Yes Dave Mancini is correct. This was just before he left and the bass player Matt Bissonnette's brother Gregg came in.......and we all know how that went!!😁
Diblasio is awesome! Love MF in this, such a beast! Here's a recent take I did with a Seattle band - let me know what you think! ruclips.net/video/B1ixzAU9Vsc/видео.html
With great memories I can say I was able to play this song with Dennis DiBlasio when he came to Orchard Park High in 1988. We played this song for over 15 minutes and we had every instrument in the school take a solo. What great memories for me.
We used to do that when I was a student, if we needed to fluff out a gig or something. Play the head of any piece, then 12-bar all the solos. We also weren't that good back then. ;-)
I've loved Maynards albulms since I was in high school, but the part I love the best is that his first chair trumpet gets an octave higher sometimes, and he's IN TUNE! LOL
Hands down the greatest horn player I've seen in my lifetime. I was a jazz trumpet player and saw him in high school in 1979, in Garden Grove, Ca. Absolutely My greatest inspiration as a teenager playing in jazz band. MF horn 1 and 2 are some of my most beloved and treasured albums.. got to shake the hand of the man. Also saw him at Disneyland. Jazz orchestras are something else that is disappearing in front of our eyes. But I won't let it die. I still play Air trumpet, like I did in 1977,..probably the only kid on my block ever to do that. When I saw him at Garden Grove high he started to give the intro to a Sonny Rollins tune; and from the front row I screamed, " Airegin" He looks out at the audience and says, "Oh ! , we've got some be- boppers in the crowd tonight.," td
Leave it to Maynard Ferguson and the boys in the band to take that well-known children’s song and turn it into a masterpiece of jazz. The baritone saxophonist was on fire. So was Maynard. I got to see those guys live at Cuesta Community College in 1977 while I was a student there. Good times indeed.
Ok, I'm going to say it. Lot of different schools of thought but Stan Mark was the greatest lead trumpet Maynard ever had! He played when Maynard wasn't playing, filling in space, and made you think it was Maynard. For years,.... listening to recordings there were places I thought it was Maynard and it was Stan filling in. Copped his style perfectly - dare I say better at times.
as good as stan mark may have been, everyone has a dark side and he was a very evil backstabbing man. if anyone knows how he treated and talked to craig anderson, you know what i am talking about.
cadillacdude1975 Hmm. Don't know anything about personal history or behavior. Have learned after all the years to separate the person from the performance and legacy they left. I do believe in being a good person. Not saying that's not important. I think that really counts. But whenever I've heard things about heroes of mine - William Shatner, Arnold Swarzenegger, even Doc Sevrinsen and Maynard I try to filter that out of the other positive qualities they translated to me through their performance. Yeah, it's unfortunate when people forget how to be good to people. Seems that has a way of working it's self out through universal karma, or whatever you want to call it, eventually. Still loved Stan the player. Man! What a sound!
I wonder how many people get you screen name and profile pic, haha! (I do) Doc and Maynard are my trumpet heroes. Regretfully, I have never seen Doc in person and Maynard only twice: For his HOT album and during the High Voltage era.....both times were fantastic!
My school got Maynard and his crew at the time to come play a gig in our theater. Sold out show. He demanded a steak dinner and red wine. It was godlike.
Stan Mark was a great lead player but on the next album Maynard put out after Mark was fired Alan Wise hit it out of the park on the Live from San Francisco album and that was a very difficult book to play out of.
Maynard. Was freaking god... I Challenger anyone hit the notes that he hits at his precision....... Wynton Marsalis has no chance of getting within two octaves of what Maynard could do and do effortlessly He is the Buddy Rich of trumpets and we should be very thankful that we were able to see him perform live thank you RUclips
Amen Marc. Maynard is 20 times the trumpet player and musician that his critics ever were. I know of no trumpet player who could play his book every night like he did. He was a freak of nature.
my brother left this cd at my house when I was a freshman in highschool... never left my cd player. I would be lying in bed at night trying to sleep listening to this track and snapping my fingers wishing it was me on stage.
Maynards ability to play insane high regester is mind blowing.... Who else can shake a triple c.... Like no one ever.... Ridiculas talent...... Rip Maynard...... You have us the standard to all jazz trumpet players will follow ... But no o,e will ever be you.
Really?! Sorry, I guess I'm a little surprised...but it was the theme for Sesame Street long before Maynard took it. Maynard was known for taking themes from popular TV Shows and Movies and jazzing them up: Star Trek (Original), Battlestar Galactica (original), Rocky, Sesame Street.....
