Maynard will always be my hero. In my opinion he will always be the greatest trumpet player ever. I was fortunate to see him in concert twice in the 80's, I'll never forget in 1985 we were playing in Kansas City for high school competition, and Maynard came through the lobby of the Phillips House Hotel, we were all star struck, he was and still is a major influence in my playing. And Steve you are a phenomenal trombone player, I know you will cherish your experiences with Maynard, and the other musicians in his band for the rest of your life. Long live "The Boss".
Thanks so much Jessica! I agree: Maynard was a once-in-a-generation (or longer!) artist. We are not likely to see his ilk again...and definitely not in the midst of the "perfect storm" of societal and music business aspects that came together at the most opportune spot in music history for him to not only exist, but to flourish as well. Everything happened at just the right time and at the center of it all was the force of nature known as Maynard Ferguson. He was my friend, mentor and brother and I am a far better person for having known him.
Simply fantastic playing and writing. For such a small combo an amazingly full sound. Being a huge fan of the big band, having heard them live 5 or more times in the 70s and 80s this combo kicks it hard. I still remember Bruce Johnson, Ferdinand Povel, Andy Mcintosh, Bob Summers, Linn Biviano and Lynn Nicholson. I expected a bit of a let down with the smaller ensembles, but ate my words. Seeing the Live in San Fransico tour in concert. It was one of the best Maynard shows I've seen. Steve, your playing stands clear above the other bone players I have ever heard. Your range was exceptional or course, but the notes and phrasing of your solos it what clearly set you apart. Watrous and Pugh were the best I have heard before you came along. Thanks for these memories. As a retired lead player I have toured with the Ice Follies, Ringling Bros, Circus, Natalie Cole, as well as playing in my hometown of St. Louis for 30+ years. Thanks again, and good luck to you.
Hi Paul. Thanks so very much for your kind words. Sounds to me like you have had an AMAZING career. Bravo my friend! Gotta tell ya: playing in Maynard's band and having the privilege of getting to know the great man set up EVERYTHING in my life that has followed. What a blessing! And...it is a gift that keeps giving. Not a day goes by when I am not cognizant of his profound influence in my life. RE writing for the smaller ensemble, it was always our goal to make the band somehow sound like a full big band. What an education I received in this 24/7-365 music laboratory! I found myself paired with super-talented people from Eastman, North Texas, Miami, et al...such as Denis DiBlasio, Matt Harris, Chris Braymen and Tim Reis, to name but a few. We all had early-tech solid state Cascio mini keyboards with headphone splitters so that we could "check in" and listen to what each other were working on. It was GLORIOUS!
I come back and visit this ever so often. Stan Mark, Alan Wise, Dennis Diblasio, Steve Wiest, Dave Mancini. My early teachers. 3:38.....it's like "Where's Waldo", except it's, 'Where's Maynard'. Oh, he's up with the trumpet section now. Loved seeing that. We laughed in delight at that. So much fun.
+Roderick Throgmorton Ha! Well I think you would have loved those years as I did Roderick. Maynard was a joy to be around both musically and as a person/mentor. Electricity, excitement, laughter and happiness were his hallmarks and it influenced all of us. Thanks so much for your kind words!
Stan mark was a cracking lead player! It's such a physical instrument to play and then to become a lead trumpet player oh my god! I know been doing it myself for over 20yrs playing lots of these arrangements and I ain't bad it's bloody hard ! Too all those trumpet players out there fair play and hands off always help your lead it's bloody hard!!
Steve you were an amazing player back then....between you and Nick Lane my head would explode. I was in high school and I was at THIS SHOW!!! I was there in the audience. Thank you so much for posting this sir!!
Thank you Brother Ryan! Nick is a dear friend and a marvelous musician. He makes my head explode too! Here is what I'm up to these days: steve-wiest.com. Thanks again for the kind words!
Steve, this was one of the first performances of Maynard's band I heard as a young student, simulcast on the local radio station. I sat in the audience several times during and after your time on the band, and was really excited and impressed every time. Thanks for your contribution to this group and all the other contributions you've made to music since then. It's great to listen again to these shows and feel just like I did 30+ years ago, almost as if it was happening live again; Recordings like these are a big reason I picked up my horn again after the age of 40. Thanks.
Thank you so much Michael! Being with Maynard has made everything in my life possible. It continues to be a great honor, and I seem to learn a little something more everyday from what he taught all of us on his band.
The whole thing you guys had going with “Fireshaker” - I saw Maynard 18+ times from ‘78 to ‘06- and C Champ. = Really Great Collaboration ♥️☺️. Fusion meets Ellington by way of Mikes and Coltrane and Chuck Mangione. A very magical inspiration to my soul …
DY-NO-MITE!!!!!...I LOVE this video;Keep coming back to it. The youthful energy, and synergy with the audience is compelling...and irresistible.Just ...WOW!!!
Oh, my god!! Maynard Ferguson came to my highschool in 1977, he was so impressed with my brother, who played Trombone. He offered him a free summer jazz camp that year!
What a band!! I was a huge fan of Maynard's starting in the late 70's! Played in all bands in high school and our director made a point of turning us on to him, so much so that he came to our school my sophomore year (74-75) and played a concert that transformed my life! Began playing valve trombone, picked up an ST 302 MF horn, which got stolen from my house! Unfortunately, I haven't found one I liked as much, since. A Superbone fell into my lap in 1980 (I still play that!!) and was lucky enough to purchase a MF Firebird from MF alumnus Nick Drozzdoff, just a little over a year ago! I just wish I could pull off Maynard's Incredible shit! Great solo Steve!!
Yep, he played at my high school in the 80’s. My Uncle Danny is playing backup trumpet in this video too. The middle guy with the famous whites guy perm.
