Maynard was/is a terrific high-note player, but I just recently discovered Andrea Tofanelli. I have been a Maynard fan for over forty years, but Tofanelli...
... I don't know...
...I think that Tofanelli is cleaner, especially in the upper register.
I don't mean that "Maynard sucks"; he will always be one of the "great screamers"! Tofanelli, though...
anybody who says maynard is bad are just really really really not smart and dont really know anything, by the way does anybody know if this song has a name besides "maynard ferguson"?
@Rubinski555 maynard ferguson is name of it. It was made in tribute of him. Maybe people heard this and thought he didnt have any control of high notes. Im a huge MF fan.
@Rubinski555 It's just called "Maynard Ferguson"...Shorty Rogers in an interview stated they wrote it as kind of a joke thinking that Maynard could never play THESE notes, especially the ones going high-then higher-THEN HIGHER in the cadenza...and they were amazed that he did it effortlessly. The ability to play melodically in that range and sustain any stability of each note is VERY hard to achieve. There IS something Maynard had that a "screech-player" has... and that's talent.
@00beefmaster00 That's similar to the story I heard from a former member of Maynard's band. He said that it was written with the thought that NOBODY could play it, both the high registers and the complicated notes. I heard Maynard sight read it in a cab. This recording is with the Stan Kenton orchestra on the Ed Sullivan show (if this has not been previously posted). Ed called Maynard out after it.
To all of the people that say he has no talent, I would like to know, can you play this? You can't really say an individual has no talent until you can prove so. I really wanna see this, if you guys can play this better than him, post a video of it. Please.
lol maynard at the start is just like "yea.... this is sweet. I don't have to have a strand of talent with this thing and these people still love me and pay me to play for them".... the look at 0:25 says it all.
@James9533 I listened to the fox hunt......................... THIS MAN DOESN'T HAVE A STRAND OF TALENT.............. he might as well be juggling trumpets up there and call it music. Maynard has a gimmick and it's playing high and loud.... no musical talent there....
Makes it look and sound so damned easy ........ I don't know if it's an urban myth but I heard somewhere that Ellington expressed an interest in MF when MF was still young ...... Christ can you imagine him and Cat Anderson in the same section in their heyday ......
This is really incredible. I've always thought so, but I really loathe the song. It's merely a good excuse to let Maynard do his thing, you know? That's not a bad thing by any means though.
can you imagine coming to your own big band now , with jackets like those for everyone....:) You might get thrown out....:) well, unless you played like Maynard...
You have to wonder what the guys who'd been playing with Kenton for 5 or 10 years thought of this young kid coming in and tearing the roof off the building with this kind of range.
Here's what I've been told . . Rumor is that Shorty Rogers wrote the tune for Maynard, thinking no one could ever play it, and Maynard proceeded to sight read the thing in the back of a cab, holding the music in one hand and the trumpet in the other.... I won't reveal my source, but trust me, he knew Maynard personally.
The movie "Young Man With a Horn" was filmed around the time of this clip, towards the end of movie the character tries going above a double G and he gets one out but then stops because he can't go any higher and gets frustrated and goes crazy. His friends in the video try to tell him that those notes don't exist. I guess they missed this episode of the "Ed Sullivan Show."
At 1:42 nobody really writes notes like that, nobody knew that register existed for the trumpet until Maynard explored it. Still it's not commonplace.
@Baritone45 there is actually another trumpet player at that time that can easily play that range. His name was Cat Anderson and he played lead with the Duke Ellington Orchestra
Maynard was not human!! How many other world class players have tried doing this chart and were lucky just to hit the notes let alone playing it musically? RIP Maynard.! You are missed!!
Wow James.......obviously you lack intelligence based on your non-diverse vocabulary. I have seen all of them in concert, and in Maynard's early days he was so much clearer back then. Towards the end of his career, very sloppy, sorry....just the facts mam! Sandoval plays excellent Jazz, if you have ever had the chance to sober up and actually listen to his runs. He is amazing, but you must stop drinking a bottle of Crown before responding on this site, rather embarassing I think.
Absolutely amazing, got sloppy in older years, but worshipped in high school. Maynard is the showman, but Sevrensen and Sandoval better tone with same range.
@James9533 You must be a child, you are treating music, and trumpet playing like a video game, that is how people talk when they play video games, have you heard sandoval, Maynard is my favorite, and he is probably yours and many more as well, but that doesn't mean arturo can't play jazz, he is known as one of the best jazz and even all around players.
@cweeks4475 Sloppy? he got old. He didn't exactly take care of his chops as well as doc did, same with his health, but even in his old age he was still very enjoyable. I do enjoy docs tone just a little more, and as arturo sandoval, he is amazing, and he has an even bigger sound, but the thing i don't like about him is that he goes above double c and thats awsome but I find that he does it to often and he doesn't have a good tone up there, I think he used to but not so much, all amazing players.
