I watched the opening bar and Maynard blowing octave+ higher than I've ever played with no lead in, and i just got a big grin and chuckled to myself. There's nobody else quite like Maynard. Rest in Peace my friend.

This takes me back to high school in the 70s when my friends and I would attend every Maynard Ferguson concert within driving distance of our city. Nothing better back in the day than sitting in the front row enjoying MF and his incredible band. RIP Maynard Ferguson.

@scottdrees7237

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Jordan I was right there with you Mark. Scott Drees

@johnsandbo1

4 жыл бұрын

It was fantastic!

@gilbertjuarez2705

6 күн бұрын

Same

Randy Purcell was a friend when we were in the service bands in D.C.. Jerry Johnson was my Airmen of Note roomie on tours & a close friend!

Maynard lived in another octave...

@timhedgesmusiccomposer2861

2 жыл бұрын

And that octave definitely wasn’t a low one lol 🤣🎼🎼🎼🎼

@tromboneJTS

2 жыл бұрын

"Yes, Maynard is here. He is upstairs. Just go 3 octaves up."

@joeholland9593

11 ай бұрын

Quite the accurate synopsis.

@JK-js2td

7 ай бұрын

Best comment...and so true!

THERE HAS ONLY BEEN 1 MAYNARD FERGUSON !

@itsarat1946

11 ай бұрын

AMEN

Randy Purcell's son is playing guitar in the US Navy jazz band the Commodores. Following in his father's footsteps. RIP Randy.

Holy shit! I’ve never seen this! Maynard was an alien!

He came to the high school I was director at in Carbondale, Illinois in 1974. He did a jazz clinic for local high school jazz bands and the Southern Illinois University jazz band which I was playing in at the time. He invited me to come up and play a song with at the concert he did that night. I’m a tenor and soprano sax player. It was the highlight of my playing career. I’m getting too old to even remember for sure what song I played, but I think it was “Chameleon”. He was such a great guy and you could tell he loved he was doing.

@joeholland9593

11 ай бұрын

Go Salukis Dogs! (1983 alum). I went to one of his clinics in 1977, I am a tenor and flute player. His flute player had a profound effect on my flute playing, it was like someone pulled back a curtain after that event.

@jpsned

8 ай бұрын

Yes, Maynard was a great guy. Not only did he enjoy performing, he always gave his sidemen credit. He also was much into education, giving clinics all over the place. I saw him give one at Princeton High School in NJ around 1976 or so.

My dad and I drove in the car a lot. He would play this video multiple times. Wish I could go back to those days.

Randy's bone playing is so smooth. I wish this chart would have made it on to an album. It's all so dam good!

@davidg4781

Жыл бұрын

I didn’t realize it wasn’t on an album. I wonder where I first heard it. I listen to an Apple Music “station” that plays Maynard Ferguson sometimes and thought it was from there.

@Closertotruth2

Жыл бұрын

I heard him do this live in 1974 I think. I have to believe he never recorded it because Elton never gave him permission. Really a shame.

@ultramannick

Жыл бұрын

How would you compare him to Bill Watrous?

@philwalton2009

10 ай бұрын

Some great bone playing from the solo Trombone ❤️🖤🥰

@1225KPH

Ай бұрын

You probably heard Paul Cacia's recording of the same arrangement.

Maravilloso.siempre me encantó como tocó maynard ,desde el primer día que lo escuché .hoy lo sigo escuchando.es una leyenda viva.

I saw Maynard in I think 1976. As a teen trumpet player it blew my mind. You guys were heroes!

@ironmandave3000

5 жыл бұрын

Me too! Where did you see him?

OMG just like I remembered it- I saw MF in concert fall of 1974, I think this is the exact same band. Happy Tears!

can't even imagine just picking up the trumpet and starting to play in that range with so much confidence, that's just amazing. Randy is great on this...

@landongarrison1930

6 жыл бұрын

That why he’s the best

@eric_in_florida

5 жыл бұрын

This might have been peak Maynard.

@danielrobinson3018

5 жыл бұрын

He was thoroughly warmed up nubcake. If you had a pair, and knew anything about trumpet you'd know that , lil bubby

@papasquash919

5 жыл бұрын

@@danielrobinson3018 who are you talking to?

@51362879

5 жыл бұрын

moop_de_moop @Daniel Robinson who are you talking to? ....... He doesn’t even know. He’s just another computer commodore

RIP Randy........thanks for all the great on stage memories. Doug Gemmell

Maynard was just the coolest fucking dude ever. What a man, what a trumpet player!