A woman cut in front of me, in 7-11. I didn't say a word, no big deal, but her husband did. He said" don't cut in front of that young man with the cool maynard shirt on. Haha. His wife says"do you really know who that is"? He proudly replies, " yes I have many of his signature trumpets. Thanks for the music Maynard...
Had the pleasure of seeing him in the 80’s in canton ohio and also at Bowling Green st univ. what a treat. Still listen to this today. Loved it then but love it even more now
+Steve Wiest Also, Noticed that your composition "South 21st Shuffle" was posted as "out of print" on some page I visited. Is this so? Always was one of my favorite Maynard charts. Possibly because I once lived on 21st Ave. At the time in the city of S/F where you all recorded the "Live At The Great American Music Hall" vinyl. Am with a working band (kinda anyway lol) in No Cal and would like to buy the composition. As well as other charts that you may still have. "Jorge".
+Jorge Callico Hi Jorge! Did you once live on 21st Ave in Hattiesburg? I wrote that tune about my brother and myself playing football in the street on South 21st and having to dodge cars (thus the shuffle :) ) and of course as an homage to the family house there where my mother still lives. Magic stuff man. As far as the chart itself, it was never published in full big band form except for a basic transcription and expansion by Bob Lowden that came out long ago. That's the one that is now out of print. I've often thought about doing a rewrite of that piece so that big bands could play it. If I ever do, I will send you a copy. Thanks for all of your kind words my friend!
Steve, At the risk of perhaps almost a negligible privacy concern will post a rarely used email of mine: Leesbrass@Excite.com I use the "Jorge" name on RUclips to allow my occasionally strong opinions freer expression. All without worry of repercussions. Not sure if it's a good idea overall but it might have saved me from the jaws of a at least a few "concerned citizens". So far anyway. So if you feel like writing me? I will definitely purchase at least one chart and give to the fairly decent big band that I'm associated with. Using my real name. The name which I can't post here. Would really like to see your work continue to flourish. Also a chart like "South 21st Shuffle" would add to the depth of book of the band I work in. That and add to the harmony in the group itself. Am most certain of that.
There's another performance of Portuguese Love on RUclips that - just - KILLS!!! This one's terrific too - but the other is a candidate for best overall Maynard Ferguson (and orchestra) performance I've seen since the advent of the internet. There were live performances I've seen/heard that made my hair stand on end as well of course (at least 20 concerts - but lost count). Those will likely never be seen again - a lotta concerts for one fan, but a blip on the radar for the number "The Boss" performed. That's probably his real legacy. He delivered the life-changing excitement for young instrumentalists with not only his performance - but the NUMBER of his performances over so many years. A gazillion double high Cs - in the context of superb arrangements - and the backing of brilliant young personnel (always changing). Also Steve, Portuguese Love is a dazzling arrangement! I keep coming back to it on RUclips as the definitive Maynard showcase - especially his solo - and the power and authority of the trumpets and band overall. THAT - is how to arrange for "The Boss!!!
WOW. SOB MAMA! And here I thought I knew some hot trumpet players! I love horns. What a great collection of players. The drummer, he holds it together. The licks he fits in all the while keeping perfect time. Glad I stumbled into this! Total luck!
I loved Maynard Ferguson when I was in Highschool in 1974-1978 then I was a Music major performance and education, he was amazing!! I then left music to become a psychiatric technician/nurse to treat HIV/ end stage illness after that.
One of my favorite live bone solos. Steve Wiest kicked ass (as well as the rest of the band)! You can easily see the audience getting into it at a time when rock bands were the popular medium. I always loved Maynard’s incredible trumpet section. I believe that was Stan Marks last few years with this band. I still have Maynard’s records from the 70s and 60s... all gems!!
Thanks so much Joseph! There is quite a story behind that solo that I decided to write up for posterity on the site Medium. Check it out: medium.com/@SteveWiest1/maynard-ferguson-sponge-bob-rabbits-and-a-scary-handshake-f0d9765db314
+Bradley Saunders You're welcome Bradley. Glad you enjoyed it. Maynard was the absolute best, and it is my honor to help keep his legacy alive. Much more to come!
Awesome Steve! As great as those others are, especially Woody and Freddie, Maynard and band I am sure was the highlight even for those guys! :-) I love that Woody loved Maynard!
Thanks Adam. Yep, it was a big family back then... all the bands would hang out with one another and we had friends across all of the groups. Great times!
Hi Adam! Just answering other comments today and reread this one. In doing so, I realized you were referring to Woody Shaw, not Herman. And YES, both Freddie and Woody loved Maynard as a person and his playing…and vice versa. It was truly a mutual admiration club and a joy to see in action.
Hey Steve, your adaptation on Portuguese Love is great! As you may remember, Maynard lived in Ojai California in Ventura County. Well, I live in Ventura and was in jazz band at Buena High (Class of 1981). I played trumpet! Unfortunately, I've only seen Maynard twice: I saw him at the Oxnard Civic Auditorium in 1979, I believe, during the "HOT" album. 4 or 5 of us from jazz band went together and loved it immensely! The following Monday at school we all wore our HOT T-shirts and, hence, to jazz band. The director was a trumpet player as well so he looked around at the 4 or 5 of us with a big grin....he obviously thought it was very cool! The other time was in 1987 for a benefit concert at Ventura High during the "High Voltage Vol. 1" release. I took my girlfriend with me. I knew it was going to be great, but she had no idea what to expect. She was VERY impressed and loved it! I particularly remember Mike Migliore tearing up a solo segment he had in that show! These were some great memories for me and if you were part of them, I thank you!
