Maynard Ferguson Gonna Fly Now.. or Rocky

[koolanddagang12]

MAYNARD IS MAH MAN but lets be real... theres a hell of a lot of things in this video that is puzzling............

abrupt swing music at the end? oh no

awkward maynard dance? mehh

awwlektwik bass? u kno it

unabomber disguised as piccolo soloist? shitt

singing of the melody incorporated into this already outdated 1970s' arrangement? hmm

Rowdy Japanese crowd clapping on every quarter note? Priceless. ;)

[DrBonehed]

I find this easy to masturbate to.

[thehifidoc]

Oh Yeah!!!!!

[ivan89705]

Boogy n rocky

[Barisaxwizard10]

Im proud to say I am Denis Diblasio's Student!

[trumpetdude654]

@danny321321123 I agree

[tisbales]

BOCKY RALBOA AKA LOCKY

[1900maniac]

anyone else have that snow effect button

[RubicantX]

Locky....LOL

The Japanese have always had great musical tastes :) And their musicians. well, look at Toshiko Akiyoshi and Sigh, for instance..

[trumpetdude654]

I honestly think Wayne bergeron and Eric miyashiro are close to surpassing maynard

[danny321321123]

@trumpetdude654 i like themm better, the tone is better and they play this more clean

[TheFoxKristoff]

0:13

[ApolyonTheSoulRender]

Locky Bamboa!!

[jimmydaferret]

RIP big guy! one of a kind

[BobbyKempBigBand]

Awesome! MF - Legend!...

[matias159m]

es muy buena

[allanyamaha]

Prophet 5 synth!

[IVANCILLO999]

LOCKY!!! BAMBOA?

[blueatomx]

Is this vietnam gun running convention, did they make it out .....

[GoldJewBoy]

@ghilliesniper15 I doubt he cared about the way he looked, he just doing what he likes jesus

[BekkersBelly]

LOCKY!! LOL

[Drumachine23]

The feeling you get right before you sneeze from 1:02 - 1:06

[SyaukatBrown]

Locky.

[DirtSeven]

goddamn, Maynard Rules!!!

[chrism4n14]

Lol @ the Bari sax

[yankeeshogun]

Theme from Rocky? This must be a half century ago...

[TrumpetJB]

@Gilliesniper15, well it is the Budweiser Newport Jazz Festival lol

[llxTheCmanxll]

whut?



[Nessthegreat]

"LOCKY!"

"ADLLLLIIAAAAAAAAAAAAN"

[tomkarter123]

I don't really care who plays the piccolo even if there good its still annoying as hell to hear....

[Branon5]

@tomkarter123 I am right there with you

[tomkarter123]

The guy on the keyboard looks like he is jizzing his pants....

[reversEngiener]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

[MaMaEntertainment]

@reversEngiener You don't need no drugs to feel like you're THE man if you can play like him :-)

[ghilliesniper15]

He absolutely sucks in this performance. I would rather sound like Derek Watkins and be able to play this high but make it sound good instead of Maynard looking like a damn drunk on stage screaming out any note he can get

[themeleed]

what's the name of that bari sax player? he has an awesome beard

[1990SaxMan]

@themeleed - His name is Dennis DiBlasio

[degreghouse]

he is so weird but so awesome.... damn.

[DaJmsta]

ENGRISH

[razorhead9]

God that bass is SO FUNKAY!!!! love it

[SuperZephry]

"Locky"!!!!!! YESS!!! GO LOCKY!

[tikwonjon]

Everything about this is perfect.

[ivandadog]

OMFG WDF!!! @ 2:11

[wal3290]

What duh hell is with dis guys dancing?

[xXExerothXx]

Lol, yes is Japanese they have no Romaji (English) spelling of "R" so "Ro" is spelled with "Lo" :D

[JoshorzNBenzorz]

He was totally just thrusting while playing. That's interesting. I was thrusting while he was playing too.