@BillSmith-rx9rm

Жыл бұрын

Who did he fuck?

R.I.P. Stan Mark.

I was fortunate to meet Randy Purcell in HS (1981) at Ohio Northern. He was the clinician for the ONU Jazz Festival that year. I'll never forget how he treated us kids like we weren't snot-nosed. He talked about jazz and style and how to use it to sound better - even if you weren't a trombone player like he was. He seemed genuinely interested in helping young people embrace music (and jazz, of course). He had his own style that still influences my playing today (as a trumpeter). May he (and Maynard) rest in peace.

Maynard always had a talent for finding the greatest young players in the world. His biggest talent was showing off their talents and abilities.

I'm always struck by how soft spoken Maynard always appeared to be, given his otherworldly trumpet sound.....

I still listen to a least 1 MF song a week since 1973. Attended many concerts and won multiple awards in high school and college by pattern myself after him to create my own style. Stage band saved my life.

Maynard Ferguson is a goddamn BEAST

It was such fun seeing Maynard & band in these years. An absolute highlight of my life. Thank you to those band members still with us. We really knew we were seeing greatness. 🎼🎶🎵

Great man. Seen him in person 6years before he passed. My son went nuts hearing him.👍👏elton john be proud what Maynard fif with this Awesome song

@dissectthis9640

2 жыл бұрын

I heard him @ the Prom Center 1975 and again in '1988 his 60th anniversary in Mpls; 1995 in Columbus, OH--Damn, I've missed him ever since his death in 2006; the same year of my OHeart surgery/: 👍

@Jimmy242r4

Жыл бұрын

I saw him too

@iBorg20181

8 ай бұрын

@@dissectthis9640I was there at three old Prom Center, too, seeing him for the first time! I thought that I was a pretty good trumpet player, at the U of M, until then! Maynard was a trumpet god!

What a sound by Randy on trombone....superb!

I feel a special love for Maynard, the first solo I ever played on trumpet in high school jazz was Maynard Ferguson's Sunday Morning.

Maynard is my hero

@tylercarr6067

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@itsarat1946

11 ай бұрын

Same

Was lucky enough to see Maynard 3 times in life. Once at the hollywood palace on the west side of Baltimore. The second was when he played on the Deck of the USS constellation on 7/15/1976 for the bicentennial festivities. The third time was when he was passing through Baltimore a did a fairly impromptu concert at Kenwood HS for its music program. Wish i could see him live again. He is still alive in my car almost every day and of course here on you tube. Thanx Maynard

Thanks Lynn, You guys in this band is what made me become a musician and teacher. I Sat in the audience when I was 14 and Stan Mark stood next to me when they came out to do Hey Jude and I was hooked and love the trumpet ever since. It Has brought me alot of fun and accomplishment and adventure in my life. I loved the way Maynard respected all the band members and how the enjoyment and love carried over to the audience and all the people they touched. I always tried to connect on that level with the other musicians and students I work with. I think that is a huge part of being able to play together. Whenever anyone would say anything about the trumpet Maynard would always say the trumpet was God's instrument. I'm done rambling. Bless you all. What a group that was Nothing like it and never will be again.

@brianbaumgarn5795

6 жыл бұрын

got to chat with Stan Mark before a concert in southern Minnesota about 41 years ago. He was warming up on the stage and making the drawn curtains billow. I love Maynard, but Stan was also an other worldly player, too. And a very nice guy.

@AnonymousPatriot7

4 жыл бұрын

@@brianbaumgarn5795 lol...Lynn is still the greatest living trumpet player of our time!

@Gunbudder

4 жыл бұрын

It always fun to meet Maynard's band members. I've never heard a bad story about Maynard

Lynn, i just love the fact how you still upload trumpet videos today and such and here you are in the band playing back way before I was born! So fascinating!!! Thank You.

Hearing the original MF Horn album... especially L Dopa... changed my musical life... thanks to Maynard, Keith and the band...

We saw MF perform this rendition in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada back circa '74-'75...blew us away! He had some wicked band around that period. Maynard always allowed band members time and aura on stage. The best we ever saw. RIP Boss.

@timshoup53

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lynn for sharing these great videos, I remember hearing you play MacArthur Park with Maynard Ferguson in Flint Michigan in 1974 it just blew me away. It wasn't long after the great Bill Chase died in a Plane crash. I got to hear him on two different occasions, l did not know that you had play with chase for awhile. You, Maynard Ferguson and Bill chase are probably the three best trumpet players I have ever head. Please keep plying and shearing videos

As a Albert Einstein High School band member I was on a trip to another high school, Whitman or BCC, in the late 70s where we watched them perform this. I'm still in awe...