Have always loved that crazy Steve Wiest solo! I can still hear Maynard, ...."Steve Wiest! composer trombonist!" We still quote that today in Maynard's voice when referring to him. We had a cable box that you could jimmy to get the Playboy channel behind our parents backs and I remember specifically rushing home to see this Playboy channel performance in high school. My dad knew and already had it set up for me. We watched it together. Funny. The energy of this performance. Maynard going up in the wings to play with the rest of the section on "Don't Stop 'till You Get Enough". So great. And this is my all time favorite version of Portugese Love. That crazy dummer. Man! What happened to that guy?! Something else! What a band. Thanks for posting this.
assignmentearth And might I add,....Stan Mark,....I think the greatest lead trumpet Maynard had. He could perfectly cop Maynard's sound and make you think he was playing with the group all the time. Greatness!
assignmentearth The drummer was Dave Mancini. A great musician and wonderful guy, he is still playing quite a bit around the Rochester New York area. www.maureenmcgovern.com/newbios2/mancinibio.htm Thanks for the comment on "Portuguese Love." The version you see here is actually my arrangement. Maynard assigned myself, Denis DiBlasio and Chris Braymen with the happy task of taking the studio versions and expanding-adapting them for the road band. What a blast that was!
Steve Wiest Ah, Dave Mancini, that's the name. Animal from the Muppet Show. Crazy, wild, fun energy. Man! he added a lot to the festivities. So solid. So powerful. Bravo, bravissimo on those arrangements! Yeah, I much prefer this to the slick studio version. More heart, more soul. More groove. I searched for a recording of this broadcast for years. Like Christmas when I found it. (I still dig your S21st Shuffle, which as I recall was kind of about you playing football in the street as a kid, diving for the ball on the pavement and other daring kid stuff - - the dreamy, atmospheric B section break in the middle about 1:20 where Maynard gets to soar was always too cool) Everybody's gotta have their heroes. In high school you guys were that to us. I saw Maynard maybe a dozen times at Caravan of Dreams in Ft Wth. Talked to you one night there. I actually let you in the front door when you showed up to sit in with Maynard one of those nights. I happened to be by the front door, recognized you and let you in. Sadly, that place doesn't exist anymore. Great place. Ah well. What a life you lived playing with Maynard. Glad you got to do that. Glad I got to hear you then. Thanks again for posting this.
+assignmentearth I am glad I had those years as well. What a joy. And, a pity that the Caravan of Dreams is no longer a jazz club. It is an art center or something now. It was a great space.
Always enjoyed your music. Huge fan. Your playing and writing are both fun to listen to and inspirational to many young players. "Young" players like me who turns 65 next month. PS: "South 21st Shuffle" one of my favorite M/F hits of all time. We'd chatted abt this before (I'm using a dif screen name. too much negativity online). You had mentioned your Philadelphia days on 21st I think and I was living on 21AVENUE but in San Francisco. For some reason I always related well to the tune.
Was and still a big fan. Saw the MF Band play at The Great Southeastern Music Hall in Atlanta Ga 1978 or 1979. I owned 2 MF trumpets by the end of high school. Wish I could have played anywhere near his greatness!
My buddy had this VHS tape and we wore it out in college. Best lineup ever. I mean, Stan Mark, Alan Wise, and Hoby Freeman all in one line? Are you kidding me? And then "Live From San Francisco" came out a year later. Was a great time to be alive.
One of my fondest memories of being on Buddy Rich's band was when our band and Maynard's band played at that great club in San Francisco. We got to hang that entire night and share road stories, (and other unmentionable's), too! What fun! What was the name of that place, Steve?
How true! Boss was a wonderful person as well as a once-in-multiple-generation artist. I am forever grateful to have been a part of his happy musical family🙏❤️
Wassup Mick! Thanks man. It was huge fun indeed. A 24/7-365 musical and creative party DELUXE! I miss it Bruh. I’m hoping to either get Vinyl Hampdin on the road now, or go out with a great horn section with someone else. Or BOTH!😛 www.vinylhampdin.com steve-wiest.com
This takes me to College Days at BGSU. Maynard & the Band would be on the "Bill" at our Student Arena. I used to get there 3 hours before the doors opened just to guarantee a Front-Row seat! I ordered a Delivery pizza
Those sound like wonderful days indeed Mike! Before joining the band, I had similar experiences. Truly, I never did get over my “fan boy” feelings for Maynard and the exhilarating surreal tradition of his band. What a joy!
Hey mike I was at BG also. Marched for chief up there. Saw Maynard n if I remember correctly he played with the schools jazz band. I think Kristy was lead alto sax back then
I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS SINCE I WENT TO THIS AS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOOOOOOOOOL!!! Steve I met you and Nick Lane!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!! I'm 53 now!! I am THE FANADDICT FOR FERGUSON!!! What a solo dude! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm having a flashback
Ladies and Gentleman, a young Zak Bagans on bass. Joking aside, (sorry Zak), they take and make sheet music from these and study for years. Thanks Steve. this video is hot.
Nobody played with the Energy & Passion of MAYNARD! We don't have his "like" anymore! Mike McClary, Professor of Music/Trumpet (ret) Georgia Perimeter College & State University-Dunwoody Campus.
I agree Mike. There are many gifted musicians out there of course, but Maynard was that “perfect storm” of experiential influences (friends with Miles, Dizzy, and Clifford) and a once-in-a-century profound talent. I believe that he had a perfect and organic understanding of air efficiency and could hear everything that he wanted to play right before he played it. As funny and spontaneous as he could be, Maynard was a VERY deep thinker and could memorize anything quite quickly. His contemporaries such as Miles, Freddie, Woody, et al realized this and gave him the nickname “Fox.”