You guys do not understand, you see it was all done by mirrors, No BODY but
NOBODY COULD BE THAT GOOD, i KNOW i HAVE TRIED , AND IT CAN NOT BE DONE, or could it? He must have had lungs of leather, yes, the mind boggles, but I still enjoy a guy called James, er Harry I think it was? maxthevid
Yeah you are right. Consensus is that this chart was written and named Maynard Ferguson for Maynard and his incredible register. What a sound! There are several renowned trumpet players (some on YouTube) playing this chart.. Nothing like the Great Maynard Ferguson. These 50's videos of Maynard jamming are the best. I would definitely like to see more!
I've never heard anyone else's version of this that I thought equaled Maynard's. There was just a fire that he brought to it that no one seems to be able to replicate. Incredible to think he used to do this night after night and just as *part* of a long program. He did lots of other hard blowing besides this.
Bet he didn't look back on that jacket fondly though... ;-)
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Wow..even before we knew the name "MF"....could you tell by this that something was brewing?I....He had a vision of where to go next... I love the fact that he felt drawn to Ken Kesey & the gang...MF was out there....
no one could ever touch maynard in terms of power. he played with free-blowing, relaxed ease right up to double high C. And he would do this for HOURS, night after night.
The guy could literally make a concert hall shake with his power. No one currently comes even close.
@flamingdingleberry I think you're overlooking Wayne Bergeron and a couple of other devotees of Maynard when you lament the demise of the super-high trumpet player.
@flamingdingleberry I think your forgetting about guys like Andrea Tofanelli, Wayne Bergeron and there are a couple of others that come to mind... what made Maynard stand out was not his facility but rather the immense joy that that came from his playing and the fact he would always adapt to the situation. When popular music was going through the big opera tunes phase he did it too. He was a very clever guy.
@Latinsound huh? Miles, clifford brown, wynton marsalis.... is loudness and highness the only qualities you look at, cause this is all MF could really do...
@tpstrat14 Highness and loudness all he could do? That statement simply shows your arrogance. I went to a Maynard concert a while back. Typical thing you'd expect, screaming like a monster. Me and a buddy went to bar near there after the concert, and in walks Maynard. The guy who owned the bar said, "Hey Maynard, wana play a few tunes for us?" Maynard got up on that stage and toar up some of the fastest bebop I'v heard in a while. Complete contrast to his earlier show. He wasnt just a "screamer"
@tpstrat14 obviously a blind remark made by someone who has never heard Maynards Live at Newport performances. it is a shame that you would make a remark like that. it really shows that you have no idea what you are talking about.
@cadillacdude1975 When you pride yourself on playing high and loud, it's very difficult to have a beautiful tone. Some are able to do this (somewhat), like Wayne Bergeron. Maynard cannot do this. When he's playing in the low register here I just can't get into the lack of tone or accuracy...
@MysticUnicycleBrah at :10 when he finishes that screeching, ugly high note line and the band joins in, you can finally tell that there are professional musicians in the room....
@tpstrat14 you clearly dont know anything about trumpets or anything, maynard ferguson is THE most amazing trumpet player there ever was in any respect. what you are showing is jealousy.. just because you suck doesnt mean you have to rage at a dead guy.
@TheWorstMusicians But you honestly think that? What do you like about his playing? Please be specific.
I am jealous of Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Wynton Marsalis among others..... am I jealous of Maynard? I guess I would like to be famous and have a lot of money. But no, I am not jealous of ANYTHING about Maynard's ability to play the trumpet.... he's truly a hack with a gimmick (playing high and loud)
@tpstrat14 you know how I know you're a troll? Because you put Arturo Sandoval and Wynton Marsalis in the same light. If there's any musician with a gimmick it's Arturo!
hahahaha....let me guess.......you´re a piano player, or oboe, or flute, classical (poor technique for sure) or some idiot with no instrument talent. You don´t understand the energy this guys can show, did you prefer Wynton?.....Miles....C´mon. Miles Davis was a great idiomatic player, but he sucks on technique, the same for Chet Baker. Small sound, Piano players prefer Miles for that reason. I love Miles and Chet but not for their sound but for the idiom they made.
There are a lot of great trumpet players. Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Maynard Ferguson (a fellow Canadian :D), Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Nat Adderley, Roy Eldridge, Wynton Marsalis, Arturo Sandoval plus other greats.
no body will ever be like a Maynard.... may are so close... but truely i could be down the hall and rooms away, and a maynard song will come on.... 10/10 times u can tell if its maynard or someone trying to be maynard... no matter how close it is... maynard had the rawness and musical taste with it... its soo incredible his control and range in teh stratosphere.. one of my trumpet idols indeeeeeeed.... i mean come on... not too many people had their own professionl jazz band at 15
Well, Arturo did play this as a dedication to Maynard Ferguson. I like the way he interpreted this piece. But I do agree, no one can ever play this like Maynard.