[GAMERX108]

locky !!!!! yes lol

[Mralientojazz]

Me gustaria saber porque no les gusta a estos señores con oidos de herrero éste video........(a los treinta individuos que no les gusta éste video.....)....

[ghilliesniper15]

He looks like a drunken asshole

[normandusvang]

Locky of being there ... lol

[rkjk62]

Maynard...always fun.

[patrickwinslow]

Never ceases to amaze me that musicians watching youtube can become unglued if someone states a negative opinion about their favorite artist(s). You'd think normal people can differ in their opinions without one or the other turning into a whacked-out psycho spewing out all kinds of profanity and/or threats. I guess it's better to keep the psycho's attention on youtube rather than having them loose on the street as serial killers or rapists. Whew!

[BrazillianKid1]

@patrickwinslow MAN F*CK YOU, DIE YOU PIECE OF SH*T! AAAAAAAAAAAGH! Lol jk, you're right. I'm a musician myself, but part of bein a musician is respecting other's opinions/criticisms.

[ferjazz250391]

Jajajaja Locky! WTF?

[Sharktopus77]

And now, Billy Mays on the piccolo!

[Citydogz45]

keyboard player is having an orgasm

[scabbard1597]

Play till you drop, Now that's a PRO!!!!

[MarcoPolJr]

@tpstratt14 Your entitled to your opinion, but dont be an idiot and start saying oh thats not real music go look up something else. If you don't like Maynard, thats your problem not ours. Others may like it or not, and they can also tell you the same thing as that Clifford Brown sucks, or Arturo Sandoval sucks and then get into a bitching war over the internet. So do us all a favor and quit your bitching and like the music or STFU!

[tpstrat14]

oh... my... fucking... jesus... I just listened to Clifford Brown's version of "Stardust".... then I came here. Seriously, people. Find MUSIC to listen to. Clifford Brown, arturo sandoval, etc.... THEY can play trumpet. Maynard.... is.... total.... complete. SHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTT

[rkjk62]

@tpstrat14 Get a fucking job, move out of your mom's house and get a fucking life, you fucking waste of skin.

[tpstrat14]

@rkjk62 For real though. Your brainlessness doesn't help Maynard's case...

[rkjk62]

@tpstrat14 Maynard doesn't need help. YOU on the other hand, have serious issues that need to be addressed promptly.

[anthonyandfreinds]

lol, picallo ftw

[TheGRiiNDcore]

shitty beer, good music?

[thisisasimpleusernam]

It sounds good, but he doesn't make it look easy...

[Bruizer1995]

@thisisasimpleusernam well there may be the simple explanation that...IT"S NOT EASY!!!!!!!!!!

[bigapple714]

@thisisasimpleusernam ...Probably because what he's doing is not even CLOSE to easy.

[thisisasimpleusernam]

@bigapple714 not what i mean... he contorts his face in such weird ways, after seeing wynton marsalis play a super c, and make it look effortless...

[huskycubindy]

Nice - Gregg Bissonnette on drums!

[90000yra]

он что под бутиром

[TonyBlackgrave]

@BrianCaramore it's ther other way around with the. Pronouncing Ls like Rs.

[yellowtuwtle]

00:30 whats up with the topless guy jumping up and down?

[TheSkateFest]

i dont like his tyle that much

[MrRustyspot]

He was a GOD



[ALPHABARISAX10]

1:16 SHAKE IT MAYNARD!!

[MRXISKI]

the man of KEYBOARD is excited D:

[MRXISKI]

1:07 ORGASM!!!!!!!!!! D:

[MrTrentonimo]

Guy on piccolo is cheech.

[primeaux2123]

hes a legend

[kntrlr]

Piccolo...and yeah it rocked.

[DocXtheGreat]

badass flute solo.

[MrLawlkatz]

Fact: If you placed a woman in front of Maynard while he was playing, she would be pregnant by the end of the show XD

[immeister]

LOCKY! HAHAHAHAH

[TheTrumpetStudent]

Locky, damn Japs.



