These recordings give you no real sense what it was like to have these trumpeters pasting the high F and G right onto the back of your head from eight feet away. Just Thrilling. When I went to these shows, I was always torn between sitting in the front row, or where Mark or Freeman would be standing later. But in the front row, you could see the little puffs of fog come out of Maynard's horn every now and then, which was equally fun.
I went to a concert held at UMASS AMHERST where every trumpet player came off stage and stood around the audience. It was surreal even for the high school kid I was. Amazing experience!
I sure do miss the Boss... Saw him play many times. Met him, got his autograph, sat a table away at dinner in Warsaw Indiana, went to his clinics. He was truly one of the last of the great big band leaders. RIP Maynard - the greatest trumpet player in the world - Mr. Maynard Ferguson
I was in a music workshop in High School with the Maynard Ferguson band in 1974. The night of the workshop, his band had a concert in the school gym and we got to play Hey Jude with the band. I played Alto Sax. I saw his band play on a couple other occasions. What a great memory and a great talent. Bruce Johnston played Baritone Sax on Gospel John back then, and his solos are STILL memorable. Thanks for posting this video.
I saw Maynard when he came to St. Louis in 1974. When they played this, Lynn Nicholson was about 10 feet behind me. My ears were ringing for about 10 minutes afterward!
He pulled the same trick on us in the audience during a show in the early 80s except nobody noticed the band slipping into the audience because the houselights were out, when they started playing, it, was, awesome. What a showman!
A bunch of us as high school jazz band students saw Maynard at Tokay High School in Lodi (Calif.) in 1976 (or was it '75?), and they went into the audience for "Hey Jude." Trumpeter Ron Tooley was right behind me just making that horn scream. Of course, we stole the act and did it at our own future concerts.
You got it!!! Maynard was the best in his youth and he knew, that he wasn't that good in his high age, but he is/was a symbol for the people and this is why he played when he was that old.
When I saw him 10 yrs ago or so, this was his last song and he asked for the crowd to stand up and walk out to this song.,I later came back in to get his autograph and picture ;)
Had the privilege of seeing the band live at Bowling Green University in Spring of 1972; Two of my friends and I sat right on the front row. We even taped the event on a cassette player. On this particular song we sat slack-jawed realizing even the 4th trumpet player was hitting high f's :) One of the better nights of my teenage years!
+Usetowannabemusician I'm thinking that at 0:43 Maynard decided to swiftly slide up to the Double C instead of the A natural below. That A which is how the piece was originally written. Why not play the A? Because a fourth ledger line above treble clef A natural tends to slot poorly. Even on a strong trumpet player. Or most players in general who can even play one. As "Hey Jude" comes at the end of a long concert? We can feel certain that endurance was a factor. Some cats can play seamlessly way above Double C however their sound tends to be smaller. For them the A natural is just another note. But their sound lacks "Bigness". They'll be pretty good in the studio and even fine live BUT will need a microphone to be heard over the band. One player like this was the Late Bud Brisbois.Great player but he really didn't have a solid double forte on anything. Could control the hell out of his high notes to well above TRIPLE C, No foolin! But he couldn't get a truly big sound. Sadly this may have led to his mental woes and his eventual suicide. Conversely Maynard always had a huge tone.Part of the reason for this was he was able to design a shallow mouthpiece but with a very large back bore and throat. The shallower piece allowed him lots of endurance, control and power but the opened up tubing didn't sacrifice sound. Conversely Arturo uses a very large mouthpiece. Something resembling a Bach 3C. He plays well in the extreme upper register but his tone doesn't sizzle like it should. I think that Sandoval is really a jazz improv player at heart. That despite his gifts he doesn't like playing high notes so much.
That's a biggie. I used to play the Bach 1&1/4C in my teens but this was before I became a lead player. Today I can get a bigger sound on a very small trumpet mouthpiece. Just so long as it's been well bored out in throat and back bore.
Great to relive this era with the band and Stan Mark as lead trumpet and emcee. Live performances were "electric" with all the power coming off the stage with Maynard and company.
I followed this AMAZING MAN & His Groups for 20 yrs. Dennis DeBlasio, Tim Ries, Stan Mark, Fisher Etc. Have all the Tour Shirts. Maynard was the King !