Lynn, it's such a thrill to see these videos of Maynard, with you in the band. I became a fan of Maynard around 1972 and have loved him ever since. Although I'm a drummer, my fantasy is to be able to play screech trumpet. I remember the first time I ever saw you (it was at a live show), I thought, how can this scrawny kid play lead behind Maynard? You blew me away! It's so great to know you're still around. Thanks for years of great music!

I was in the audience and very impressionable back in those days. Maynard was my musical hero. I attended a clinic at West Chester College before the concert that night. Very humbling for this young horn player!! Best times of my life following Maynard on tour!! Thanks for keeping the Boss alive Lynn!!

An era and the kind of music has long gone!

@lynn95441

6 жыл бұрын

Sadly, you are correct..... I was just lucky to have been part of that exciting era. Now, music seems to have lost its soul in favor of technical perfection..... :)

@kenlong5664

6 жыл бұрын

WE were the lucky ones Lynn. What I would give to relive a few of those years, watching you guys again.

@jazzfusioner9840

5 жыл бұрын

@@kenlong5664 Truth....

I heard a few weeks ago that Randy Purcell died in 2009. Sometime during high school our jazz band went to see Ferguson play and I've always remembered his solo in this piece.

Maynard, Stan, Lynn...pretty good high note group. RIP "The Boss"

Maynard played his big band at the Manchester Sports Guild in England during the 1960's. I was lucky enough to see him many times and he never disappointed; without a doubt the most exciting trumpeter I've ever heard. Agree with Tom Martin regarding Randy Jones, amazing drummer. Happy days!!

Lynn - thank you for posting this. I was fortunate to see the band in the late 70's at a renovated theatre in State College, PA and you guys peeled the paint off the tin ceiling. In between sets you took time to chat with our high school stage band. Great motivation for us kids. Thank you, again.

I remember going with my mom to pick my brother up from a MF concert near Pittsburgh around 1976 or '77. Perhaps the Harmar House or the Holiday House. I don't remember, because I was 6! Mom and I walked in, and we could hear the band. I can still remember it today (but not what they were playing!). FFWD to ten years, 1988, my senior year at North Hills HS. Randy Purcell played several concerts with the symphony and jazz bands. I was a drummer, and we were tacet for his solo piece, and I was elected to flip Randy's music. I couldn't follow him because he was ad-libbing, and I was petrified I was going to get yelled at by him and/or the band director.I knew Randy from the Pittsburgh jazz scene years later, and when MF would come to town, Randy would sit in. He always remembered me turning the pages for him when I was in HS. RIP, Randy and MF.

@joeheid4757

3 жыл бұрын

I went to North Hills too. Just missed you. Graduated in 85. Saw MF in 84. Great times back then.

Fall of 1975 and our school's student music teacher took a few of us to Celina Ohio in a smallish H.S. auditorium or cafeteria to see the band. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me wasn't yet released I believe and that leap in "losing everything", sent us all head over heals! Lynn, you and the band were pretty spot on! I saw steam come out Maynard's bell that evening. Some thirty years later Arturo produced steam in another smallish auditorium where the guests of the Columbus Jazz Arts Group would always play. These to date are the only 'steam events' I've witnessed. Jazz band was a lot of fun the rest of our senior year and I joined the student teacher in the college jazz band before he finished up his masters. I screeched myself for a while but eventually rounded out my playing and left it to the other demi-gods to carry the torch of screech. RIP Maynard!!

Annnd a... yeah! I still miss Maynard and I will always love this arrangement.

yeah baby thats some real playing,,,

The first Maynard song I heard, and one of the best in the 70's

Saw him and the band do this live at Interlochen Center for the Arts in the mid-late 70s. Absolutely stunning.

I miss Maynard. Also miss the 70ies.

wow....many memories of high school here....we practically worshiped maynard's work....I have seen him live in many forms and always noticed his appreciation for the new talent and showcased them often.....Thanks Maynard....I will always remember you!

Wore out my Chameleon album thru 76-77

When my son was in high school, Maynard and his band came to the local high school to play a concert. It was an incredible experience for the kids (including my son who was among a few chosen kids to have small solo parts during the concert). The concert itself was magnificent! They included this song as part of the concert.

For those of you who don't know, Lynn is also a talented landscape photographer. If you haven't already, you should check out his channel for some great videos with his trumpet solos behind them.