The king of the hard-blown trumpet and super-high notes. Miles Davis was a different kind of king of the trumpet: Primarily subtle music and mute trumpet. As different from one another as night and day.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS...this is like finding the Holy Grail for this Maynard fan!!!! I'd always wondered if there was more to this set than the 1st two 2 tunes on this VHS tape that I rented at Blockbuster as a 14 year old kid in 1986 right before having my jaw hit the floor after hearing your solo break, Steve! This was the first video I had ever seen of MF (I rented it right after joining the high school jazz band, after a buddy of mine loaned me his Live From SanFrancisco tape.) Were these the only three songs you guys performed that night? I've seen some other footage on youtube where Maynard runs off stage at the end to Blue Birdland, but some other footage where he's exiting to "Don't Stop 'till You Get Enough" (did you guys perform the entire Blue Birdland chart that night or was it just for his stage entrance/exit at this gig?) Also, where did you find the footage of the "Hollywood" performance? The high quality footage makes me wonder if this was off of the large Laser Disc release of this concert, but the narrator before the 3rd song makes it seem like that 3rd tune might have been from a TV promo.Either way, thanks again!
90jazzer So glad you enjoyed this! Great memories for me as it was my first "big time" show with Maynard. Unreal! As far as your questions: You: Were these the only three songs you guys performed that night? Me: As far as I remember, yes. I think we played these three and then ended with our "walk off" version of "Blue Birdland" which was from the last shout chorus out. You: Also, where did you find the footage of the "Hollywood" Me: One of my friends turned me on to this footage, and I popped it up on RUclips. More people should see and hear this cool stuff! And there was indeed an old-school Laser Disc release of the entire festival. I remember being SO impressed with that technology back in the day :) I've told the story before, but later when I have a bit more time, I will post it here. It is in regards to said solo break of which you spoke so kindly. What an experience!
God I remember thinking it was so cool walking around my high school in a bright blue MF t-shirt. Maynard toured like CRAZY back in the 80s and I saw him at least once a year for a decade. I had a t-shirt from each one of those too. Sadly, wore them all out...
Indeed!😛 So much so in fact, that I wrote a story about it in “Medium.” Check it out: medium.com/@SteveWiest1/maynard-ferguson-sponge-bob-rabbits-and-a-scary-handshake-f0d9765db314
Altair Martins I know!! I'm a young trumpeter. And he came and gave a jazz clinic in Arizona. Also I was so blessed too have a private lesson with Stan mark afterwards!!!! He's such an amazing and talented man.
I've always appreciated Stan Mark's contribution to Maynard's band also and his recordings with Maynard Ferguson contributed much to my concept of what lead trumpet should sound like. He was a true workhorse on that .470 extra large bore trumpet. ruclips.net/video/puijzjhkJ_o/видео.html , recorded shortly after Stan left the band is one of my favorite Maynard pop ballad recordings ever, although it isn't a Maynard ballad.
Thanks for uploading 'Hollywood'. I have BOTH of the two VHS volumes of the Jazz Festival. What I always found strange was that, for some reason, 'Portugese Love' was featured on BOTH volumes, yet 'Hollywood' was omitted (I knew it was taped because I recalled seeing it on the Playboy Channel (or CED videodisc) many years ago as part of their very first 'Video Magazine", which I assume is the source of the clip here. Steve: ANY IDEA why RCA/Columbia repeated the footage in both volumes, while leaving out 'Hollywood'? A mistake? A last-minute copyright problem (leading to a substitution)?
Hi mythmaker18, Well, the short answer is: I have no idea!🙃 The production on this thing was some of the sloppiest editing EVER! So it’s any one’s guess what of why things happened. There were plenty of folks second guessing each other and LOTS of financial shenanigans afoot. Happily, a ton of great music resulted and a grand time was had by all🤠
That's my pal Dave Mancini (no relation to Henry) Dave is an Eastman grad and has played with many, many of the greats over the years. Check out his bio here: www.yamaha.com/artists/artistdetailb.html?CNTID=5814191&CTID=5070020
What I'd like to know is how much of your solo was from previously rehearsed licks and how much was TRULY improvised on the spot for the first time (percentages please). My guess is about 70:30.
Hi John Doe! Well that is a GREAT question! I can't give you an exact percentage of course, but I can certainly approximate. And my answer is different for those days than it would be now. As mentioned in greater detail elsewhere, my solo break on "Don't Stop" was completely spontaneous and had nothing to do with what I had planned. I was late getting to the mic and Maynard still insisted on the customary pre-solo handshake ( a beautiful tradition, but in this case: quite frightening!) It caused me to freak out and just blow! After that, the rest of the solo was built on licks and ideas that I had worked out previously. In those days, I would play something I knew and then have a conversation with whatever the rhythm section was doing, and go about the business of spontaneously developing my pre-planned ideas. Therefore, at the end of the day, I'd say I was operating on a 50/50 percentage of playing stuff that I knew would work and then truly improvising or spontaneously composing things that were informed by my initial ideas. I have since learned that the more I practice jazz vocabulary through the assimilation of transcribed material and the more I practice various compositional devices (triad pairs, pentatonics, scale patterns and devices, etc) the more material I have to draw upon. I asked J.J. Johnson a similar question. My query was "What do you think about when you improvise?" His answer was one for the ages: "Well, Steve...if my colleagues have a thorough understanding of jazz syntax, I don't think of anything!" You dig?
@@SteveWiest21stCentury Thank you so much for that detailed explanation Steve. And thanks for sharing with us JJ's response. Very cool. I did notice the rush when you started. I was wondering how you got those notes off like you did in that rush. Great solo. I asked because I played jazz bone for a short period in my life but not long enough to know how others did their solos. I recall improvising every time I played, but there were certain set licks i used to keep a flow through the solo (I'd say about 60:40). These days you probably do full improv but back then you were just a kid, so I figured you might have some setups since your flow was so good and because that was such a high profile performance. Must have been an amazing experience and remarkable period in your life. Oh I noticed you've aged really well.Thanks for sharing!