Great arrangement but it seems like there's a ghost trumpeter blasting so of the higher notes, not MF. Watch for him not playing yet we are still hearing parts of the solo... Well, I'm sure it's exhausting on tour and there's times when you have to get a break... oh well. Maynard is a great arranger and great chops too.
Storm was one of the first albums I ever owned, and it’s still one of my favorites of any genre. The version of Sesame Street on there is killer. The sax solo is even better IMHO.
I got to play with the man that composed this song (Dennis DiBlasio). Absolute genius. I'd have to say it was the privilege of a lifetime. Did you know Maynard had never even heard of Sesame Street before performing it the first time?
I hate it when my fellow trumpets in my band go higher than the trumpet sounds nice, but this guy is accepteble, he sounds great and even better in the high notes
Same. And we’re performing it live in front of my entire city at a festival. I’ve only played trombone for a month so I’m praying to god I can pull something out of myself today.
Going to have to agree with you, there. When I first heard MF, it was a grand moment. After listing to a lot of what he had, I realized most of them were just cookie cutter formulas of the last one. I had to quit this video because it was just routine MF without much deviation at all. Compared to other squeal-y jazz, MF ranks pretty high. This tune, compared with his other material, is pretty plain TBH.
I've never seen someone hold their trumpet like Mr. Ferguson haha uneccessary tuning slides. Anyone know why he holds it like that leverage? pressure prevention?
Take a simple song and turn it into something amazing..shows what you can do with jazz.
The original is way better
The man set the theme from Sesame Street to big band jazz! Sesame Street! Oh my gosh! What a guy!
This band is amazing
A kick ass chart.
I dont remember seeing big bird dance to this!
Such a cool take on a childhood memory
Ahhhhh....feelgood jazz!
I remember playing in high school
@MrTrumpetkid24
That'd be Alan Wise. Magnificent musician, and I got the privilege to play with him too. I'd have to say these men are genius's.
Who ´s on drums here?
erik smith Looks like Dave Mancini.
Yes Dave Mancini is correct. This was just before he left and the bass player Matt Bissonnette's brother Gregg came in.......and we all know how that went!!😁
Diblasio is awesome! Love MF in this, such a beast! Here's a recent take I did with a Seattle band - let me know what you think! ruclips.net/video/B1ixzAU9Vsc/видео.html
Don'[t worry, Chuck Norris will roundhouse kick the two dislikes....
wouldnt waste my time. every arrangement sounds the same...overplayed with no finesse.
Oscar got Grouchy because he couldn't play an instrument and shrunk their tee shirts
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How this comment doesn't have more likes is beyond me..... On a side note playing this in jazz band and holly F we're playing this way under tempo 😅
With great memories I can say I was able to play this song with Dennis DiBlasio when he came to Orchard Park High in 1988. We played this song for over 15 minutes and we had every instrument in the school take a solo. What great memories for me.
my father played on Dennis DiBlasio's reed
Dennis DiBlasio did the same thing at my high school in 1993. I will never forget it.
Lucky to have him as an instructor at school. Man’s educational talent is unmatched
I had the opportunity to share a stage with Denis in 1988 at the Midwest Clinic…great memories as well!
The tune's AABA, but the solos are 12-bar blues? Interesting.
+John Miller ....They might have learned that trick from me.. I do that with the Andy Griffith .. and the flintstones theme on my channel..
We used to do that when I was a student, if we needed to fluff out a gig or something.
Play the head of any piece, then 12-bar all the solos.
We also weren't that good back then. ;-)
4:48 sums up Maynard in 3 seconds
R.I.P Maynard Ferguson: The most talented trumpet player I have ever seen.
I've loved Maynards albulms since I was in high school, but the part I love the best is that his first chair trumpet gets an octave higher sometimes, and he's IN TUNE! LOL
Hands down the greatest horn player I've seen in my lifetime. I was a jazz trumpet player and saw him in high school in 1979, in Garden Grove, Ca. Absolutely My greatest inspiration as a teenager playing in jazz band. MF horn 1 and 2 are some of my most beloved and treasured albums.. got to shake the hand of the man. Also saw him at Disneyland. Jazz orchestras are something else that is disappearing in front of our eyes. But I won't let it die. I still play Air trumpet, like I did in 1977,..probably the only kid on my block ever to do that. When I saw him at Garden Grove high he started to give the intro to a Sonny Rollins tune; and from the front row I screamed, " Airegin" He looks out at the audience and says, "Oh ! , we've got some be- boppers in the crowd tonight.," td
Who played bari sax? God damn.
Dennis Diblasio!
DB rocks. DC rules. 'nuff said. +1
Hoots the Owl
I don't know.