Was in Ottawa in '73 at the NAC where Maynard and his band blew me away Literally. Played this tune, with the brass section all over the aisles....I was in heaven.
hey most of you guys got to see these great musical gods,MF.BR etc in your country quite often we in UK got to see them on an ocassional basis they were fantastic,dont knock them,I saw Maynard 3 times in my life,the concerts were alive,magical,the total experiance.USA dont knock them,you nor us will see their breed again.Be gratefull,you had them.
My last year in high school we played Hey Jude as our last piece. We had a phenomenal trumpet section and they went out in the aisles. My buddy trumpet player wrote a little diddy. It obviously was nothing on this level but it wasn't shabby either. What great memories. Saw Maynard 3 times in the 80's. Fantastic shows.
I saw maynard in 1974 in Lakeland, Ohio........the clinic was phenominal - Maynard was by far an unbelievable educator --- and was standing 3' away from Stan Mark in the audiance during Hey Jude
irishbenocpa - He was at the Elmhurst Jazz Festival in the 80's and also North Side High School as well - I don't recall him at The Embassy. Dizzy Gillespie played the Embassy about that time period.
what was great about maynard was he mentored so many trumpet players and taught them how to achieve the high range double c and above. he also worked with holton to develop unique as well as advanced horns. the superbone and the st303 firebird combo slide / valve trumpet
Saw this tour. Looks like Dave Mancini drums, Matt Bissonette(?) bass, Chris Braymen and Steve Wiest bones, Nelson Hill, Dan Jordan and Dennis DiBlasio saxes, Stan Mark, Alan Wise and Hoby Freeman tpts. Sorry can't see the piano player, but there was a guy named Ron Pedley around that time.
We can't talk. Only listen. MF was the best damn trumpet player we knew. Can't comment on any, in the past...or in the present, or in the future. RIP BOSS.
@s3si1u First off - the Jet Tone was more designed for big band and jazz work than legit. Still, I've played a relatively shallow cup even during my years playing with the Boston Pops, so it can be done. Those guys - the trumpet section - stood in front of our table (all the Berklee College trumpet studs) at the Holiday Inn in Peabody and blasted that Hey Jude rift into our faces. We collectively fell over backwards. Dennis Noday, Bob Summers, Stan Mark, Joe Mosello. It was great!
Simplemente genial MF. Ese fraseo de la trompeta en esos niveles está vedado para la mayoría y eso que esta no es la versión completa.; otra de sus grandes es Mcarthur park
@lilyellowduckiePhD From the Trumpetmaster website, and Wayne Brenner: "The Jettone MF 'cup' has a unique convex V shape on both versions, and there is no discernable bite on either. The biggest difference is in the throat size. The original had a rather large throat size of 19, as Maynard got into rather free blowing equipment, from the 1970s onward. Maynard Ferguson played on this model Jettone through most of the 70s."
@TheTrumpetLord i agree, but in the studio version he uses his trumpet for the whole song, i beleive, but nonetheless, one of my favorite Maynard tunes!
I heard MF live at the Texas state stage band contest in 66 or 67, in Brownwood Tx. As to the technical goes, Doc among others are more versatile, but in the late 60's in bumpkinville Tx, MF changed a bunch of young lives.
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You gotta love how he still sounds exactly like himself on soprano sax
These recordings give you no real sense what it was like to have these trumpeters pasting the high F and G right onto the back of your head from eight feet away. Just Thrilling. When I went to these shows, I was always torn between sitting in the front row, or where Mark or Freeman would be standing later. But in the front row, you could see the little puffs of fog come out of Maynard's horn every now and then, which was equally fun.
I went to a concert held at UMASS AMHERST where every trumpet player came off stage and stood around the audience. It was surreal even for the high school kid I was. Amazing experience!
I sure do miss the Boss... Saw him play many times. Met him, got his autograph, sat a table away at dinner in Warsaw Indiana, went to his clinics. He was truly one of the last of the great big band leaders. RIP Maynard - the greatest trumpet player in the world - Mr. Maynard Ferguson
It’s been years since your comment… but where in Warsaw and what was he doing in town?