[DaveWollenberg]

Maynare hit #28 in Billboard, 6-25-77. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! RIP, Maynard.

[CODallnightlong]

what's up with those constipated faces that guy was making at the beginning?

[sargeanthulka]

Anyone know who played the guitar solo on "Gonna Fly Now?"

[SamiclausGAK]

...and Bud Spencer playing the piccolo flute!

[alexdude1123]

@SamiclausGAK thats dennis diblasio

[illmaticice1989]

who the hell is LOCKY??????????????

[Biggerthanyou89]

@illmaticice1989 It's because there's no letter R in Japan, so they use L in place of R.

[ExplodingBacon]

@Biggerthanyou89 Exactly the opposite. There is no L in the Japanese language, so when translating foreign words, they both become R's. Retranslating it (like in this video) can lead to translation errors leading to "Locky."

[Biggerthanyou89]

@ExplodingBacon Oh, well thanks for correcting. I wasn't 100% sure about that, so thanks :D

[helvetier100]

@ExplodingBacon

The CHINESE HAVE NO R HEll was ye guys in school?

[helvetier100]

@Biggerthanyou89 Whatabout Teo Torriate,Arigato,hey hkddies,its the Chinese wich have no RRRRRRR

[helvetier100]

@Biggerthanyou89 Whatabout Teo Torriate,Arigato,hey kiddies,its the Chinese wich have no RRRRRRR

[SuaveTito]

Everybody please stop responding to the user @tpstrat14! It's not worth it! Maynard is a legend; we all know that! It's not worth trying to convince those that will not be convinced!

[citywidelawns]

WTF? who is Locky?

[citywidelawns]

The drummer rocks

[FiveDaysGrace]

The keyboard player looks like a person thats having sex for the first time xD

[eieio585]

i wonder if any of maynard's backup trumpet players ever complained about having tired chops...

[tpstrat14]

@eieio585 idk, but I know they probably complained about maynard sounding like TOTAL SHIT. Jesus, he's horrible. How can you listen to this and actually feel music running through you?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[helvetier100]

@tpstrat14 So listen elswhere,this is free Jazz.Go back to Mainstream and leave Stars alone.

Jesus may love you for putting SHIT.and his name together.Yer just one hell of a Village People Fan.Do you like how they blow trumpets?aahhhh crawl back under yer stone.

[Calamardo2010]

what trumpet is this??

[Flaminzero0]

yeah its japanese and a reason why it might be locky is because japanese say english L's like R's

[Lesado963]

@Flaminzero0 thanks to explain

[starlytube]

THE KEYBOARD SOLO IS BETTER THAN SEX WITH A UNICORN! <33

[themeleed]

@starlytube I'm ganna be honest... I've never heard it put that way.

[starlytube]

not many people have.

But seriously Maynard Ferguson is amazing

[MrSokool12]

@starlytube I completely agree.

[iPwnCuz213374u]

@starlytube the guy playin it looks like he is actually havin sex with a unicorn XD

[2fat2die]

Locky??



[Lesado963]

@2fat2die maybe japanese

[BrianCaramore]

@2fat2die probably because in japan they really pronounced R more like L , so to them Locky and Rocky pretty much sound the same. probably

[foodmore]

@2fat2die there's no R in the japanese language. All japanese names with R in them are actually pronounced as an L. Mari=Mali,

[Zyworski]

The best I have heard from Maynard is an album called Live and Jimmy's. Maynard has a long and storied career that would be hard to match by any of his peers or critics.

[themeleed]

guessing this was sponsored by Budweiser

[mystictoejamful2]

@tpstrat14 I guess you have never played at an outside concert, any good trumpet play knows that playing outside sounds completely different then playing inside, so you can wish to be as good as Maynard, but you could't go half as high as he can even if you had a "screamer" mouthpiece

[gordonmatthewsumner]

woaaaaaaaaaaah ... what a performance ... from 1 to 10, it is pure 11 !!!!