I've never heard anybody play this - like this other than Maynard. If you listen to the Arturo - it's good, but the stability of the pitches and locking in the notes isn't as good as this live recording on Ed Sullivan. It's a freakishly hard piece that only few can attempt - to me, The boss's version will always be the best. He is still missed. RIP.
I think he lip synced!! lol!! Truly amazing. Don't know of anyone on this planet who could ever play Maynard Ferguson like that other than Maynard himself. RIP Boss!!!
I am amazed by this whole song but one thing that stands out is how fast he trilled that double A at the end of the half time part. damn now that is control
I'm surprised that no 1 has mentioned the1st high note big band trumpeter I know of: Paul Webster from the Lunceford band who joined circa '35. Another great stratospheric monster was Paul Killian who joined Duke in '47 (replacing Cat). Sadly, Killian was tragically murdered in his youth. I'm sure Maynard must have been impressed by the two Pauls.
I believe his name was Al Killian and he was really good, I have never heard of Paul Webster I will have to look him up, He was doing this when he was like 16 and probably a little before that, he had his own band in canada way back before he came to the US and americans would see him play a fest. and they were amazed cause he was playing than most people had ever thought of at the time
As good as Arturo is, Scott Englebright's version (right here on YouTube) is right up there with the master's himself - and Scott's intonation in the stratosphere is fantastic!
The one point you guys are forgetting in comparing MF's version to either Arturo's or Eric Miyrashiro's is THEY did their versions in the studio. In the studio you can do take after take, have everything enhanced, the works. Maynard is doing this LIVE! ONE TAKE! Nobody's ever come close to MF doing this "in person".
@jazzgent Is one of the most melodic and musical trumpeters of all time. What made him special is the ability to maintain that musicality in the upper register. And even more amazing was his endurance, power, flexibility, and quality of tone in that register. He is one of a kind. Possibly the most soulful trumpet player of all time.
Sandoval is a technical genius, but its is passion for his ability that apparently is keeping him from being a jazz giant. I personally think Sandoval is better at this than Maynard Ferguson ever was just because he does it all without using a tiny-ass lead mouthpiece
I can attest to Arturo's live performances. If you catch him when his chops are hot, it can be just un-freaking real.
Just try searching youtube for "arturo sandoval triple c". Someone put up a vid of his recent eastern europe tour...he simply smacks the hell out of a triple c in that vid. And he's--pushing--60...!
Actually i think Maynard plays it better than anyone. he is a lot more accurate with his notes and his playing is a lot more pure. I do not doubt that arturo sandoval is amazing i just think that this is what maynard was all about and he plays it better than anyone.
Why call this a jam session. It is clearly orchestrated.
4480teralta 2 weeks ago
Drummer's Buddy Rich, right?
TrumpetGuy7 2 weeks ago
@TrumpetGuy7 Hmm I don't think so; it doesn't look like him at least. Buddy Rich never smiled lol
johnsurs22 1 week ago
What the fuck was that last note????
tuffer020 2 months ago
@tuffer020 Double D
arsenal123gunners 2 months ago
@tuffer020 Concert E flat (fingered F natural).
PerisphereRec 3 days ago
Maynard was/is a terrific high-note player, but I just recently discovered Andrea Tofanelli. I have been a Maynard fan for over forty years, but Tofanelli...
... I don't know...
...I think that Tofanelli is cleaner, especially in the upper register.
I don't mean that "Maynard sucks"; he will always be one of the "great screamers"! Tofanelli, though...
EdWatts 2 months ago
he is my fucking idol...
MrNacho269 3 months ago
I love West Coast jazz!
Rickriquinho 4 months ago
Hahaha the drummer at 1:01 .. he did had a sudden you know what!!!
Mackfromenid 5 months ago
@Mackfromenid He the famous Shelly Mann , West Coast drummer, great !!
beagleman123456789 4 months ago in playlist More videos from adejuric
What album was this on?
TheDannybarra 5 months ago
@TheDannybarra STAN KENTON PRESENTS.
PerisphereRec 3 days ago
anybody who says maynard is bad are just really really really not smart and dont really know anything, by the way does anybody know if this song has a name besides "maynard ferguson"?
Rubinski555 6 months ago
@Rubinski555 maynard ferguson is name of it. It was made in tribute of him. Maybe people heard this and thought he didnt have any control of high notes. Im a huge MF fan.
MeTube7734 5 months ago
@Rubinski555 It's just called "Maynard Ferguson"...Shorty Rogers in an interview stated they wrote it as kind of a joke thinking that Maynard could never play THESE notes, especially the ones going high-then higher-THEN HIGHER in the cadenza...and they were amazed that he did it effortlessly. The ability to play melodically in that range and sustain any stability of each note is VERY hard to achieve. There IS something Maynard had that a "screech-player" has... and that's talent.
