[Dixielandjazz] Maynard Ferguson clips

[AL LEVY]

I don't have any "clips" to link to but..

I first heard Maynard back in the forties.
I feel really fortunate to be teaching with Bob Odneal
at San Jac South in Houston, (last 2 years)
Bob played with M.F. for a while.

(slight digression) I have a page dedicated to Stan Mark
on my web site. I'd like to update it with his current address.

Maynard played at the school - one concert each year.
Our Jazz band played the first set and we sat on stage with
the great Maynard while his group played.
Later we chatted in the "green" room.
Maynard and I talked about his days with Charlie Barnet,
Stan Kenton and the Birdland Dream Band - 1952 or there abouts.
He has always been one of my idols.
About ten years ago I made up a cd containing the rarest, not necessarilly
the best, recordings of Maynard Ferguson.

"All The Things You Are" with Charlie Barnet:
Came out on 78 rpm shellac. Mrs. Jerome Kern heard it and demanded
it be taken off the market. The record company complied. Perhaps 50
to 100 copies were sold.

Anyway, I sell the "mini show", specially produced cd on my web site
for $15.00 + shipping.
Anyone on this list - Dixieland Jazz - wanting a copy - send me an email.
$10.00 for members. Here's a list of what is on the cd.

Maynard Ferguson Special
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Stan Kenton - From Prologue: "This Is An Orchestra"
"Maynard Ferguson"-Stan Kenton Orch. From Stan Kenton Presents
78's Charlie Barnet And The Orchestra / Capitol (78) 843
All The Things You Are : Master # 4899-Y
Ill Wind / Master # 4901-Z (Vocal: Trudy Richards) Capitol 57-640
Gloomy Sunday : Master # 3773-Z Vocal:Trudy Richards
Be-Bop Spoken Here : Master #3772-Y
Transcriptions

Artist: Charlie Barnet Label: World Program Service 300/6279,6283
My Heart Isn`t In It
Saltin` Away My Sweet 
Dreams
Gulf Coast Blues
In A Mellow Tone

Label: Lang Worth 822 Vocals: Chuck Andrews & Peanuts Holland
That Real Romance
Things Aint What They Used To Be
I Like To Riff
Midsummer Nocturne

Artist: Maynard Ferguson The Birdland Dreamband 
VIK LX-1070 (Sept 1956)
Personnel: Maynard, Al De Risi, Nick Travis, Joe Ferrante,
Jimmy Cleveland, Sonny Russo, Eddie Bert, Al Cohn, Budd Johnson,
Herb Geller, Ernie Wilkins, Hank Jones, Milt Hinton & Jimmy Campbell

Arrangers: Bob Brookmeyer, Jimmy Giuffre, Bill Holman,
Marty Paich, Manny Albam & John Mandel

Tunes:
The Wailing Boat
Somebody Wants Me Down There
Maynard The Fox
Blue Birdland
Great Guns
Lady Bug
More West
Still Water Stomp

Cheers,
Al
Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Conductor, Teacher and Music Prep.
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