I just stumbled across this. The name Steve Wiest sounds familiar. Did you go to Towson University by chance? Did you know Rusty Barker? I heard he was in Maynard's band around this time. BTW, your solo was incredible! Thanks for sharing that. One great band!
Chef! Thank you my friend. You can find me now at my new online presence (I've left Social Media except for RUclips) www.steve-wiest.com/blog. Please stop by and sign up! I would really like to stay in touch. I hope that you are well and SAFE my brother. Much love🙏❤
Brother BLIEGS! Sure: L-R Back row: Me, Chris Braymen, Alan Aise, Stan Mark, Hobbie Freeman, Daniel Jordan, Nelson Hill, Denis DiBlasio Fron Row L-R: Ron Pedley, Dave Mancini, Matt Bissonette,. WHAT A BAND!
Well, it depended on the tour and who was on the band. Generally speaking, the system was word of mouth, in other words, any new band member prospect came via the recommendation of a current band member. Very rarely were unsolicited audition tapes accepted. In my case...I was one of the RARE and fortunate ones. In 1981 a large portion of Maynard's band quit at the same time and the next tour started in Chicago. I just happened to be living in Chicago at the time and my cousin Nick Drozdoff was already playing trumpet with the group. I had (at Nick's urging) sent in an audition tape. The top-call Chicago guy that they asked first turned it down and they gave me a try (thanks to Nick) I got the gig and my life from there on out was set!
@@SteveWiest21stCentury , thanks for sharing this. It's great to hear stories like this directly from the greats like you. I had no idea you and Nick Drozdoff were related.
+Alice Gariépy Its hard to find much on the late trumpet player John Donnelly from Scotland, However Maynard also spoke highly of hum. John can be found playing lead in the section on both MF Horn I and II. He's probably on one or two more. The one that had "Bridge Over Troubled Waters". Maybe another too. Maynard talked about Donnelly as having a system for playing the trumpet that was the exact opposite as his own. And I agree. Donnelly would angle his horn above the 90 degree perpendicular to his face. That and as he ascended he would angle the horn ever higher as he rose. I've been told from various resources that (Like Bergeron) John Donnelly was the real deal. That and his Double C's were painfully loud. He could absolutely crush any note upstairs.
In the era of three man sax sections for Maynard, this one rivals the Migliore/Colby/Millitello grouping. Or (prob the best) the Mackintosh/Povel/Johnstone trio from Live at Jimmy’s. You listen to to these two tunes-not close to classic Maynard, but damn that’s a great band. When did Maynard ever not have the best guys in his bands?
+Johnboy S Thanks man! Playing with Chris Braymen was wonderful! We clicked 100% and his deep sound and time feel made us sound like an entire full section.
TJ Antaya Ha! Well if you mean fortississimo...then yes! :) Not sure what that note was....but I was sho-nuff electrified, scared, and full of adrenaline!
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Maynard will always be my hero. In my opinion he will always be the greatest trumpet player ever. I was fortunate to see him in concert twice in the 80's, I'll never forget in 1985 we were playing in Kansas City for high school competition, and Maynard came through the lobby of the Phillips House Hotel, we were all star struck, he was and still is a major influence in my playing. And Steve you are a phenomenal trombone player, I know you will cherish your experiences with Maynard, and the other musicians in his band for the rest of your life. Long live "The Boss".
Thanks so much Jessica! I agree: Maynard was a once-in-a-generation (or longer!) artist. We are not likely to see his ilk again...and definitely not in the midst of the "perfect storm" of societal and music business aspects that came together at the most opportune spot in music history for him to not only exist, but to flourish as well. Everything happened at just the right time and at the center of it all was the force of nature known as Maynard Ferguson. He was my friend, mentor and brother and I am a far better person for having known him.
Steve Wiest Very well said.
This is back from when they still had Jazz bands at Jazz festivals and people CHEERED good solos.... :-o
Not like the Worship John Frusciante Jazz Fest? Hahaha what a cokehead.
Simply fantastic playing and writing. For such a small combo an amazingly full sound. Being a huge fan of the big band, having heard them live 5 or more times in the 70s and 80s this combo kicks it hard. I still remember Bruce Johnson, Ferdinand Povel, Andy Mcintosh, Bob Summers, Linn Biviano and Lynn Nicholson. I expected a bit of a let down with the smaller ensembles, but ate my words. Seeing the Live in San Fransico tour in concert. It was one of the best Maynard shows I've seen. Steve, your playing stands clear above the other bone players I have ever heard. Your range was exceptional or course, but the notes and phrasing of your solos it what clearly set you apart. Watrous and Pugh were the best I have heard before you came along. Thanks for these memories. As a retired lead player I have toured with the Ice Follies, Ringling Bros, Circus, Natalie Cole, as well as playing in my hometown of St. Louis for 30+ years. Thanks again, and good luck to you.
Hi Paul. Thanks so very much for your kind words. Sounds to me like you have had an AMAZING career. Bravo my friend! Gotta tell ya: playing in Maynard's band and having the privilege of getting to know the great man set up EVERYTHING in my life that has followed. What a blessing! And...it is a gift that keeps giving. Not a day goes by when I am not cognizant of his profound influence in my life.
RE writing for the smaller ensemble, it was always our goal to make the band somehow sound like a full big band. What an education I received in this 24/7-365 music laboratory! I found myself paired with super-talented people from Eastman, North Texas, Miami, et al...such as Denis DiBlasio, Matt Harris, Chris Braymen and Tim Reis, to name but a few. We all had early-tech solid state Cascio mini keyboards with headphone splitters so that we could "check in" and listen to what each other were working on. It was GLORIOUS!