I met him last year. He is such a nice bloke!
This should be played on the actual show...
Leave it to Maynard Ferguson and the boys in the band to take that well-known children’s song and turn it into a masterpiece of jazz. The baritone saxophonist was on fire. So was Maynard. I got to see those guys live at Cuesta Community College in 1977 while I was a student there. Good times indeed.
Making it to that school buss with a little swing in your step.
I was listening to another song by Maynard and I saw this on a list of video and I wanted to listen to this and my reaction was shocked and amazed.
KillerKenzie12 same
KillerKenzie12 Amazing!!!!!
Ok, I'm going to say it. Lot of different schools of thought but Stan Mark was the greatest lead trumpet Maynard ever had! He played when Maynard wasn't playing, filling in space, and made you think it was Maynard. For years,.... listening to recordings there were places I thought it was Maynard and it was Stan filling in. Copped his style perfectly - dare I say better at times.
as good as stan mark may have been, everyone has a dark side and he was a very evil backstabbing man. if anyone knows how he treated and talked to craig anderson, you know what i am talking about.
cadillacdude1975
Hmm. Don't know anything about personal history or behavior. Have learned after all the years to separate the person from the performance and legacy they left. I do believe in being a good person. Not saying that's not important. I think that really counts. But whenever I've heard things about heroes of mine - William Shatner, Arnold Swarzenegger, even Doc Sevrinsen and Maynard I try to filter that out of the other positive qualities they translated to me through their performance. Yeah, it's unfortunate when people forget how to be good to people. Seems that has a way of working it's self out through universal karma, or whatever you want to call it, eventually. Still loved Stan the player. Man! What a sound!
+assignmentearth Doc is a jerk. lol
You want to meet some humble, nice trumpet cats? Allen Vizzutti & Wayne Bergeron. Awesome, and totally Down-To-Earth.
I wonder how many people get you screen name and profile pic, haha! (I do)
Doc and Maynard are my trumpet heroes. Regretfully, I have never seen Doc in person and Maynard only twice: For his HOT album and during the High Voltage era.....both times were fantastic!
My school got Maynard and his crew at the time to come play a gig in our theater. Sold out show. He demanded a steak dinner and red wine. It was godlike.
Pure power!! Love the baritone sax solo!!
wow, what a GROOVY Sesame Street! I want to live there!
Denis Diblasio was and still is amazing.
How music touches the soul❤
me too
Stan Mark was a great lead player but on the next album Maynard put out after Mark was fired Alan Wise hit it out of the park on the Live from San Francisco album and that was a very difficult book to play out of.
love the shake at the start from stan
why did we not do this arrangement in Griffin band..
I miss the Boss. met him a number of times. He was my trumpet hero.
Maynard Ferguson = coolest trumpet player in human history!!!!
That bari sax solo is incredible! :o
Maynard. Was freaking god...
I Challenger anyone hit the notes that he hits at his precision.......
Wynton Marsalis has no chance of getting within two octaves of what Maynard could do and do effortlessly
He is the Buddy Rich of trumpets and we should be very thankful that we were able to see him perform live thank you RUclips
Amen Marc. Maynard is 20 times the trumpet player and musician that his critics ever were. I know of no trumpet player who could play his book every night like he did. He was a freak of nature.
Maynard can hit low notes O.o ! Lol. Wow this is amazing
My friend wanted to play jazz, so I sent her this. I think it was a mistake.
hehehe
my brother left this cd at my house when I was a freshman in highschool... never left my cd player. I would be lying in bed at night trying to sleep listening to this track and snapping my fingers wishing it was me on stage.
Maynards ability to play insane high regester is mind blowing....
Who else can shake a triple c....
Like no one ever....
Ridiculas talent......
Rip Maynard......
You have us the standard to all jazz trumpet players will follow ...
But no o,e will ever be you.
Maynard always had such great musicians in his band. That was one of the things that made him so popular, people came to see him Maynard’s guys.
I love that bari sax/flute guy with the billy mays style beard!!
was the theme song taken from this or was this taken from the show
Really?! Sorry, I guess I'm a little surprised...but it was the theme for Sesame Street long before Maynard took it.
Maynard was known for taking themes from popular TV Shows and Movies and jazzing them up: Star Trek (Original), Battlestar Galactica (original), Rocky, Sesame Street.....
Yeah, I am not going to sound like the trumpet player for the next decade. I might as well stop now.
Practice practice practice
Great arrangement but it seems like there's a ghost trumpeter blasting so of the higher notes, not MF. Watch for him not playing yet we are still hearing parts of the solo...
