Search results for "Maynard Ferguson"

Maynard Ferguson: Love Locked Out (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music February 06, 08

Maynard Ferguson led an impressive band in Canada as a teen, and would soon join the bands of Jimmy Dorsey, Boyd Raeb...

Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson: Summertime (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 30, 08

Chris Connor and Maynard Ferguson worked together while in Stan Kenton's band, and when they both became jazz stars a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SUMMERTIME

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The Loudhorns: Give It One (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music May 08, 09

A band fronted by seven of the top Nashville horn session players, The Loudhorns salute a time in the late sixties an...

Clifford Brown: What is This Thing Called Love (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

This lengthy, minimally arranged track provides an opportunity to compare and contrast the improvising styles of thre...

Stan Kenton: Sambo (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

During his decades helming jazz's most overpopulated band, through whose ranks trooped hundreds of musicians, Stan Ke...

Stan Kenton: Invention for Guitar and Trumpet (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

Kenton first heard of Willis Holman when Gene Roland played Stan a recording of a 12-tone contrapuntal blues that Bil...

Stan Kenton: Evening in Pakistan (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 22, 07

Like the proverbial Ark, Stan Kenton's behemoth Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra included at least two of every ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ EXOTICA

Exotica is armchair tourism. We experience foreign strangeness without the hassles of leaving home. No passports, imm...

Stan Kenton: Trajectories (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

As usual, Stan Kenton was ahead of the curve. His Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra was an icebreaker, intrepidly...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL 'THIRD STREAM' PERFORMANCES

A few years after longtime Metropolitan Opera French hornist Gunther Schuller assisted in Miles Davis's Birth of the ...

Stan Kenton: Frank Speaking (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

By 1952, Kenton was leading an ensemble called “New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm” and continued to attract excellen...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Stan Kenton: All the Things You Are (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Kenton admired Gerry Mulligan, but didn't like his attitude or his insistence on everything played his way. Yet for a...

Maynard Ferguson: Oleo (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

Some people detest Maynard Ferguson. These are mostly dog-owners whose canines cower whenever Maynard assaults the oz...

Ferguson, Maynard (Walter) posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 08

Trumpeter Maynard Ferguson played with exceptional power, and was the first to conquer the "screech" range above high...

Ellis, Don (Donald Johnson) posted in Encyclopedia March 19, 09

Jazz critic Leonard Feather once predicted Don Ellis would replace Stan Kenton as the premier ensemble innovator i...

Wyatt, Bob (Robert David) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Wyatt, Bob (Robert David), drummer, educator; b. Baltimore, MD, 15 September 1946. Bob grew up in Dundalk, suburb of...

Palombi, Phil (Phillip Richard) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Palombi, Phil (Phillip Richard), bass; b. Youngstown, OH, 12 August 1970. He grew up 20 minutes outside of Youngstown...

Marriott, Thomas (Paul) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Marriott, Thomas (Paul), trumpet, flugelhorn; b. Seattle, WA, 16 December 1975. His mom is Helen Plut Marriott (DOB 9...

V, Frankie (Frank Vardaros) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

V, Frankie [Frank Vardaros], trumpeter, flugelhornist; b. Long Island, NY, 16 December 1964. His parents are Frank an...

Giuffre, Jimmy (James Peter) posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09

Reedist, composer and musical visionary Jimmy Giuffre's career spanned six decades and many styles. Best known as the...

Zawinul, Joe (Josef Erich) posted in Encyclopedia February 25, 08

Joe Zawinul was at the forefront of bridging jazz with world music, and one of the first to introduce electronic soun...

Erskine, Peter (Clark) posted in Encyclopedia June 20, 08

Drummer Peter Erskine is known for his versatility. In work which spans from Stan Kenton and Maynard Ferguson to Ste...

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