I was in a music workshop in High School with the Maynard Ferguson band in 1974. The night of the workshop, his band had a concert in the school gym and we got to play Hey Jude with the band. I played Alto Sax.
I saw his band play on a couple other occasions. What a great memory and a great talent. Bruce Johnston played Baritone Sax on Gospel John back then, and his solos are STILL memorable.
Thanks for posting this video.
You played with him? I'm uncomfortably jealous.
Awesome!
Bruce Johnston was ta Ramapo College in NJ for a workshop with Woody Herman
I saw Maynard when he came to St. Louis in 1974. When they played this, Lynn Nicholson was about 10 feet behind me. My ears were ringing for about 10 minutes afterward!
He pulled the same trick on us in the audience during a show in the early 80s except nobody noticed the band slipping into the audience because the houselights were out, when they started playing, it, was, awesome. What a showman!
A bunch of us as high school jazz band students saw Maynard at Tokay High School in Lodi (Calif.) in 1976 (or was it '75?), and they went into the audience for "Hey Jude." Trumpeter Ron Tooley was right behind me just making that horn scream. Of course, we stole the act and did it at our own future concerts.
You got it!!! Maynard was the best in his youth and he knew, that he wasn't that good in his high age, but he is/was a symbol for the people and this is why he played when he was that old.
Had the privilege of seeing him twice in the year before he passed away. This was my favorite part of the night, when they spread out, AWESOME!!
When I saw him 10 yrs ago or so, this was his last song and he asked for the crowd to stand up and walk out to this song.,I later came back in to get his autograph and picture ;)
Had the privilege of seeing the band live at Bowling Green University in Spring of 1972; Two of my friends and I sat right on the front row. We even taped the event on a cassette player. On this particular song we sat slack-jawed realizing even the 4th trumpet player was hitting high f's :) One of the better nights of my teenage years!
I heard Maynard play this live back in the 70's. Greatest (non)ending ever!
+Usetowannabemusician
I'm thinking that at 0:43 Maynard decided to swiftly slide up to the Double C instead of the A natural below. That A which is how the piece was originally written. Why not play the A?
Because a fourth ledger line above treble clef A natural tends to slot poorly. Even on a strong trumpet player. Or most players in general who can even play one. As "Hey Jude" comes at the end of a long concert? We can feel certain that endurance was a factor.
Some cats can play seamlessly way above Double C however their sound tends to be smaller. For them the A natural is just another note. But their sound lacks "Bigness". They'll be pretty good in the studio and even fine live BUT will need a microphone to be heard over the band. One player like this was the Late Bud Brisbois.Great player but he really didn't have a solid double forte on anything. Could control the hell out of his high notes to well above TRIPLE C, No foolin! But he couldn't get a truly big sound. Sadly this may have led to his mental woes and his eventual suicide.
Conversely Maynard always had a huge tone.Part of the reason for this was he was able to design a shallow mouthpiece but with a very large back bore and throat. The shallower piece allowed him lots of endurance, control and power but the opened up tubing didn't sacrifice sound.
Conversely Arturo uses a very large mouthpiece. Something resembling a Bach 3C. He plays well in the extreme upper register but his tone doesn't sizzle like it should. I think that Sandoval is really a jazz improv player at heart. That despite his gifts he doesn't like playing high notes so much.
That's a biggie. I used to play the Bach 1&1/4C in my teens but this was before I became a lead player.
Today I can get a bigger sound on a very small trumpet mouthpiece. Just so long as it's been well bored out in throat and back bore.
Great to relive this era with the band and Stan Mark as lead trumpet and emcee. Live performances were "electric" with all the power coming off the stage with Maynard and company.
Our Stage band played at the state fair one year. Afterward, we were invited to one of his clinics. It was an experience that I’ll never forget.
*Maynard playing soprano sax
Me: That’s not right
It should be a clarinet 💀
It's all good. He was miuto-faceted in several instruments
I followed this AMAZING MAN & His Groups for 20 yrs. Dennis DeBlasio, Tim Ries, Stan Mark, Fisher Etc. Have all the Tour Shirts. Maynard was the King !
