Maynard Ferguson - Shaft

[ashtabula4wd]

Superbone!  Bring it!!!!

[blueringo33]

Very Cool.

[jazzjanne1]

Perfect!

[fcoulson2nd]

Always enjoyed seeing Lin playing with Maynard. Always great with the fans

but a nut, making you crack up. Definitely excitable and full of beans. Studied with one of his instructors who absolutely loved him. Thanks for the memories.

[KB4QAA]

Wow is that a rare piece. Thanks.

[edweibe]

Superbone. amazing.

[geoffreydlang]

Wow..starting @ 2:01 - the 'B' section with those measures of 1/4 note triplets is certainly s-p-r-e-a-d out.

Doesn't even sound like bars of 5/4. More like bars of 22/16.

[VimisiDigitalMedia]

I never heard the ending to that before... It fades out on the album. This is the only video of Maynard doing this that I've seen. Thanks for posting!

[andytrumpet66]

The band should have berets and a string of onions with the striped tops!!

[57dogsbody]

is this a joke? It has got to be the least funky rendition of Shaft ever performed.Love Maynard`s dancing though(good drugs in the 70`s)!

[InoYamanaka7]

I have so much fun playing this in Jazz Band, though I was Second Chair Tenor . . . . . . . .

[MFjazzfan]

@InoYamanaka7 wat u were in this band? maynard ferguson!

[yomeiyade]

Is he Bill Chase?

[kidkodine]

My God, I may have been in the audience! - 72 would be about right - It was in the gym at Santa Barbara City College. Ill never forget - there was not that big a crowd and the band left the floor and surrounded the audience and played Hey Jude - OMG!!

[kidkodine]

My God, I may have been in the audience! - 72 would be about right - It was in the gym at Santa Barbara City College. Ill never forget - there was not that big a crowd and the band left the floor and surrounded the audience and played Hey Jude - OMG!!

[gemelo845]

wow this is bill chase on the trumpets!!!!!!!!!

[imthebrother]

@gemelo845 @yomeiyade, in my opinion it's Lin Biviano lead trumpeter on the trumpet section of this clip. You figure it was Bill Chase but it's not.

[obgfoster]

We found Waldo!!1

[HintzeInvestments]

1972 record

[brianmgaines87]

hes fingering the slide bone with his left hand haha

[maynardf1]

@brianmgaines87

Its a superbone. 3 valves with the left hand and a slide with the right

[cccustommusic]

I believe the lead trumpet player is Lin Biviano. He sounds pretty good and I generally do not care for his style too much.

[deMeij1]

@cccustommusic

yeah it is biviano. he says that at the beginning of the vid. you probably just didn't notice cause you skipped the beginning to get to the song, like i did the first time i listened to this.

[vip3r15]

awesome... he had the pasion for the music.

[mikeysax20]

cool video , omg ...... I used to know some of the guys but later than this ..... coke comes to mind hehe..

[klrietmann]

On some episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 there was a spasmodic outburst of trumpet on the soundtrack of whatever B movie they were watching, and one of the guys chimed in "Maynard Ferguson Live at the Centennial High School Gymnasium!" Damned if this doesn't look like they're playing center court, and someone commented about seeing them at their high school.

"Who's the baddest cat hitting the highest notes possible on the horn"? "Maynard!" "Damn right!"

[musictranscription]

My friend asked me to transcribe this for him

[baltostar1]

Lin Biviano ... amazing chops !

lol at those thought it's Stan Mark ... this is early 70s ! and I think Chase is more heavy-set ...

what's with the prison stripes ???? how times change ...

[GFLJOboss]

Bill Chase was like 6' 4" - he would have towered over these guys - but like somebody said the resemblance is striking...

[chasefreak]

@GFLJOboss Actually Bill was 6'1"

[bluesguy0524]

The Boss wailing away on the SuperBone, and the camera pans to 8 waldos playing claves or blocks and percussion-what-not???

Damn.

[1gotaccret]

Why do they all look like Gallagher? :o)

[bluesguy0524]

because it's the 70s

[Jamestrumpet]

I don't like to slag of other players, but Lin seems (to me) to be giving off some arrogant vibes here. Am i wrong about this? Total moster player though. J

[chasefreak]

That's funny you say that about Biviano,one time on Maynard's band Maynard walked out to play 'Blue Birdland' and Biviano wasn't even on stage yet. He followed Maynard, wow! Now THAT'S Balls huh!!!!

[bit50s]

Although I didn't appreciate it at the time possibly the highlight of any of these shows for me was getting a personal tongue lashing by Buddy Rich himself after his show while he was signing autographs.... I actually got yelled at by Buddy Rich, how cool is that? I'm in a very long line... but I managed to do it.

[sengseal2]

great song, very good musians, but maybe a buddy rich tonque lashing would have helped keep these guys together at the beginning

[thescribe13]

Trumpet...superbone...more trumpet.. BEAST MODE. ..'nuf said. : )

[Reinocerous25]

the fact that maynard could play trombone is awesome, but a superbone?!? Thats just incredible.

[bobilleg74]

I bet they loved wearing those bad stripey jerseys!

[jazzbully2]

That's Biviano.Shaft was recorded with Maynards English band but this is the American band that followed.Besides,Maynard introduces Lin and Andy Macintosh at the beginning.

[bit50s]

Is this Randy Jones on drums?

[beagleman123456789]

YES

[bit50s]

beagleman, I saw Maynard twice at my high school in Rolling Meadows IL, once with this band, either 72 or 73. I remember that sound backdrop & the striped shirts. Phenomenal show!

2nd time through he had Danny De Imperio or Erskine (?) on drums, probably '74 (ish?). The music teacher there was a big time jazz guy, in those few short years he had Maynard, Buddy Rich, Basie (I think). Great stuff.

More to come.

[donunaki57]

Actually, the lead trumpet here is Stan Mark. Lin Biviano was only with Maynard for a short time after lead in the Buddy Rich band.

[beagleman123456789]

No, its Lin Biviano,not Stan Mark here

[semplicebill]

Bill Chase is playing lead! Good stuff!

[jeremyjgray]

That's not Chase, who was leading his own group at the time, although the resemblence is striking. It's likely one of the lead trumpets listed on the MF 2 or 3 albums, eg Tony Mabbett, Terry Noonan, Mike Davis or Alan Downey. I'm sure someone out there knows just who ....

[trumpetman369]

It's Lin Biviano.

[highlandsh]

I don't know how he maintained embouchure going from bone to trumpet but filling the larger instrument with air will make the trumpet seem a lot easier.

[RevTekkX]

Thank you so very much for this awesome gift!!

[coolzero64]

I just love MAYNARD and the band... Ihope somebody can pose here the high voltage album

[beagleman123456789]

Maynard, just the BEST

[theawesomeone5]

wow, this is awesome.

[UpperRegister]

Jim what year is this?? about 1972

[JudeCincy]

I'm going to say 1973.