Well, I'm sure it's exhausting on tour and there's times when you have to get a break... oh well.
Maynard is a great arranger and great chops too.
Maynard played all of his stuff here - no one was playing for him.
Dennis diBlasio is the arranger.
God, this guy has an amazing set of chops. Well done! Love the Sesame St. theme song.
I love it!!! Anything he arranges sounds so beautiful
the one person that disliked it went on an adventure with Dora instead of going to Sesame Street
Storm was one of the first albums I ever owned, and it’s still one of my favorites of any genre. The version of Sesame Street on there is killer. The sax solo is even better IMHO.
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Diblasio is one of those rare baritone heroes. A beast!
I got to play with the man that composed this song (Dennis DiBlasio). Absolute genius. I'd have to say it was the privilege of a lifetime.
Did you know Maynard had never even heard of Sesame Street before performing it the first time?
Love this chart. Maynard was so gifted. He could play so well.
The people that didn't like this video are music haters... this is truly Awesome!!!.....
What a great band and arrangement! Curious, everyone is playing by memory except the drummer? He was a beast but a sub for the gig?
On the sheet music that jw Pepper has, I think it is lowered a major 2nd from this video... Am I Right?
man i havent seen a bari sax solo in a while! good show!
Saw Maynard a few times in the early eighties. Great show.
another fun song to put in a medley when playing jazz tunes
Talent pure and simple
I love denis diblasio!
If you listen carefully....The BOSS rules. What a rock & roll type Upper Register arrangement. Man, Maynard was ON that night!! Excellent!! Wowzers!
Damn Matt can lay down a smooth bass line!!
I hate it when my fellow trumpets in my band go higher than the trumpet sounds nice, but this guy is accepteble, he sounds great and even better in the high notes
Captian Bigums acceptable? Are you kidding me
He's not just acceptable, he's a god!
Drummer sucks. Plays the same fills and rhythms throughout the whole arrangement.
Denis DiBlasio Bari Sax solo!
The only man who could play "Mary Had A Little Lamb" and make it sound completely epic and Wagnerian.
Played this song my freshman year, very challenging but one of my favorites.
It's my freshman year and I'm playing it
Same. And we’re performing it live in front of my entire city at a festival. I’ve only played trombone for a month so I’m praying to god I can pull something out of myself today.
that bari...damn...i think i know what love is
I would like to live on this most jazzy Sesame Street
The many weird faces of maynard
0:26 a joke that all trombonist eventually do 😂
is that stan mark? he looks a little too... big for that...
Love, love, LOVE this hot arrangement.
Going to have to agree with you, there. When I first heard MF, it was a grand moment. After listing to a lot of what he had, I realized most of them were just cookie cutter formulas of the last one. I had to quit this video because it was just routine MF without much deviation at all. Compared to other squeal-y jazz, MF ranks pretty high. This tune, compared with his other material, is pretty plain TBH.
This band really blows.
were gonna play this in a jazz concert
....but why did they all wear such tight t-shirts?
I dunno , but am glad I wasn't the guy having to wash them.
tour shirts and light becuase its hot up there
Bless You Maynard F
This is simply once again....insanely superb material. Period.
Effortless...my head still spins.
this gave me the utmost respect for Sesame Street!
I've never seen someone hold their trumpet like Mr. Ferguson haha uneccessary tuning slides. Anyone know why he holds it like that leverage? pressure prevention?
Personal preference
It's called the screamer trumpet grip
I've commented on this video before but at 4:50 did he actually hit a C8??!!!
Holy mother of God.
I only have 2 lungs, Maynard must have had like 8!!
Cool stuff. ..on another level.
Awesome song and musicians in this!
an answer for Jack Honeybone... he's playin' Sesame Street Theme - Because he Can make it swing this hard ! ! ! !
M.F.Super High..!😂👍
Brought to you by the letters: "JAM!" Thanks for sharing.
Bari sax solo COOKS
what the hell did maynard play on that last note for his solo after the bari? was that even note? invented note.... M flat.
@dxarmy94 my teacher toured with his band and was given a mouthpiece by maynard
Jet-Tone, baby!
i love the bari sax solo. at first he's like i suck, then he's like im just fucking with you guys then does a rippin solo for a bit.
does anyone know the names of the trumpet players in the band?
I find it hard to believe that Wayne Bergeron played with Maynard at some point in time, just because I can't imagine Wayne with that kid of hair
Neurotic may be a tad far fetched.
Perhaps in the late years of his illustrious career.....
That guy could blow.
He had it all. RIP Boss.
goo goo ga ga
Maynard reminds me of my neurotic high school band teacher from the late '70s.