00beefmaster00 5 months ago
@00beefmaster00 ......LOL! I meant "...screech player DOESN'T have..." silly me...
00beefmaster00 5 months ago
@00beefmaster00 That's similar to the story I heard from a former member of Maynard's band. He said that it was written with the thought that NOBODY could play it, both the high registers and the complicated notes. I heard Maynard sight read it in a cab. This recording is with the Stan Kenton orchestra on the Ed Sullivan show (if this has not been previously posted). Ed called Maynard out after it.
i002492 3 months ago
He was how old in this song???
MrMam16 6 months ago
Love Maynard's dancing and joy (@ 0:25, 0:56, 1:20).
Also love the drummer's stereotypical 50s look and his inability to contain his excitement about the song (1:01, 1:12).
The other trumpet players (@ 3:01) look jealous.
wanterretep 6 months ago
Stan Kenton - smart man for hiring Shorty Rogers to write this.
The jackets, not so good.
So - for the geekfesters - what horn is MF playing here? It's not a Conn, I think - maybe a Selmer Grand Prix?
IOLTA 6 months ago
To all of the people that say he has no talent, I would like to know, can you play this? You can't really say an individual has no talent until you can prove so. I really wanna see this, if you guys can play this better than him, post a video of it. Please.
ManDudeBroseph 6 months ago
lol maynard at the start is just like "yea.... this is sweet. I don't have to have a strand of talent with this thing and these people still love me and pay me to play for them".... the look at 0:25 says it all.
tpstrat14 7 months ago
@tpstrat14 YOu're a moron.
Baritone45 7 months ago
@tpstrat14
Listen to "the fox hunt" and tell me this man doesn't have a strand of talent.
James9533 7 months ago
@James9533 I listened to the fox hunt......................... THIS MAN DOESN'T HAVE A STRAND OF TALENT.............. he might as well be juggling trumpets up there and call it music. Maynard has a gimmick and it's playing high and loud.... no musical talent there....
tpstrat14 7 months ago
@tpstrat14
Let's not forget he was the one arranging all this shit to begin with.
James9533 7 months ago
@James9533 OK, yea, he's a good arranger. But as far as his playing, he should not play his own arrangements... he just sounds kind of amateur
tpstrat14 7 months ago
@tpstrat14 Does an amateur person have a big band leader last over 40 years? I don't think so.
dudepower100 6 months ago
@dudepower100 yes amatuers can be widely popular. Look at Justin Bieber...
tpstrat14 6 months ago
there will never be another like maynard. amazing.
obeythed9510 7 months ago
7 dislikes, 7 people who can't live without colored pictures or a soul.
DocXtheGreat 7 months ago
at 1:01 what is the drummer doin? hahah
mrflopper23 7 months ago
You can see him get excited right before the fast part in the beginning
arsenal123gunners 7 months ago
Makes it look and sound so damned easy ........ I don't know if it's an urban myth but I heard somewhere that Ellington expressed an interest in MF when MF was still young ...... Christ can you imagine him and Cat Anderson in the same section in their heyday ......
MrPoupard 7 months ago
Makes it look and sound so damned easy ........
MrPoupard 7 months ago
after being brought up on Louis, when i was13 i bought this record from 1954, absolutely jaw-dropping!
salmonfire 8 months ago
What year is this?
gizzakjr 8 months ago
This is really incredible. I've always thought so, but I really loathe the song. It's merely a good excuse to let Maynard do his thing, you know? That's not a bad thing by any means though.
Gilligan346 8 months ago
What note does he play at3:23? Anyone know?
saxdrummer92 8 months ago
@saxdrummer92 To me, it sounds like a concert E natural (F# for trumpet)
bassoonboy84600 8 months ago
pretty suprised there isn't blood all over his mouth or something at that last note haha
willwelsh816 9 months ago
1:20 is priceless.
satchm05 10 months ago
incredible
lorenzo10700 10 months ago
he was justa kid when he could play like that... amazing, i want to become him one day.
MrMam16 10 months ago
theres only one man on earth who can try to compare steve reid. other than that. no one will ever be as great as this man
derekw432 11 months ago
Maynard Ferguson is THE BOSS!!! And anybody who disagrees needs to visit a psychiatric hospital as soon as possible!!
BoHinman 11 months ago 2
Has anyone found sheet music for this?
101ableChucknorris 11 months ago
@101ableChucknorris I own this chart
jwryals1982 10 months ago
Like a jet taken' off.
EdMahoney19 1 year ago
Arturo is great... I've worked with him. Cat Anderson was great. Maynard was king.
laughingtiger123 1 year ago
ARTURO SANDOVAL
bossface009 1 year ago
Impossible....but here it is !!!
ridingroy 1 year ago
wow young maynard!