❤
I come back and visit this ever so often. Stan Mark, Alan Wise, Dennis Diblasio, Steve Wiest, Dave Mancini. My early teachers. 3:38.....it's like "Where's Waldo", except it's, 'Where's Maynard'. Oh, he's up with the trumpet section now. Loved seeing that. We laughed in delight at that. So much fun.
20 years old and wishing I was older so I could go back and here Maynard and Steve together. Absolutely fantastic group in my opinion.
+Roderick Throgmorton Ha! Well I think you would have loved those years as I did Roderick. Maynard was a joy to be around both musically and as a person/mentor. Electricity, excitement, laughter and happiness were his hallmarks and it influenced all of us. Thanks so much for your kind words!
Stan mark was a cracking lead player! It's such a physical instrument to play and then to become a lead trumpet player oh my god! I know been doing it myself for over 20yrs playing lots of these arrangements and I ain't bad it's bloody hard ! Too all those trumpet players out there fair play and hands off always help your lead it's bloody hard!!
Steve you were an amazing player back then....between you and Nick Lane my head would explode. I was in high school and I was at THIS SHOW!!! I was there in the audience. Thank you so much for posting this sir!!
Thank you Brother Ryan! Nick is a dear friend and a marvelous musician. He makes my head explode too! Here is what I'm up to these days: steve-wiest.com. Thanks again for the kind words!
Ryan turner from john muir high?
Steve, this was one of the first performances of Maynard's band I heard as a young student, simulcast on the local radio station. I sat in the audience several times during and after your time on the band, and was really excited and impressed every time. Thanks for your contribution to this group and all the other contributions you've made to music since then. It's great to listen again to these shows and feel just like I did 30+ years ago, almost as if it was happening live again; Recordings like these are a big reason I picked up my horn again after the age of 40. Thanks.
Thank you so much Michael! Being with Maynard has made everything in my life possible. It continues to be a great honor, and I seem to learn a little something more everyday from what he taught all of us on his band.
Woohoo! At 3 minutes in, such an amazing trombone solo, Steve Wiest!!!
The whole thing you guys had going with “Fireshaker” - I saw Maynard 18+ times from ‘78 to ‘06- and C Champ. = Really Great Collaboration ♥️☺️. Fusion meets Ellington by way of Mikes and Coltrane and Chuck Mangione. A very magical inspiration to my soul …
Yeah that bone solo is FIRE 🔥
DY-NO-MITE!!!!!...I LOVE this video;Keep coming back to it. The youthful energy, and synergy with the audience is compelling...and irresistible.Just ...WOW!!!
amazing wish Maynard was here
Oh, my god!! Maynard Ferguson came to my highschool in 1977, he was so impressed with my brother, who played Trombone. He offered him a free summer jazz camp that year!
What a band!! I was a huge fan of Maynard's starting in the late 70's! Played in all bands in high school and our director made a point of turning us on to him, so much so that he came to our school my sophomore year (74-75) and played a concert that transformed my life! Began playing valve trombone, picked up an ST 302 MF horn, which got stolen from my house! Unfortunately, I haven't found one I liked as much, since. A Superbone fell into my lap in 1980 (I still play that!!) and was lucky enough to purchase a MF Firebird from MF alumnus Nick Drozzdoff, just a little over a year ago! I just wish I could pull off Maynard's Incredible shit! Great solo Steve!!
Really good. Only wish it was longer. Thanks for posting!
Yep, he played at my high school in the 80’s.
My Uncle Danny is playing backup trumpet in this video too. The middle guy with the famous whites guy perm.
Very energizing and capturing performance of all in this incredible band...loving it! Thanks for the post.
A woman cut in front of me, in 7-11. I didn't say a word, no big deal, but her husband did. He said" don't cut in front of that young man with the cool maynard shirt on. Haha. His wife says"do you really know who that is"? He proudly replies, " yes I have many of his signature trumpets. Thanks for the music Maynard...
phoatoh joe Ha! What a cool story. Maynard is truly the gift that keeps on giving! :)
+phoatoh joe
That's the best comment on the thread so far, haha!
My God, you just made me laugh and cry at the same time, ditto on best comment on the entire thread
Honor thy T-Shirt, especially ANY MFerguson T-Shirt :)
Besides its the 11th Commandment !
Had the pleasure of seeing him in the 80’s in canton ohio and also at Bowling Green st univ. what a treat. Still listen to this today. Loved it then but love it even more now
The entire band deserved to get their knobs polished in Hef's grotto after that performance!
As Maynard would say: "And, uh...WOW!" :)
Steve Wiest was one of my favorite trombone players.
@boardmanfan Mine too. Great composer and arranger.
Thanks a million Steve. Been a huge fan of yours for many years.
+Jorge Callico Thanks my friend!
+Steve Wiest
Also, Noticed that your composition "South 21st Shuffle" was posted as "out of print" on some page I visited. Is this so? Always was one of my favorite Maynard charts. Possibly because I once lived on 21st Ave. At the time in the city of S/F where you all recorded the "Live At The Great American Music Hall" vinyl.
Am with a working band (kinda anyway lol) in No Cal and would like to buy the composition. As well as other charts that you may still have.
"Jorge".
+Jorge Callico Hi Jorge! Did you once live on 21st Ave in Hattiesburg? I wrote that tune about my brother and myself playing football in the street on South 21st and having to dodge cars (thus the shuffle :) ) and of course as an homage to the family house there where my mother still lives. Magic stuff man.
As far as the chart itself, it was never published in full big band form except for a basic transcription and expansion by Bob Lowden that came out long ago. That's the one that is now out of print. I've often thought about doing a rewrite of that piece so that big bands could play it. If I ever do, I will send you a copy.
