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Maynard Ferguson

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Aliases
Maynard Ferguson & Big Bop Nouveau
Maynard Ferguson and His Big Bop Nouveau Band
Maynard Ferguson and His Orchestra
Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra
Maynard Ferguson's Big Band
The Maynard Ferguson Sextet
Real name
Walter Maynard Ferguson
Born
May 4, 1928
Died
August 23, 2006
Country
Canada
IPI
00009967744 2 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player who recorded in a number of styles. Known for his ability to play in the extreme upper register of his trumpet.
Family
Kay Brown Wife
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Covers by Maynard Ferguson

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i   November 1957 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
i 2007 Bill Withers
i 1964 Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke
i 1968 Cilla Black
i   1954 Ivie Anderson BRD, Dick McDonough and Carl Kress Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Barry McKinley REC
  1961 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i   January 1950 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i Alright, O.K. You Win Maynard Ferguson December 1964 Unverified
i   December 1971 Warren Burton and Company PRF, The Company [Hair, Original Cast] REC,REL
  1982 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
i   1996 Peggy Lee with Victor Young and His Singing Strings REC, Patti Page BRD
2001 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL, Jo Stafford with Orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney
i 1978 Gerry Rafferty
i Baltimore Oriole Maynard Ferguson December 1964 Unverified
i 1996 Horace Silver
i 1996 Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Trummy Young, Shelly Manne, Clyde Hart, Oscar Pettiford
2001 Emilio Tuero PRF, Los Cadetes del Swing REC,REL, Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i   2007 Emilio Tuero PRF, Los Cadetes del Swing REC,REL
i 1978 Weather Report
i September 30, 1996 Weather Report
1961 Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra under the direction of Joe Lipman
i 1963 Elmer Bernstein
i 1986 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i December 1971 Simon and Garfunkel
i February 1959 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
  1961 Johnny Long and His Orchestra REC, Ginny Simms with Freddy Martin and His Orchestra BRD
i 1995 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i 1998 Lucio Dalla
i 1974 Herbie Hancock
i 1963 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
i 1963 The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
i 1963 Frank Sinatra - Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
i   1964 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
i 1972 James Taylor
i   February 1959 Jack Barker [US1] PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
i 1963 (unknown)
i   2007 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
2001 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, Dick Todd with Orchestra
1961 Billie Holiday with Orchestra directed by Bob Haggart
i February 1959 Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra
i 1964 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i November 1960 Mildred Bailey
  2001 Tom Coakley and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
i   November 1957 Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, James Stewart and Eleanor Powell [dubbed by Marjorie Lane] BRD
i February 1971 Laura Nyro
i Everyday I Have the Blues Maynard Ferguson December 1964 Unverified
i 1978 Earth, Wind & Fire
i December 1971 James Taylor
i 1962 Miles Davis Quartet
i   November 1957 John Payne BRD, Bing Crosby and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Betty Barclay REL
1977 Conducted & Orchestrated by Bill Conti
i Good-Bye Maynard Ferguson 1961 Unverified
i   1963 The Oscar Peterson Trio REC, Herb Ellis REL
i 1964 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
1961 June Carroll
1961 Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i   1962 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
i 1972 The Beatles
i   1959 Johnnie Ray - Orch. under dir. of Joe Reisman REC, John Raitt PRF
i I Believe to My Soul Maynard Ferguson December 1964 Unverified
i   1974 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
2001 Frank Sinatra
  1961 Harry Barris and His Band BRD, Will Osborne and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Will Osborne REC
i If He Walked into My Life Maynard Ferguson 1969 Unverified
i 1959 Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
February 1971 Edwards Hand
November 1957 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin
i   1995 Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
i   1959 Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
i   1998 Wilbur Evans PRF, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
November 1957 Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
i 1959 Harry James and His Orchestra
i 1963 Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jean Bowes
i July 1958 Barbara McNair
i November 1957 Lou Gold and His Orchestra
1961 Dick Powell
listen on Internet Archive i   November 1960 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
September 30, 1996 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1959 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
1961 Shirley Ross
i February 1959 Dorothy Squires with Orchestra directed by Billy Reid
listen on Internet Archive i November 1960 Claire Carleton
i I've Got a Woman Maynard Ferguson December 1964 Unverified
i   November 1957 The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD, Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra REC
i 1974 Paul McCartney & Wings
2001 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
i 1998 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
  2001 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
i 1974 Chick Corea
i 1962 Kaye Ballard
listen on Internet Archive i   November 1960 Irving Aaronson and His Commanders REC, Irene Bordoni and Arthur Margetson PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   November 1960 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REL, Nat Brandwynne and The Stork Club Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
  2001 Harold Arlen with Orchestral Acc. Dir. by Ray Sinatra REC, Art Jarrett BRD
i 1974 Stevie Wonder
i December 1971 Jethro Tull
i 1954 John Battles
  2001 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
i 1950 Ray Noble and His Orchestra
i   November 1957 Ruth Etting REC,REL,PRF
i November 1965 Johnny Mandel
i   February 1959 Jan Garber and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Russ Brown REC, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
i   1985 King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
  2001 King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
i 1964 (unknown)
i February 1971 Richard Harris [IE]
listen on Internet Archive i November 1960 Rosemary Clooney with Frank Comstock
i   1962 Larry Kert PRF,REC,REL
i Mary Ann Maynard Ferguson December 1964 Unverified
2001 Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
i September 30, 1996 Miles Davis
November 1957 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
i 1972 John Lennon
i December 1971 Janis Joplin
listen on Internet Archive i   November 1960 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   November 1957 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
2001 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
i 1964 Howard Lanin's Arcadia Orchestra
i December 1971 The Chiffons [US1], Billy Preston
i   1963 Jack Costanzo and His Orchestra REL, Billy May BRD
1961 Dick Haymes - With Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Gordon Jenkins
i Night Train Maynard Ferguson December 1964 Unverified
i   1960 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i 1963 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1996 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
  1985 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i   1964 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Peter Matz REC,REL, Barbra Streisand PRF
i 1959 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1964 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
i   1959 Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
1961 Nat "King" Cole
i 1982 The Kids [Sesame Street]
i 1959 Benny Goodman Sextet
  1961 Larry Kert REC,REL,PRF
i 1960 (unknown)
i 1954 Judy Garland
i 1972 Blood, Sweat & Tears
  1961 Jackie & Roy REC, Jerri Winters - With Orchestra conducted by Don Costa REL
listen on Internet Archive i   November 1960 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
1980 Earth, Wind & Fire
i   1990 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Choruses by Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen REL, Stephane Grappelly and His Quartet - With George Shearing at the Piano (Vocalist : Beryl Davis) REC, Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i   1978 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i 1959 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
i December 1971 Laura Nyro
  1961 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i   November 1965 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1968 Mieko Hirota - Billy Taylor Trio
i 1963 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i November 1960 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i February 1959 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i February 1959 Virginia Verrill
i   2007 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
listen on Internet Archive i August 1951 Derk Gootjes, Paul Weston and His Orchestra - Violin Solo by Paul Nero
i   November 1957 Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms REC, Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REL
1961 Gene Austin
listen on Internet Archive i November 1960 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i 1978 The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Stu Phillips
i 1972 Isaac Hayes
i 1977 Leonard Nimoy
i 1972 Michel Legrand
listen on Internet Archive i   November 1960 Judy Holliday, Ensemble PRF, Carmen McRae with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis REC,REL
November 1957 Tullio Carminati
i 1974 Barbra Streisand
i 1954 Fred Astaire
1961 Chet Baker, June Christy - Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo
i   February 1959 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
i 1962 The Harmonians - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman
i   1954 Broadway Nitelites - Vocal Chorus by Franklyn Baur REC,REL, William Gaxton & Constance Carpenter PRF
i 1959 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ralph Young
  1961 Ada Moore & Enid Mosier PRF, The Four Lads REL
i 1968 The Capitols - Arr. & Cond. by Mike Terry, The Young-Holt Trio
i 1963 Herbie Hancock
i What'd I Say Maynard Ferguson December 1964 Unverified
i February 1959 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Trumpet by Billy Butterfield
listen on Internet Archive i August 1951 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Trumpet by Billy Butterfield
1961 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen O'Connell
1961 Shannon Bolin
i 1996 The Horace Silver Quintet
i 1963 Lee Morgan Sextet
i 2007 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
i   July 1958 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1980 Boz Scaggs
listen on Internet Archive i   November 1960 Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL
i   December 1971 Elton John REC, Three Dog Night REL