WoodDuck14 1 year ago
He plays more cleaner then Arturo Sandoval :) But i Like both players! I really miss him :(
Shazeen82 1 year ago
tea water is done
cyclist2344 1 year ago 2
@cyclist2344 good stuff!!
superugly75 1 year ago
Still mesmerizing to watch. But check out Rich Wetzel, a fantastic trumpeter in his own and thoroughly devoted to Maynard!
ctymse 1 year ago
sempre bravo, sempre pèiacevole
sincaps100 1 year ago
Ta-bar-nac! 8-o
Vautrec 1 year ago
The kind of cult classic that makes you wonder if any other music even matters.
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bitter53 1 year ago
Good all the way to the last note...(and then a great big smile).
KJEllwein 1 year ago
Ya dub d
hawvichorst2 1 year ago
1:42 = GOOSEBUMPS
hungry45muffins 1 year ago
Trombone legend Eddie Bert at 3:05. Still playing great trombone in NYC in September 2010.
customkey 1 year ago
This is true greatness. I have loved this piece for years and it was great to see this terrific footage.
Rareprogeny 1 year ago
i liked this verry good he play even hyer notes i have ever heard is verry beuthefull and he is dowing it like its easy beacse im also e trumpet man
anniekrul 1 year ago
he makes it look so effortless.
dbrennan76 1 year ago
Stay for the end. CAST IRON LIP!
HorsePussy 1 year ago
can you imagine coming to your own big band now , with jackets like those for everyone....:) You might get thrown out....:) well, unless you played like Maynard...
jazzjeffjohnson 1 year ago
You have to wonder what the guys who'd been playing with Kenton for 5 or 10 years thought of this young kid coming in and tearing the roof off the building with this kind of range.
Gotta say, I hate the jackets.
IrishWhiskeyFan 1 year ago
Here's what I've been told . . Rumor is that Shorty Rogers wrote the tune for Maynard, thinking no one could ever play it, and Maynard proceeded to sight read the thing in the back of a cab, holding the music in one hand and the trumpet in the other.... I won't reveal my source, but trust me, he knew Maynard personally.
GasichWedding 1 year ago
Where do people find this footage? It's magnificent.
EdMahoney19 1 year ago
How can you HONNESTLY dislike this ...
TromboneMachine 1 year ago 17
@TromboneMachine by liking real music, i guess..... just a thought.... maynard blows chunks..
tpstrat14 7 months ago
@TromboneMachine - High notes can get pretty annoying after a while.
PalabraViva3 6 months ago
@PalabraViva3 Don't listen to Maynard then...
TromboneMachine 6 months ago
@TromboneMachine people slipped and the dislike button because of the high notes.
MeTube7734 6 months ago
You have to love Maynard's killer suit in this video.
CannibalDave 1 year ago
Finally, real music.
EdMahoney19 1 year ago 10
The movie "Young Man With a Horn" was filmed around the time of this clip, towards the end of movie the character tries going above a double G and he gets one out but then stops because he can't go any higher and gets frustrated and goes crazy. His friends in the video try to tell him that those notes don't exist. I guess they missed this episode of the "Ed Sullivan Show."
selector111 1 year ago
At 1:42 nobody really writes notes like that, nobody knew that register existed for the trumpet until Maynard explored it. Still it's not commonplace.
Baritone45 1 year ago
@Baritone45 there is actually another trumpet player at that time that can easily play that range. His name was Cat Anderson and he played lead with the Duke Ellington Orchestra
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saxdrummer92 1 year ago
Maynard was not human!! How many other world class players have tried doing this chart and were lucky just to hit the notes let alone playing it musically? RIP Maynard.! You are missed!!
gsman5828 1 year ago
@gsman5828 idk but this guy did it pretty well, look up "Scooter performing Maynard Ferguson
tisonlythree 1 year ago
The best part is that he was really humble. he said in a clinic that his chops were no better than anyone else's.
TheWillOfFire 1 year ago
Wow James.......obviously you lack intelligence based on your non-diverse vocabulary. I have seen all of them in concert, and in Maynard's early days he was so much clearer back then. Towards the end of his career, very sloppy, sorry....just the facts mam! Sandoval plays excellent Jazz, if you have ever had the chance to sober up and actually listen to his runs. He is amazing, but you must stop drinking a bottle of Crown before responding on this site, rather embarassing I think.
cweeks4475 1 year ago
Absolutely amazing, got sloppy in older years, but worshipped in high school. Maynard is the showman, but Sevrensen and Sandoval better tone with same range.
cweeks4475 1 year ago
@cweeks4475
You're a fucking idiot. Sandoval is a fucking joke when it comes to jazz. You seem to be one of the few dickriders still unaware of this.
