying fingers, aka i dont get it but if it works for the old guys its ok with me, i suppose.

[vivalasteven5]

this is one of my favorite jazz songs ever...

this is so much history in straight no chaser

[elimenohpee182]

Is it just me or does this not swing at all?? I am not digging the drummer at all. I don't know if it's his high-hat throwing the groove off, but it is not swinging at all.

[Toddlip]

elimenohpee182: It's a little different, but I'm digging it. My favorate was with Buddy's band and Jeff Stout playing solo chair.

[jonwlong]

Doesn't swing and the solo's are lacking in any sort of soul or really anything. Non-Mingus-ish. 1 star.

[richardhigonsby]

The Drummer is playing in a swing, at the beginning the piano is playing straight triplets, so maybe that's what everybody is discussing...

[tbcass]

It's You.

[hihats]

dig the mysterioso quote...

[joec8992]

wow!! nice playing!!! i love high trumpet playing

[43redsox]

I love Maynerd Furgeson's version of Birdland. He's so awesome.

[pindaric]

Maynard was amazing, as a player and a developer of talent. I'd see him whenever he played in New England or NYC. Anybody remember the half-hour TV show he had in Canada back in the early 60s? I grew up in Michigan and used to love it. It was the same era in which he did the music for the sports car/detective show "Straightaway." Did the killer lp of that music ever make it to CD? I've never seen it.

[mariomario987]

the thing i respected about him was how he took great young players and got them noticed.. this are some generally young guys that are ridiculously talented..

[pow3rtr1p]

Wayne Bergeron would be nothing without Maynard. And Lynn Nicholson was a beastly young player.

[CzapigaKielbasa]

Yes.. 100% correct. This is a great band, but one thing that bothers me is the drummer.

[selector111]

@mariomario987 definately, unknown kids that were really good would get on his band and after they would leave they would fill up their schedules.

[jazzcrazy727875299]

anybody know who's arrangement this is?

[ItzMeOB]

gr8 version!

[maddude098]

Great stuff....just keepin' the vibe alive and burning is what it is all about......

schlike_18er

[venezuelaNproud]

i want to hear more MAYNARD

[gingerrabii1]

great song but the lead trumpet player has to be a bit shockin seen as i only have the part that the second part has and av learnt the start from ear n it really easy lol

to put into perspective am a 15 year old kid with only grade 3 under my belt lol n a still manage 2 play it lol

[TheWarWizard]

so many idiots...

maynard had his own band at age 17

before that he was playing with the greats of his time at 13

there should be huge vats of fat and cages in which to fry people who lie and feed them to dragons

[itsfatman]

either that or just a youtube humiliation page

[beagleman123456789]

Yes you right, and at 17, his Band was the Hottest...can you inagin that today...never, what a time that must of been..

[misc0nceptionist]

woops trumpet player at about 30-38 idk if it was supposed to be like that or not, but the lead guy fell of his note

[HESSIONSSESSIONS]

Paul did write that half step down in the part and that is how I played it. Too hip for the room I guess?

Patrick E. Hession

[misc0nceptionist]

haha, i thought it sounded cool, just kinda like a mistake though, but love the song

[TheWarWizard]

your dad not using a condom was a mistake

in jazz, there are no wrong notes

just like today in rap, there are no right ones...

[classictoheavymetal]

oh snap!

[mariomario987]

JESUS CHRIST

[swedishpirates]

go back to your 6310z pat, you sound way better on it!

[curtis123465]

in this video Pat IS using the yamaha...

[swedishpirates]

i know lol, but he uses the monette bullshit now lol. he actually is quality in the vid

[Shawn200220012000200]

Very Powerful and Very Undisputed!

[trumpetman369]

Is the lead trumpet player Patrick Hession?

[joelkness]

Sure is. Great player and a nice guy.

[pricelesspistola321]

even in his old age, he was still better than many guys half his age.

[hungjury69]

To:Kreigory

The trombone player in this video is Raggie Watkins.

[kreigory]

Oops, let me rephrase: is that trombone player Reggie Watkins?

[kreigory]

Is one of those trombone players Reggie Watkins by any chance?

[bixntram]

Nice trombone line in the head.

[SHAGGY06BDADDYFERG]

can someone add misra dhenuka please? i just heard it on dailymotion, i never listened to it 'til now because i thought it was just him singing indian, lol... the rest of the song is great, especialy when the band and piano solo comes in

[mynamisdan]

peter ferguson is a cool cat. ALL the guys in that band are cool cats.

[classictoheavymetal]

haha peter ferguson your a n00b!!!

[Stonetrumpet]

ahahaha Paul Armstrong=My dad's section leader in high school... WOW

[mynamisdan]

lol wow.

[curtis123465]

walter was in Maynard's band in the late 80's I believe. He is on the live from london recording I think... I'm too lazy to check though.

[joelkness]

No.  Paul Armstrong, Patrick Hession and Peter Ferguson in the back row.

[tbreneman]

Is Walter White in the group??