[jmarcguy]

I'm not the biggest fan of this version of Rocky because I've heard it done so much but seeing than Man play it awesome! Really takes your breath!!

[BlkNgga13]

Lol the keyboard player lookz like hez gunna cum all over the set hahahahahaha

[sonnyclay5150]

To all out there, like I said before, I saw Maynard three times live. The things he could do with a trumpet were amazing. So, I'm not gonna sit here and let a punk like tpstrat14 trash a legend without saying something. The man was a legend and you had to know something about playing a horn to understand his style. Go crawl back in your punk hole tpstrat14

[sonnyclay5150]

tpstrat14, I watched your videos. YOU SUCK!!! If you don't like Maynard, go somewhere else you troll. Maynard is and will always be an icon. I don't get easily offended but YOU judging Maynard is like me judging GOD. Go F**k yourself you little brat!

[MovieMakerNero7]

ITS LOCKY!

[AdventureMan1001]

Maynard, I think you blew out my speakers :)

[rkjk62]

@tpstrat14 go **** yourself

[BlkNgga13]

DAMMMMM Dat keyboard player needz to gimme summ of those drugz he on O_o

[prizes99live]

@BlkNgga13 He was probobly so doped he was like whe teh fu** did th keyboard get here :p

[BlkNgga13]

@prizes99live LOL yee

[1digidude]

is mr. t playing berry sax?

[Heroman310]

2:50 how many hair of the beard flew in this picollo :D

[MrMusicalmatt]

1:02 I think that is what you call a orjassm.

[tpstrat14]

@JoshyDude15 uhhhh the band was tight. Maynard sucked. I'm sure you're middle school band didn't do as good as this band. but I do know that a 3 year old could play the trumpet more musically than Maynard

[tpstrat14]

@JoshyDude15 Thank you Lord for people with common sense. He is truly an awful trumpet player. Just cause he did a whole lot of cocaine and acted like a weirdo on stage doesn't make him a great musician....OK, let's get into specifics. On his opening pick up line, he hits the downbeat about a quarter second early. That instantly turned me off. Everything about his sound is what a trumpet player SHOULDN'T strive for. He misses notes right and left. Overall, just a horrible trumpeter.

[tjkouris]

@tpstrat14 You get to be that famous. Then you can criticize him all you want.

[tpstrat14]

@tjkouris Hey we're trying to have a conversation about trumpet playing here. Get outta here with your "fame is everything" comments. But in all seriousness, is that all you see in this guy, that he's like way super duper awsome famous?

[MrMusicalmatt]

@tpstrat14 You probably don't know what you are talking about do you? If you ever get to be that good, and I highly doubt you are, then you can a dick all you like, but until then shut up.

[tpstrat14]

@MrMusicalmatt Until I get THAT good? I was THAT good before I ever picked up a trumpet. Seriously, if he was taking a shit, it would sound better.

[tpstrat14]

@MrMusicalmatt THAT good? I was THAT good before I ever even touched a trumpet. Honestly, he could be taking a shit and it would sound better. Just big a toilet up on stage.... seriously...

[MrMusicalmatt]

@tpstrat14 Take your head out of your arse and actually learn what a proper trumpet player is like.

[MrMusicalmatt]

@tpstrat14 And anyway, why are you watching videos of Maynard Ferguson if you don't like. I have seen a comment of yours on the Maynard at the Olympics video

[brassman84]

@tpstrat14 dude did you try out for his band or something and got cut cuz all you can do is talk about this man

[tpstrat14]

@brassman84 Nah, it's just that he sounds so horrible, yet he is so popular. I play trumpet, so this kind of SHIT being popular is offensive to me.

[TotzthePlaid]

@tpstrat14 Punk kid thinking you're better than the best... I hope you pop a lung even attempting to play half as high as Maynard could with ANY sort of decent sound quality!

[tpstrat14]

@TotzthePlaid I don't think I'm better than the best, I think I'm better than Maynard Farteson. You think Maynard has good sound quality in this clip? You can't be serious...