Hey Jude, Pinball Wizard, Don't Let The Sun Go Down, Monster concert charts!! Can't get enough of these. Keep them coming!!
Hey Jude and sesame street in the same show.. flute and soprano sax intros... AWWWWW YEAH
Stan Mark is there. He was a great trumpet hero to me.
I saw Maynard play this in 2002. It was priceless!
Was in Ottawa in '73 at the NAC where Maynard and his band blew me away Literally. Played this tune, with the brass section all over the aisles....I was in heaven.
One of the real great masters of music
Maynard Ferguson
One of my best memories from High School was Maynard Ferguson in concert playing this song and having his band mixed in with the crowd.
hey most of you guys got to see these great musical gods,MF.BR etc in your country quite often we in UK got to see them on an ocassional basis they were fantastic,dont knock them,I saw Maynard 3 times in my life,the concerts were alive,magical,the total experiance.USA dont knock them,you nor us will see their breed again.Be gratefull,you had them.
I saw this same gig in Fort Wayne in the mid 80s when all the trumpets went out into the aisles at the Embassy Theatre. It was freaking amazing!
My last year in high school we played Hey Jude as our last piece. We had a phenomenal trumpet section and they went out in the aisles. My buddy trumpet player wrote a little diddy. It obviously was nothing on this level but it wasn't shabby either. What great memories. Saw Maynard 3 times in the 80's. Fantastic shows.
This was in about '82-84 somewhere. Saw this same show. Maynard at 4:04 AHH!! Love it!! He was the best RIP BossMan!!
How do buzzfeed videos get 1 million + views, and this is at 404,217 ? What is wrong with this world. :)
Bino Rush the world is 51.9 percent female, i think that’s your answer
@@Uustice.Ooolyck someone has girl problems
I saw Maynard on this tour! STILL have the 1982 vintage t-shirt, worn once!
love they left the Blue Birdland sign-off at the end, great video!
I saw several of these shows in the 80s un FUCKING REAL!!! stuff
I wish i could've seen him in concert!!! Loved his stuff!
one of the most amazing musicians ever RIP Boss!
I saw him at Lamar University like 1991 in Beaumont Texas. Love this!
This is some crazy sounding piece.
He was amazing! RIP Boss!!
haha so cool. One of his best songs covered.
Thanks for puttin git up =D
spectacular - GOAT!
The player is Stan Mark! One of the best to ever play with the Boss!
I can't believe it never crossed my mind that you can play screamo music on a trumpet. So brilliant!
Maynard played at my high school in the 70's and members of his band went into the audience.
My favorite part of being there live
I saw maynard in 1974 in Lakeland, Ohio........the clinic was phenominal - Maynard was by far an unbelievable educator --- and was standing 3' away from Stan Mark in the audiance during Hey Jude
Wath is the mouthpiece of maynard in this video is too awsome
irishbenocpa - He was at the Elmhurst Jazz Festival in the 80's and also North Side High School as well - I don't recall him at The Embassy. Dizzy Gillespie played the Embassy about that time period.
Why did anyone ever give this Ferguson guy money to play trumpet. It blows my mind!
When high frequencies
Reach you to heaven
Mr. Ferguson
is the stairway
what was great about maynard was he mentored so many trumpet players and taught them how to achieve the high range double c and above. he also worked with holton to develop unique as well as advanced horns. the superbone and the st303 firebird combo slide / valve trumpet
3:10 the sound you hear when the apocalypse is about to commence
Honestly did not expect to see Maynard on Soprano. Sweet!
Lol at the people commenting on here and dissing Maynard! Do you know who's the idol of those supposed "better" screamers? That's right. It's Maynard.
Met the Guy once late at night on the M4 near Bristol 40 year ago he was then and still is the Governor.
This RAW Beautiful Jazz of the 50 s where it was the best ever.0)))
+Emery Terry 60's-70's dude
Lol
Maynard would be proud brother. I'm up there in the double c range as well.
Yay fellow multi-instrumentalist! my bread and butter!
Maynard on a Soprano sax?!?!
dirtshaman yes
dirtshaman Couldn’t believe my eyes !