James9533 1 year ago
@James9533 You must be a child, you are treating music, and trumpet playing like a video game, that is how people talk when they play video games, have you heard sandoval, Maynard is my favorite, and he is probably yours and many more as well, but that doesn't mean arturo can't play jazz, he is known as one of the best jazz and even all around players.
selector111 1 year ago
@cweeks4475 Sloppy? he got old. He didn't exactly take care of his chops as well as doc did, same with his health, but even in his old age he was still very enjoyable. I do enjoy docs tone just a little more, and as arturo sandoval, he is amazing, and he has an even bigger sound, but the thing i don't like about him is that he goes above double c and thats awsome but I find that he does it to often and he doesn't have a good tone up there, I think he used to but not so much, all amazing players.
selector111 1 year ago
this man has extraordinary iron lips
skaskaster 1 year ago
Damn, Sam! What magnificant chops!
frowe327 1 year ago
You guys do not understand, you see it was all done by mirrors, No BODY but
NOBODY COULD BE THAT GOOD, i KNOW i HAVE TRIED , AND IT CAN NOT BE DONE, or could it? He must have had lungs of leather, yes, the mind boggles, but I still enjoy a guy called James, er Harry I think it was? maxthevid
maxthevid 1 year ago
i loled at the drummer's face starting like, 1:10
TheTheTrumpeter 1 year ago
I believe the name of this chart is Stratospheric?
Explode36 1 year ago
@Explode36 This chart is actually called "Maynard Ferguson." I believe Stratospheric was an album.
mharbaugh 1 year ago
Yeah you are right. Consensus is that this chart was written and named Maynard Ferguson for Maynard and his incredible register. What a sound! There are several renowned trumpet players (some on YouTube) playing this chart.. Nothing like the Great Maynard Ferguson. These 50's videos of Maynard jamming are the best. I would definitely like to see more!
Explode36 1 year ago
@Explode36 I believe the name of this chart was originally titled "screamin'", but later changed to just "Maynard Ferguson."
selector111 1 year ago
I've never heard anyone else's version of this that I thought equaled Maynard's. There was just a fire that he brought to it that no one seems to be able to replicate. Incredible to think he used to do this night after night and just as *part* of a long program. He did lots of other hard blowing besides this.
Bet he didn't look back on that jacket fondly though... ;-)
trumpetvids 1 year ago
wooooow!
d1d4c 1 year ago
Nice old video :)
azelastino 1 year ago
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LMAO everyone! listen this guy elduro0001 is actually daynelmarzo who has 2 other fake accounts. THE HILARIOUS thing is that they talk to eachother like there buddies even though its just one LONLEY COCKSUCKER and he finds pictures of people on the internet to put as his picture on these fake accounts. fucking hilarious. daynel go kill yourself.
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elduro0001 1 year ago
fantastic
dcmlong 1 year ago
c f g c
mrbreh33 1 year ago
i can only hope to be half as good as him. people can come close. but noone can quite touch maynard's skill
TheTheTrumpeter 1 year ago
Where did you get this from?!?!? This is by far my favorite piece featuring MF. Absolutely incredible!!!
elelsey 1 year ago
Do those sport jackets come with batteries?!!? Seriously, this guy was playing like this 60 years ago and has never been equaled. Just fantastic !
ridingroy 1 year ago
all that from memory? what a beast
vince3617 2 years ago
Wow..even before we knew the name "MF"....could you tell by this that something was brewing?I....He had a vision of where to go next... I love the fact that he felt drawn to Ken Kesey & the gang...MF was out there....
SolarTiger 2 years ago
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Anybody know what album this chart was on?
timthesav 2 years ago
Shelly Manne on drums. Any other personnel details, anyone?
jeremyjgray 2 years ago
@jeremyjgray Bud Shank lead alto, Art Pepper alto, Bob Cooper, tenor.
TheAltoman 1 year ago
I love how he plays!!! Its amazing!!!! No..... its more than Amazing!!!!
trumpetbeast998877 2 years ago 2
no one could ever touch maynard in terms of power. he played with free-blowing, relaxed ease right up to double high C. And he would do this for HOURS, night after night.
The guy could literally make a concert hall shake with his power. No one currently comes even close.
flamingdingleberry 2 years ago 65
@flamingdingleberry I think you're overlooking Wayne Bergeron and a couple of other devotees of Maynard when you lament the demise of the super-high trumpet player.
Baritone45 1 year ago
@flamingdingleberry I think your forgetting about guys like Andrea Tofanelli, Wayne Bergeron and there are a couple of others that come to mind... what made Maynard stand out was not his facility but rather the immense joy that that came from his playing and the fact he would always adapt to the situation. When popular music was going through the big opera tunes phase he did it too. He was a very clever guy.
Nunreal69 1 year ago
@flamingdingleberry I'm not disagreeing with you, but Patrick Hession is probably the closest when it comes to raw power.
kaseyWtrumpet 11 months ago
The Best trumpet player ever we really miss you Boss!! RIP
Latinsound 2 years ago 37
@Latinsound huh? Miles, clifford brown, wynton marsalis.... is loudness and highness the only qualities you look at, cause this is all MF could really do...
tpstrat14 10 months ago
@tpstrat14 Is all you do troll Ferguson videos?