Thanks for all of your kind words my friend!
Steve, At the risk of perhaps almost a negligible privacy concern will post a rarely used email of mine:
Leesbrass@Excite.com
I use the "Jorge" name on RUclips to allow my occasionally strong opinions freer expression. All without worry of repercussions. Not sure if it's a good idea overall but it might have saved me from the jaws of a at least a few "concerned citizens". So far anyway.
So if you feel like writing me? I will definitely purchase at least one chart and give to the fairly decent big band that I'm associated with. Using my real name. The name which I can't post here.
Would really like to see your work continue to flourish. Also a chart like "South 21st Shuffle" would add to the depth of book of the band I work in. That and add to the harmony in the group itself. Am most certain of that.
Amazing bone solo at 1:53 Steve! Tons of energy and talent that night! A memorable evening for sure!
There's another performance of Portuguese Love on RUclips that - just - KILLS!!! This one's terrific too - but the other is a candidate for best overall Maynard Ferguson (and orchestra) performance I've seen since the advent of the internet. There were live performances I've seen/heard that made my hair stand on end as well of course (at least 20 concerts - but lost count). Those will likely never be seen again - a lotta concerts for one fan, but a blip on the radar for the number "The Boss" performed. That's probably his real legacy. He delivered the life-changing excitement for young instrumentalists with not only his performance - but the NUMBER of his performances over so many years. A gazillion double high Cs - in the context of superb arrangements - and the backing of brilliant young personnel (always changing). Also Steve, Portuguese Love is a dazzling arrangement! I keep coming back to it on RUclips as the definitive Maynard showcase - especially his solo - and the power and authority of the trumpets and band overall. THAT - is how to arrange for "The Boss!!!
WOW. SOB MAMA! And here I thought I knew some hot trumpet players! I love horns. What a great collection of players. The drummer, he holds it together. The licks he fits in all the while keeping perfect time. Glad I stumbled into this! Total luck!
Very nice performance by this band! Super high energy. Great solo by Steve Wiest - great chart.
Thanks so much David!
I loved Maynard Ferguson when I was in Highschool in 1974-1978 then I was a Music major performance and education, he was amazing!! I then left music to become a psychiatric technician/nurse to treat HIV/ end stage illness after that.
One of my favorite live bone solos. Steve Wiest kicked ass (as well as the rest of the band)! You can easily see the audience getting into it at a time when rock bands were the popular medium. I always loved Maynard’s incredible trumpet section. I believe that was Stan Marks last few years with this band. I still have Maynard’s records from the 70s and 60s... all gems!!
Thanks so much Joseph! There is quite a story behind that solo that I decided to write up for posterity on the site Medium. Check it out: medium.com/@SteveWiest1/maynard-ferguson-sponge-bob-rabbits-and-a-scary-handshake-f0d9765db314
Greetings Steve. Your blessed to have played with this fine band. (former trombonist here)
+Ed Weibe Blessed indeed. Thanks so much Ed.
These are three of my favorite MF recordings, but wish I could have been there to hear them live. This video is phenomenal. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks you David. you are quite welcome!
Two bones sound like four. Excellent!!
Thanks Jok Sal🙏❤That's how it was playing in a section with Chris Braymen! The BEST.
God damn Nelson, cool down that sax is on fire. That trombone solo was straight fire too Steve, wish I can see you in real life
Thanks! You can check out my Facebook page: facebook.com/Wiestworld/
or my Website: steve-wiest.com/
to see what I'm up to and when.
@@SteveWiest21stCentury Yeah, man. That was fantastic. All the best.
We got to see and hear them at Gilly's jazz club in Dayton, Ohio. It was a small club and they filled it up with some fantastic music.
How fun! What year was that?
Thanks for uploading these great videos!
+Bradley Saunders You're welcome Bradley. Glad you enjoyed it. Maynard was the absolute best, and it is my honor to help keep his legacy alive. Much more to come!
Awesome Steve! As great as those others are, especially Woody and Freddie, Maynard and band I am sure was the highlight even for those guys! :-) I love that Woody loved Maynard!
Thanks Adam. Yep, it was a big family back then... all the bands would hang out with one another and we had friends across all of the groups. Great times!
Hi Adam! Just answering other comments today and reread this one. In doing so, I realized you were referring to Woody Shaw, not Herman. And YES, both Freddie and Woody loved Maynard as a person and his playing…and vice versa. It was truly a mutual admiration club and a joy to see in action.
Hey Steve, your adaptation on Portuguese Love is great!
As you may remember, Maynard lived in Ojai California in Ventura County. Well, I live in Ventura and was in jazz band at Buena High (Class of 1981). I played trumpet!
Unfortunately, I've only seen Maynard twice:
I saw him at the Oxnard Civic Auditorium in 1979, I believe, during the "HOT" album. 4 or 5 of us from jazz band went together and loved it immensely! The following Monday at school we all wore our HOT T-shirts and, hence, to jazz band. The director was a trumpet player as well so he looked around at the 4 or 5 of us with a big grin....he obviously thought it was very cool!
The other time was in 1987 for a benefit concert at Ventura High during the "High Voltage Vol. 1" release. I took my girlfriend with me. I knew it was going to be great, but she had no idea what to expect. She was VERY impressed and loved it! I particularly remember Mike Migliore tearing up a solo segment he had in that show!
These were some great memories for me and if you were part of them, I thank you!
+kdm71291 Thanks so much. Yep, all the versions of Maynard's bands were great fun! He let it be no other way :)
kdm71291 question for you....do you recall a special t-shirt being made by the Ventura folks for that concert on HV tour?