I remember playing this in jazz band in high school. We had a terrific trombonist who played the solos, but (of course) we trumpeters could only dream f the stratospheric heights Maynard achieved. I knew someone who had met him back stage. Inevitably, some one asked hoe he hit those high notes and he said he had a warm up trick. He placed his mouthpiece to his lips and then placed his face in an open door jamb and instructed the questioner: "OK, slam it as hard as you can!"

Awesome!

Made my lips numb just watching it.... They don't make em like that anymore.

Thank you for the music. You made the world better. Incredible talent and devotion by all.

Thanks Lynn - its fantastic to have access to a recording of such a great performance. The energy and emotions in this piece are off the charts.

Such a great tune, I always waited for it to be on an album but it never was.

@lynn95441

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.... Not sure why....

@jorgecallico9177

Жыл бұрын

@@lynn95441 It's even as dramatic as his great rendition of, "Living For The City".

@brownsr58

Жыл бұрын

It is on The Lost Tapes available on Apple Music. I had the privilege of knowing Randy through the Jazz band at Carnegie Mellon in the late 80's. One of the saxophone players and I would have dinner with him every week and the stories he could tell were amazing. RIP.

That's my axe! 1974 Holton ST 302, "MF Horn." The horn I dreamed of when I was a kid, I finally got 10 years ago at the age of 40. Been playing it ever since- with Maynard's Monette MF2 in the pipe.

@toddcunningham3213

4 жыл бұрын

Got mine for Christmas in 8th grade. Didn't get another present until I got to college. Lol!

The big hair big band.

My high school jazz band (I played lead alto) was very much into Maynard in the mid-1970s. I remember our director gave us this chart my senior year (1976-77). As I recall, the highest note in the lead trumpet part (Maynard's part) is a double-high Ab above the staff (on the syllable "RY" in "everything"). We had a sophomore player--15 years old--named Bob who could hit that note consistently. 🙂 We never performed it, as it was clearly beyond our abilities, but we loved this arrangement so much we referred to it simply as "The Sun."

Yes, we did & do love this arrangement, Williamsport High School, Williamsport, Pa - Feb. 1974 - electric performance !

Saw Maynard 3 times over a span of many years. Would have liked to see Bill Chase. I consider them both "the best".

@lynn95441

Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed... Those were my first 2 big gigs..... Awesome both!

@glennc8991

Жыл бұрын

@@lynn95441 The first time I heard Chase was at my neighbors house and he had a quadrophonic record of Chase. We laid in the middle of the 4 speakers and listened to Open Up Wide and it was amazing. A literal rush.

Thanks Jesus for the oportunity

the "Best" back then....and EVER!

Lynn I have to tell that u have been sharing good videos about Maynard with you in the back of the band and I like the this song on how much energy the trumpet gives in the high range and all the other players including Randy Purcell and you 🎶

This is actually available on The Lost Tapes--Vol.2, for those of you who are looking for a recording of it. I heard them play this at the University of Miami in 1975 and was surprised that it wasn't released back in the day. Thank you, Lynn, for posting this!

Randy Purcell, the Geico Caveman trombonist.

Thank you for sharing this- I saw him perform this number in 1974 in Cincinnati and have not heard it since because he never recorded it- have wanted to hear it again for all these years because he brought the house down with this that night and put jazz in my heart forever, obviously sounded more amazing in that setting but such a treat to hear it again after all this time RIP Maynard!- thanks so much for posting!

Lynn,....not only are you an AMAZING horn player you have such compassion for others... I feel "that" is merely ONE of your "whatis" and uncredited virtues...KEEP PLAYING MY FRIEND!

@lynn95441

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Terry.... :)

@dearmusic5586

6 жыл бұрын

+Lynn Nicholson wow ti eres el trompetista de M.feguerson

Loved Maynard, even tho' I was a T-bone/Bari player. He came to our High school in the early 80s -- great great man. Believe it or not, I mostly like his tone and power in the range that's high for everyone else, but "low" for him, like at 5:15 - 5:20. RIP

Soooo lovely!!! But all I can think is How his lips must feel after every concert! I'm a Trumpet player myself, and I can't imagine playing that high for so long, hes got such a talent!!!

I knew maynard he was the best ever

Lynn, You are and have ALWAYS been an "AMAZINGLY TALENTED" horn player. Reading posts from you confirms my impression that your compassion spills over from your heart to your chops whenever you play! Take care my friend!

@lynn95441

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks Terry.... I look at my bestowed capabilities as gifts to be honored. So yes, everything passes through my heart.....