CrypticDrumLord 10 months ago
@tpstrat14 Highness and loudness all he could do? That statement simply shows your arrogance. I went to a Maynard concert a while back. Typical thing you'd expect, screaming like a monster. Me and a buddy went to bar near there after the concert, and in walks Maynard. The guy who owned the bar said, "Hey Maynard, wana play a few tunes for us?" Maynard got up on that stage and toar up some of the fastest bebop I'v heard in a while. Complete contrast to his earlier show. He wasnt just a "screamer"
icanhazmusicplz 7 months ago
@icanhazmusicplz He's so very bad. He has no tone quality or accuracy or any real trumpet playing qualities...
tpstrat14 7 months ago
@tpstrat14 obviously a blind remark made by someone who has never heard Maynards Live at Newport performances. it is a shame that you would make a remark like that. it really shows that you have no idea what you are talking about.
cadillacdude1975 7 months ago
@cadillacdude1975 When you pride yourself on playing high and loud, it's very difficult to have a beautiful tone. Some are able to do this (somewhat), like Wayne Bergeron. Maynard cannot do this. When he's playing in the low register here I just can't get into the lack of tone or accuracy...
tpstrat14 7 months ago
@tpstrat14
Ignore this guy. He's so uneducated in the ways of everything music related.
MysticUnicycleBrah 7 months ago
@MysticUnicycleBrah at :10 when he finishes that screeching, ugly high note line and the band joins in, you can finally tell that there are professional musicians in the room....
tpstrat14 7 months ago
@MysticUnicycleBrah In all seriousness, he's a hack. He never settles into the music and I never feel anything from him besides HIGH AND LOUD
tpstrat14 7 months ago
@tpstrat14 you clearly dont know anything about trumpets or anything, maynard ferguson is THE most amazing trumpet player there ever was in any respect. what you are showing is jealousy.. just because you suck doesnt mean you have to rage at a dead guy.
TheWorstMusicians 7 months ago
@TheWorstMusicians But you honestly think that? What do you like about his playing? Please be specific.
I am jealous of Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Wynton Marsalis among others..... am I jealous of Maynard? I guess I would like to be famous and have a lot of money. But no, I am not jealous of ANYTHING about Maynard's ability to play the trumpet.... he's truly a hack with a gimmick (playing high and loud)
tpstrat14 7 months ago
@tpstrat14 you know how I know you're a troll? Because you put Arturo Sandoval and Wynton Marsalis in the same light. If there's any musician with a gimmick it's Arturo!
StevieHendrix92 7 months ago
@StevieHendrix92 But arturo is an amazing player... wtf are you talking about. What is his "gimmick"?...
tpstrat14 7 months ago
@tpstrat14 YOU JUST DON'T GET IT AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL. IF IGNORANCE IS BLISS YOU MUST BE THE HAPPIEST MAN ALIVE !
ridingroy 7 months ago
@TheWorstMusicians
hahahaha....let me guess.......you´re a piano player, or oboe, or flute, classical (poor technique for sure) or some idiot with no instrument talent. You don´t understand the energy this guys can show, did you prefer Wynton?.....Miles....C´mon. Miles Davis was a great idiomatic player, but he sucks on technique, the same for Chet Baker. Small sound, Piano players prefer Miles for that reason. I love Miles and Chet but not for their sound but for the idiom they made.
jesemus33 7 months ago
@tpstrat14 He pinches to get high, but despite this he is still one of my favorite musicians because of his fantastic band and choice of music
ebyros 7 months ago
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icanhazmusicplz 7 months ago
There are a lot of great trumpet players. Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Maynard Ferguson (a fellow Canadian :D), Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Nat Adderley, Roy Eldridge, Wynton Marsalis, Arturo Sandoval plus other greats.
darkoanton5 2 years ago 2
True....but only one Maynard. Best for goosebumps.
Toddlip 2 years ago
Yeah Canada!
darknipple 2 years ago
no body will ever be like a Maynard.... may are so close... but truely i could be down the hall and rooms away, and a maynard song will come on.... 10/10 times u can tell if its maynard or someone trying to be maynard... no matter how close it is... maynard had the rawness and musical taste with it... its soo incredible his control and range in teh stratosphere.. one of my trumpet idols indeeeeeeed.... i mean come on... not too many people had their own professionl jazz band at 15
PUIncubus 2 years ago 3
Maynards Stan Kenton stuff is absolutely incredible!!!I grew up listening to maynard and bill waltress.
apt707nola 2 years ago
AND THIS IS LIVE!!!!
beagleman123456789 2 years ago
I think I bought a used car from that drummer back in '62
reedmcfarland 2 years ago
lol theres a reason why nobody besides Maynard can play this tune like this, and thats because Maynard is Maynard and everyone else is just... yeah
jk i love arturo n all those other screamers
allnwbone 2 years ago 3
Well, Arturo did play this as a dedication to Maynard Ferguson. I like the way he interpreted this piece. But I do agree, no one can ever play this like Maynard.
