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It‘s not your everyday big band that has three simultaneous scream trumpet players on every song. Nevertheless, it is what has come to be expected from the master trumpeter-band leader Maynard ...

Even if you don’t own a single jazz record and think that Miles Davis might play for the Knicks, you’ve heard the hearty horn of Maynard Ferguson. That’s him giving all on his trumpet in “Gonna Fly ...

BEAVER CREEK – Jazz musician and Grammy-nominated trumpet master Maynard Ferguson will host an after-school workshop and discussion for Eagle County band students and a public concert at the Vilar ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A salute to Maynard Ferguson, one of the jazz world's flashiest trumpeters, colors American Music Review's annual Stagedoor Spectacular at 8 p.m. Friday, March 4, in the Long ...

LOS ANGELES - Jazz trumpeter and big-band leader Walter "Maynard" Ferguson, famed for his screaming solos and ability to hit blisteringly high notes, has died at age 78, associates said today. The ...