Maynard Ferguson on The Dinah Shore Show

Here's Maynard and his band performing with Dinah Shore on her afternoon TV show from the 70s. It's an arrangement of The Beatle's "Something", and Maynard is reading the chart (the sheet is probably upside down on the stand...)

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• Maynard
• Ferguson
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• Dinah
• Shore
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[jazzgent]

This is Maynard when he is "ON". When he is "feeling it". And when he is on there is absolutely nothing like it. And when he is on he saves nothing. He gives all of it to us. Does not play it safe. Does not hold ANYTHING back. All for us!! God bless Maynard!!!

[shnewsman]

Dinah Shore, RIP, was never very hip. She couldn't sing "songs of the day." She was best on old standards and Great American Songbook. She used to routinely butcher contemporary songs. Hippest thing she ever did was Burt Reynolds.

[GumbyButter]

Dinah's hearing was never the same after this performance. Mighty nippy in that studio.....

[irishbenocpa]

Amazing Kiss of at the end!!!



[irishbenocpa]

Oh the Boss Was feelin it alright! These were the heroin years! Love the BOSS. Met him many times. Miss him dearly RIP Maynard!

[PJMPercussion]

MAYNARD FERGUSON ! He should always be introduced the way Stan Kenton said (in the piece "This is an Orchestra) "a musician who can stir feelings of fire"

- - - when at his best, it was THE best - - and still to this day others stand in line waiting to try but only come up short. This is not to say that there aren't great players out there - - yes there are ! but comparisons should never be made.

[1972DaveMS]

Dinah, Dinah, Dinah, pitch, girl, pitch. Maynard, what a sound and what a band. Maynard was the nicest, kindest and greatest. We miss you, man.

[dbrennan76]

Those first three chords in the intro are un-f'n believable!!!! Only to be ruined by her singing

[ThorSmith]

@shnewsman, indeed. Despite what we may think about her "singing" there's no denying that warm, friendly essence she exuded. Her musical talent is questionable but it's obvious why she was a popular personality on Radio & TV.

[shnewsman]

I tend to agree with you about her singing. My point was despite her voice, she was a huge star. Her daytime talk show was just horrible, but people watched it in droves. She simply had the 'it' factor and played it to the hilt.

[ThorSmith]

@shnewsman, I'm not doubting Miss Shore's popularity or work ethic, I'm simply stating that IMO there were MUCH BETTER singers elsewhere that never received half her fame. I'm a vinyl collector & lifelong fan of Classic Pop & Jazz. What's frustrating is that I know Miss Shore's material & I've tried hard to like her vocals. At some point I had to admit to myself that she just wasn't all that good. & I usually take industry people praising each other with a grain of salt. All part of the game.

[shnewsman]

Read the Wikipedia bio of Dinah Shore. She really WAS a TV and radio star; very much a child of the media, as much as one could be at the time. Fact is--people LOVED her. And her contemporaries with much better voices thought she was a terrific singer. She was very lucky--but she also worked very, very hard to get there.