Maynard Ferguson.. Birdland

The Big Band I was in at school played this and I completely agree with the below comments... until you get it tight. It's a VERY fun song to play as a drummer!

this guys my trumpeting hero *eye shimmer*

Wow holy freeking cow..what a performance....MF...always rocked the house and I'm sure he is blowing the roof off of places in the afterlife.

MF rocks the heaven :D

Maynard was quite the showman! Incredible chops. This is the old Ontario Place Forum in Toronto. The revolving stage was great venue for just about every major touring show in the 70s and 80s. The admission to the concerts was free with admission to the park ($4 in the 70s, I think). I spent many hours "camped" there with my buddies in order to secure the best seats. We were probably at this show!

I was fortunate enough to see Maynard a few years back before he passed. What a legend! His band was as tight as this recording.

I agree we played it two years ago and it sucked

Eric Traub is a great tenor player...and is still doing it down New Orleans way..

I much prefer the Weather Report version =\

But I do like Maynard's version

so fucking true last year our jazz band played it and i swear i was gonna kill it in the face, now i want to arrange it myself XD with the awesome trumpet solo