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Message from Newport Maynard Ferguson 1958 Roulette
Body & Soul Maynard Ferguson 1986 Black Hawk Records
Boy with Lots of Brass Maynard Ferguson November 1957 EmArcy
Brass Attitude Maynard Ferguson & Big Bop Nouveau 1998 Concord Jazz
Carnival Maynard Ferguson 1978 Columbia [US]
Chameleon Maynard Ferguson 1974 Columbia [US]
Color Him Wild Maynard Ferguson 1964 Mainstream Records
Come Blow Your Horn Maynard Ferguson's Big Band 1963 Cameo [US2]
Conquistador Maynard Ferguson 1977 Columbia [US]
Dimensions Maynard Ferguson 1954 EmArcy
Double Exposure Chris Connor and Maynard Ferguson 1961 Atlantic
High Voltage 2 Maynard Ferguson 1990 Intima
It's My Time Maynard Ferguson 1980 Columbia [US]
Let's Face the Music and Dance Maynard Ferguson and His Orchestra November 1960 Roulette
Maynard '62 Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra 1962 Roulette
Maynard '64 Maynard Ferguson 1964 Roulette
Maynard Ferguson Maynard Ferguson December 1971 Columbia [US]
Maynard Ferguson Live from San Francisco Maynard Ferguson 1985 TBA Records & Tapes
Maynard Ferguson Plays Jazz for Dancing Maynard Ferguson 1959 Roulette
M.F. Horn Maynard Ferguson February 1971 Columbia [US]
M.F. Horn Two Maynard Ferguson 1972 Columbia [US]
Newport Suite Maynard Ferguson 1960 Roulette
One More Trip to Birdland Maynard Ferguson & Big Bop Nouveau September 30, 1996 Concord Jazz
Ridin' High Maynard Ferguson 1968 Enterprise [US2]
Special Delivery Tito Puente featuring Maynard Ferguson 1996 Concord Picante
Storm Maynard Ferguson 1982 Palo Alto Records
Swingin' My Way Through College Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra February 1959 Roulette
Swingin' Schuur Diane Schuur, Maynard Ferguson 2001 Concord Jazz
The Maynard Ferguson Sextet The Maynard Ferguson Sextet November 1965 Mainstream Records
The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson and His Orchestra Maynard Ferguson 1963 Cameo [US2]
The One and Only Maynard Ferguson Maynard Ferguson and His Big Bop Nouveau Band 2007 (self-released)
These Cats Can Swing! Maynard Ferguson & Big Bop Nouveau 1995 Concord Jazz
Two's Company Maynard Ferguson and Chris Connor 1961 Roulette

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