[DrTrumpet2010]

@tpstrat14 Are you still talking about Maynard dude serious GTFO and get a life no one wants to hear you rant about Maynard, just shut up and stop commenting it's really annoying that you think he's bad it's your opinnion so keep it to yourself.

[tpstrat14]

@DrTrumpet2010 People keep responding and defending this clown, so I can't stop... sorry. I haven't posted a new comment in weeks.

[rkjk62]

@tpstrat14 Massengil called...they want you back.

[IrishWhiskeyFan]

@tpstrat14

Tell you what sparky. I saw you claim somewhere that within just a short time you'd be better than Maynard. Let's check back in 50 years and see if you've recorded dozens of albums, spent time in Hollywood, conducted hundreds (at least) of music clinics, been honored by other musical greats, and been on the road doing 200 concerts a year during the bulk of that time. THEN you can call him a 'clown'.

[tpstrat14]

@IrishWhiskeyFan Yep, THAT is why Maynard pisses me off. He did 200 concerts a year of THIS?!?!?! His pick up notes into his solo are COMPLETELY off. His tone is pinched. He hits, I don't know, 10% of his notes with 100% accuracy. HE'S TOTAL SHIT. And all that bull you just spouted off is WHY I hate him so much. How could this clown have ever been popular?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[tpstrat14]

@IrishWhiskeyFan I mean, play whatever SHIT you want to in the privacy of your own home, but don't subject innocent people like myself to it. And then don't convince people that it's music. Dammit there's real trumpet players out there, people! It's not a freakish instrument. It's a beautiful instrument. Maynard ruined the sound of the trumpet. He's the Justin Bieber of singing.

[helvetier100]

@tpstrat14 First,its a movie song,a tribute to a fighter.And itts FREE Jazz

[helvetier100]

@tpstrat14 Irish?And a Union Jack behind yer bigmouthy skull.I give a spit.

[DrTrumpet2010]

@tpstrat14 Are you serious if you want to see an awful trumpet player just go to your own page and watch your own video because that is a good representation of a bad sound. If your gonna post a video of yourself playing at least don't frack the first note. Don't disrespect Maynard (RIP) because you don't like him hold your negative comments to yourself.

[tpstrat14]

@DrTrumpet2010 lol how do you take youtube videos down. I was testing out my recording equipment. (nope, an $80 kodak digital camera isn't the best for recording)... I am flattered that you listened to that. I am very rusty and that was very shitty. come back in a month. I guarantee you I'll be sounding 20x better than Maynard.

[GiantBulbasaur]

@tpstrat14 you suck. horribly.

[rkjk62]

Some new haters here, I see. You know not of what you speak.

[rkjk62]

Some new haters here, I see.

[keserasera1000]

なんで、

ロッキーのテーマ

LOCKY

って日本語なんですか？

[MrIplaythetrumpet]

Starting at 0:14 until like 0:20 what is he doing

[craigfromnewcastle]

hehehe it's been said many times before but it's too good to pass - "Locky" hahaha

[tpstrat14]

Wait......This is Maynard at his BEST?! I thought I was going to read the video desc and see an apology for how horrible Maynard sounded. lol... this dude seriously sucks. If he has talent, he hides it like a pro

[TheHighwaytahell]

@tpstrat14

have you even bothered to listen to any of his work at all? apparently not...

[tpstrat14]

@TheHighwaytahell Not that much, but yes, I have watched like 6 different live performances on youtube.. He's 0 for 6. He plays alright in Birdland, but that is prerecorded (so they can take all his farts out).... seriously, I haven't seen a live performance from Maynard that didn't make me die a little bit inside. He is just horrible

[sonnyclay5150]

When you're Maynard, you can hold the horn any way you want. That's just how he did it.

[Ignika542]

LOCKY!! lol funneh japanese ppl :)

[Holyworms]

i just noticed, why is he holding his trumpet that way at 0:50 ive never seen that