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Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson dies at age 78
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| Thu Aug 24, 2006
Posted on 08/24/2006 11:55:51 AM PDT by lunarbicep
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To: Republicus2001
The track, "Ballad to Max", on the
MF Horn recording is Maynard playing flugelhorn. I grew up listening to this one via vinyl. My dad, being the jazz trombonist himself, had every single one of the albums on which Ferguson ever played, including the time when he was playing with Kenton's band and having a HUGE effect on that band's "signature" sound.
To: Beelzebubba
The heavens were playing "Gospel John" when Maynard arrived today!
To: Khurkris
Gotta chuckle out of the title of cut #11 on that recording.
"You Ain't No Street Walker Mama, Honey But I Do Love They Way You Strut"
:-)
To: Khurkris
To: MineralMan
They couldn't figure out how I could do that, since I didn't even play the trumpet. What drives the pitch of a trumpet? Is it the blowers lips? Its clearly not fixed by the fingering...
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posted on
08/25/2006 1:30:37 AM PDT
by
KayEyeDoubleDee
(const Tag &referenceToConstTag)
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
In the song..."You Ain't No Street Walker Mama, Honey, But I sho Do Love They Way You Strut
Your Stuff"
I am an old...old Taj fan.
"I'm gonna move out to the country and paint my mailbox blue..."
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posted on
08/25/2006 2:16:36 AM PDT
by
Khurkris
(When the levee breaks there'll be no place to hide.)
To: newgeezer
I can only hope there won't be some d*ckhead waiting around to remind everyone about it decades later when my last breath is barely gone. Ooooh...oooooh...Me. Me.
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posted on
08/25/2006 5:31:33 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: KayEyeDoubleDee
88
posted on
08/25/2006 5:57:51 AM PDT
by
MineralMan
(Non-evangelical Atheist)
To: AppyPappy
To: KayEyeDoubleDee
Being able to play high notes takes more air, more pressure, more muscle ("chops") and a combination of talent, conditioning, and the good fortune of natural phisical attributes that make it possible.
99% of the top trumeters from jazz and classical can not play the high notes like Maynard did.
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posted on
08/25/2006 6:57:17 AM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
To: Beelzebubba
I've known trumpet players who never got braces because of being afraid of the process changing their embouchure too much.
To: Beelzebubba
I also knew another trumpet player who took his own trumpet teacher to the orthodontist with him to explain just how they wanted the teeth aligned for optimum playing.
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
I know it sounds crazy, but Ferguson's recordings are my #1 favorite music to listen to when I'm housecleaning and just doing stuff around the house. Dear NotJustAnotherPrettyFace,
Are you married?
Your friend,
Bubba the Heel
To: lunarbicep
Great musician! Did a lot of coke according to my friend who toured with him. 78 is a ripe old age for that kind of abuse.
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posted on
08/25/2006 2:48:51 PM PDT
by
Rockitz
(This isn't rocket science- Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
To: lunarbicep
I saw him in concert in '78 as part of a high school band "treat". And "treat", it was.
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posted on
08/27/2006 9:35:45 AM PDT
by
KStorm
(Rush is wrong when he says the MSM is losing influence...I'm more disgusted with them than ever.)
To: lunarbicep; All
Just found out today.
RIP Maynard.
Playing "Gonna Fly" and "Birdland" in tribute here.
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:45:15 PM PDT
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
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