@trumpetplayerdude9838

6 жыл бұрын

Lynn Nicholson hey Lynn may I ask how was your experience playing with stan,manyard and all the others

Мейнард был легендарным 'стратосферным' трубачем в джазе. Спасибо за память о Фергюссоне...

@user-bx7yj2nt3v

Жыл бұрын

Фергюссон конечно же великий трубач. Но эта запись посвящена памяти двух замечательных тромбонистов, которые играли в его оркестре: Рэнди Перселлу, который здесь солировал, и Джерри Джонсону.

I love the 5 trumpet section

Favorite live performance of his.

One of my all time favorites from Maynard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ocsev

4 жыл бұрын

M. F. Was the BOSS

Insane, the BOSS was ON.

Maynard kicks ass. No comparison.

@wwgg60

8 жыл бұрын

Eric Miyashiro. He may be better.

@GamesGutzy

8 жыл бұрын

+Ww Gg Listen to 'you said it' by maynard. his younger stuff was so much better.

@lynn95441

7 жыл бұрын

"You Said It" is the epitome of physically mastering the trumpet, especially in the upper register.... No one has ever come close..... AND in general, rarely mentioned is Maynard's phenomenal musicianship. I've never heard him make a musical mistake....

@demontwashington5388

7 жыл бұрын

Wow, just listened to that; thanks for reminding me of it. Phenomenal. Fat, focused tone throughout all registers - I bet you could have lit a cigar off the bell of his horn. Perfect intonation. Mind-blowing flexibility. And every millisecond of it was musical.

@chosspile.

7 жыл бұрын

robertsez there's me.

One of the great Canadian musicians great sound.. love it

WILL SOME RECORD EXECUTIVE OUT THERE RELEASE THIS ON A CD PLEASE!!!!! RIP Maynard. RIP Randy.

wow that last trill!

I think this was his finest era early to mid seventies

@63striker

6 жыл бұрын

you are right; we saw him after that when he'd gone 'electronic' not the same MF.

@sebastiansarre2436

4 жыл бұрын

ev dallas nothing beats his sound in Kenton’s band in my opinion

I hate hearing a tired trumpet player...being a brass player for a while, I know the pain.

Jerry Johnson & I were classmates from Junior High School through Sophomore year at Mount Hood Community College. We did everything together - we were always there for each other. It was such a loss for him to go so young . . . Just so you all know, as great a musician as he was, he was a better person. Miss you JJ - JJ

@lynn95441

10 жыл бұрын

Yes, Jerry sat immediately in front of me on the bus. We warmed up together before the gig, and every time the bus stopped, we jumped off and played frisbee. Lots of meaningful conversations.... As you said, great player and even better person.....

This has to be the greatest video with less than a thousand views.

The absolute BEST jazz trumpet player ever and saw him numerous times in the St. Louis, MO area. He had the best drummer ever and my idol, Randy Jones, not in this video . Check out Live at Jimmy's!

I love you Maynard Ferguson

God that man is amazing!!!

Such an amazing chart!

Esplêndido!! O melhor

I remember hearing this at Anaheim HS Auditorium for the first time.

@wlonsdale1

4 жыл бұрын

MrZonk2010 Fullerton college in 75 here

My favorite version!

Randy Purcell's son Randy plays guitar and is the first legacy musician in the USAF Jazz Band. I have read his grandfather was a trombone player in a USN band.

i attended a clinic with maynard and the band back in 1974 and he demonstrated circular breathing

Maynard doing a ton of circular breathing in this one

@kenlong5664

Жыл бұрын

Actually no. Lynn Nicholson said MF never used circular breathing and in this song he was using something he learned in India called kundalini energy or some such thing.

Too bad that the sound engineers did not provide a separate mic for the trombonist, since trumpets naturally are much louder than trombones. But then again, even though this sound SUPPOSEDLY was to feature a trombone solo, people mainly just want to hear (like I do) Maynard scream out high notes. Back in 1975, our high school actually had Maynard and his band play a full concert on campus during their "Chameleon" tour. Our high school marching band did a half-time show shortly afterwards of only songs from that album, which was quite fun. And yes, I am a trombonist.

first heard this in cherry hill,nj,never thought I would hear it again!

@jameshazard7267

8 жыл бұрын

The old Cherry HILL ARENA,had a minor league hockey team , and did small concerts . Across from the big Ford dealership . Herbie Mann was the lead act,and MF was the opening act. It was around 1972. And Dennis DiBlasio was my friend from High School , we went to concerts around the area chasing Maynard! Of course he caught him and became his music director !

Maynard was just a cool cat