Saw this tour. Looks like Dave Mancini drums, Matt Bissonette(?) bass, Chris Braymen and Steve Wiest bones, Nelson Hill, Dan Jordan and Dennis DiBlasio saxes, Stan Mark, Alan Wise and Hoby Freeman tpts. Sorry can't see the piano player, but there was a guy named Ron Pedley around that time.
We can't talk. Only listen. MF was the best damn trumpet player we knew. Can't comment on any, in the past...or in the present, or in the future. RIP BOSS.
that's why he earned respect. :)
I agree so much with you...I wouldn't want to share company or stage with this guy...
@s3si1u First off - the Jet Tone was more designed for big band and jazz work than legit. Still, I've played a relatively shallow cup even during my years playing with the Boston Pops, so it can be done. Those guys - the trumpet section - stood in front of our table (all the Berklee College trumpet studs) at the Holiday Inn in Peabody and blasted that Hey Jude rift into our faces. We collectively fell over backwards. Dennis Noday, Bob Summers, Stan Mark, Joe Mosello. It was great!
Simplemente genial MF. Ese fraseo de la trompeta en esos niveles está vedado para la mayoría y eso que esta no es la versión completa.; otra de sus grandes es Mcarthur park
I went to college and lived down the hall from Steve Wiest, he could play. No doubt
Insane.
does anyone else listen to this all the time and every time say "Beatles aint got shit on this"?
Jet Tone,Baby!
3:36, lovin what looks like a bass clarinet mouthpiece on a flute.
Maynard on sop that’s madness
@monkeymike336 Pretty sure it's a tenor sax neck and mouthpiece on a flute body. I'm actually kind of tempted to try it. I think I will haha.
Whoa!!! I had know idea that Maynard could play saxophone! Holy smokes! (speaking from a guy who went from sax to trumpet, albeit painfully)
The definition of surround sound
I want that trumpet part. Any help with that?
Gawd thats good
@lilyellowduckiePhD
From the Trumpetmaster website, and Wayne Brenner:
"The Jettone MF 'cup' has a unique convex V shape on both versions, and there is no discernable bite on either. The biggest difference is in the throat size. The original had a rather large throat size of 19, as Maynard got into rather free blowing equipment, from the 1970s onward. Maynard Ferguson played on this model Jettone through most of the 70s."
@TheTrumpetLord i agree, but in the studio version he uses his trumpet for the whole song, i beleive, but nonetheless, one of my favorite Maynard tunes!
3:30 IS THAT MAN PLAYING A FLUTEAPHONE???
xoknight it's a soprano saxophone
i dont think it is
THATS AMAZING AHAHHA
last time I saw one of those was Mos Eisley Cantina!
Gage Miller next to the tenor player? (Not the bari, you can see it better at 3:36)
💯
Very epic
What notes are those that maynard plays during themain citrus
lets go macho!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi! Do you know what is the tittle of the song played since 4:55 ?
Moreover, Maybe anyone know where may I get big band scores for this song?
So true so sad
Was supreme
Anyone know what song that bit was at the end?
Blue Birdland
If only there were wireless clip on mics in those days.
maynard on sop..wat back then
Lindo
@themeleed It was hard for me. Im getting better at the sax progressively. For some it is, for some it isnt
What instrument is that in the back at 3:35 ?
he played at my school :)
getting a little older here, still great energy
is it hard to double with trumpet and sax? heard from some people it's hard to adjust to playing both and all. Always been curious though.
isn't that Stan Mark in the trpt. section, Dennis DiBlasio on bari. sax, Nelson Hill on alto sax .
At an MF concert at FSU in Tallahassee years ago, the plaster in the concert hall began to flake off.
In all seriousness - it sounds pretty good :)
Yes for sure somebody does, but it might be hard to find this individual.
Maynard was HOT!!! I love this.
Wow dood! You sure know how to make fun of people! Great Job! (-:
I heard MF live at the Texas state stage band contest in 66 or 67, in Brownwood Tx. As to the technical goes, Doc among others are more versatile, but in the late 60's in bumpkinville Tx, MF changed a bunch of young lives.
I wonder where this was recorded? Looks very similar to a show I was at.
@cadillacdude1975 Thanks for the reply
it's leisure suits and ledger lines