Unrealtrumpet10 2 years ago 3
I wish I had the tone and chops to play like him.
TheBugg65 2 years ago
I've never heard anybody play this - like this other than Maynard. If you listen to the Arturo - it's good, but the stability of the pitches and locking in the notes isn't as good as this live recording on Ed Sullivan. It's a freakishly hard piece that only few can attempt - to me, The boss's version will always be the best. He is still missed. RIP.
clskmstg 2 years ago
Sandoval doesnt believe in using pea-shooter mouthpieces like those two cats.
jerec576 2 years ago
I think he lip synced!! lol!! Truly amazing. Don't know of anyone on this planet who could ever play Maynard Ferguson like that other than Maynard himself. RIP Boss!!!
gsman5828 2 years ago 3
Incredible.. the endurance is so unbelievable..
gxk333 2 years ago 3
Right around 2:27 my jaw dropped. Absolutely amazing.
HopeBforJC 2 years ago 3
I am amazed by this whole song but one thing that stands out is how fast he trilled that double A at the end of the half time part. damn now that is control
selector111 2 years ago 4
I'm surprised that no 1 has mentioned the1st high note big band trumpeter I know of: Paul Webster from the Lunceford band who joined circa '35. Another great stratospheric monster was Paul Killian who joined Duke in '47 (replacing Cat). Sadly, Killian was tragically murdered in his youth. I'm sure Maynard must have been impressed by the two Pauls.
hepcat2009 2 years ago 3
I believe his name was Al Killian and he was really good, I have never heard of Paul Webster I will have to look him up, He was doing this when he was like 16 and probably a little before that, he had his own band in canada way back before he came to the US and americans would see him play a fest. and they were amazed cause he was playing than most people had ever thought of at the time
selector111 2 years ago
maynard will always be the greatest trumpet player ever in my opinion.
pablotheclown 2 years ago 3
Well this is maynard being maynard... but im so stuck on how good these bands sounded live in those days.
Thunderr10 2 years ago
I agree jmprov, listened to Scott's MF tune then Arturo's Scooter's, was far better.
ronaldosucks1 2 years ago
As good as Arturo is, Scott Englebright's version (right here on YouTube) is right up there with the master's himself - and Scott's intonation in the stratosphere is fantastic!
jmprov356 2 years ago
Why do you idiots always have to bring up Arturo? He's not even a jazz musician.
pik1andlik1 2 years ago
and maynard barely touched the jazz world as it is.
jerec576 2 years ago
I grew up playing trumpet and devouring Hubbard and Morgan albums.
mikecorso1 2 years ago
The one point you guys are forgetting in comparing MF's version to either Arturo's or Eric Miyrashiro's is THEY did their versions in the studio. In the studio you can do take after take, have everything enhanced, the works. Maynard is doing this LIVE! ONE TAKE! Nobody's ever come close to MF doing this "in person".
chasefreak 2 years ago
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elduro0001 2 years ago
sandoval is amazing he can do anything on the trumpet
bossface009 2 years ago
Yeah, he can do anything but make music. Get by the chops please!!!
jazzgent 2 years ago
@jazzgent Is one of the most melodic and musical trumpeters of all time. What made him special is the ability to maintain that musicality in the upper register. And even more amazing was his endurance, power, flexibility, and quality of tone in that register. He is one of a kind. Possibly the most soulful trumpet player of all time.
kdkn92 2 years ago 2
he works at FIU.
Sandoval is a technical genius, but its is passion for his ability that apparently is keeping him from being a jazz giant. I personally think Sandoval is better at this than Maynard Ferguson ever was just because he does it all without using a tiny-ass lead mouthpiece
jerec576 2 years ago
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elduro0001 2 years ago
now he is using the monette equilvilant of a Bach 1 1/4C. The B2S3
jerec576 2 years ago
The second half of your statement here shows that you, sir, are talking out yo' ass.
jazzgent 2 years ago
sandoval is person is amazing though, he went as high as ive ever heard him go live
bossface009 2 years ago
I can attest to Arturo's live performances. If you catch him when his chops are hot, it can be just un-freaking real.
Just try searching youtube for "arturo sandoval triple c". Someone put up a vid of his recent eastern europe tour...he simply smacks the hell out of a triple c in that vid. And he's--pushing--60...!
flamingdingleberry 2 years ago
ya he was as good as i had ever seen him live
bossface009 2 years ago
Actually i think Maynard plays it better than anyone. he is a lot more accurate with his notes and his playing is a lot more pure. I do not doubt that arturo sandoval is amazing i just think that this is what maynard was all about and he plays it better than anyone.
RIP Amazing trumpet player. Missed by all
davidll182 2 years ago
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