This was and incredible performance, capped off by the sax and drum solo's on the second song.
Have always loved that crazy Steve Wiest solo! I can still hear Maynard, ...."Steve Wiest! composer trombonist!" We still quote that today in Maynard's voice when referring to him.
We had a cable box that you could jimmy to get the Playboy channel behind our parents backs and I remember specifically rushing home to see this Playboy channel performance in high school. My dad knew and already had it set up for me. We watched it together. Funny.
The energy of this performance. Maynard going up in the wings to play with the rest of the section on "Don't Stop 'till You Get Enough". So great.
And this is my all time favorite version of Portugese Love. That crazy dummer. Man! What happened to that guy?! Something else! What a band. Thanks for posting this.
assignmentearth And might I add,....Stan Mark,....I think the greatest lead trumpet Maynard had. He could perfectly cop Maynard's sound and make you think he was playing with the group all the time. Greatness!
assignmentearth The drummer was Dave Mancini. A great musician and wonderful guy, he is still playing quite a bit around the Rochester New York area.
www.maureenmcgovern.com/newbios2/mancinibio.htm
Thanks for the comment on "Portuguese Love." The version you see here is actually my arrangement. Maynard assigned myself, Denis DiBlasio and Chris Braymen with the happy task of taking the studio versions and expanding-adapting them for the road band. What a blast that was!
Steve Wiest Ah, Dave Mancini, that's the name. Animal from the Muppet Show. Crazy, wild, fun energy. Man! he added a lot to the festivities. So solid. So powerful.
Bravo, bravissimo on those arrangements! Yeah, I much prefer this to the slick studio version. More heart, more soul. More groove. I searched for a recording of this broadcast for years. Like Christmas when I found it. (I still dig your S21st Shuffle, which as I recall was kind of about you playing football in the street as a kid, diving for the ball on the pavement and other daring kid stuff - - the dreamy, atmospheric B section break in the middle about 1:20 where Maynard gets to soar was always too cool)
Everybody's gotta have their heroes. In high school you guys were that to us. I saw Maynard maybe a dozen times at Caravan of Dreams in Ft Wth. Talked to you one night there. I actually let you in the front door when you showed up to sit in with Maynard one of those nights. I happened to be by the front door, recognized you and let you in. Sadly, that place doesn't exist anymore. Great place. Ah well.
What a life you lived playing with Maynard. Glad you got to do that. Glad I got to hear you then. Thanks again for posting this.
+assignmentearth I am glad I had those years as well. What a joy. And, a pity that the Caravan of Dreams is no longer a jazz club. It is an art center or something now. It was a great space.
My high school band never sounded like this. Damn these young guys are good. As usual Maynard is off the charts. Literally!
A bad-boy gathering of monster knuckleheads for sure! Maynard was indeed off the charts!
Great quality! Thanks for sharing!!!
Gil Wilshire Thanks Gil. After seeing this only in low res throughout RUclips, it was nice to find this higher quality one :)
This guy played a gig at my high school, back in the 90's.
Always enjoyed your music. Huge fan. Your playing and writing are both fun to listen to and inspirational to many young players. "Young" players like me who turns 65 next month.
PS: "South 21st Shuffle" one of my favorite M/F hits of all time. We'd chatted abt this before (I'm using a dif screen name. too much negativity online). You had mentioned your Philadelphia days on 21st I think and I was living on 21AVENUE but in San Francisco. For some reason I always related well to the tune.
Magic and energy! Once in a lifetime.
Great Steve 👍👍👍👍👍
Great!
Thanks!
Was and still a big fan. Saw the MF Band play at The Great Southeastern Music Hall in Atlanta Ga 1978 or 1979. I owned 2 MF trumpets by the end of high school. Wish I could have played anywhere near his greatness!
My buddy had this VHS tape and we wore it out in college. Best lineup ever. I mean, Stan Mark, Alan Wise, and Hoby Freeman all in one line? Are you kidding me? And then "Live From San Francisco" came out a year later. Was a great time to be alive.
Hi Mark! I couldn’t agree any more completely: a great time to be alive indeed!!😍
One of my fondest memories of being on Buddy Rich's band was when our band and Maynard's band played at that great club in San Francisco. We got to hang that entire night and share road stories, (and other unmentionable's), too! What fun! What was the name of that place, Steve?
Sir Scott! That I believe was The Great American Music Hall?
Great arrangement Steve!
Thanks so much. It was BIG fun!
BEAUTIFUL!
🙏❤️
He was the best. Paid his dues. Was excellent at what he did.
How true! Boss was a wonderful person as well as a once-in-multiple-generation artist. I am forever grateful to have been a part of his happy musical family🙏❤️
Great solo, Steve! Jammin' band back then, brother! Looks like it was fun! ✌️😎
Wassup Mick! Thanks man. It was huge fun indeed. A 24/7-365 musical and creative party DELUXE! I miss it Bruh. I’m hoping to either get Vinyl Hampdin on the road now, or go out with a great horn section with someone else. Or BOTH!😛 www.vinylhampdin.com
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This takes me to College Days at BGSU. Maynard & the Band would be on the "Bill" at our Student Arena. I used to get there 3 hours before the doors opened just to guarantee a Front-Row seat! I ordered a Delivery pizza
Those sound like wonderful days indeed Mike! Before joining the band, I had similar experiences. Truly, I never did get over my “fan boy” feelings for Maynard and the exhilarating surreal tradition of his band. What a joy!
Hey mike I was at BG also. Marched for chief up there. Saw Maynard n if I remember correctly he played with the schools jazz band. I think Kristy was lead alto sax back then
I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS SINCE I WENT TO THIS AS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOOOOOOOOOL!!! Steve I met you and Nick Lane!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!! I'm 53 now!! I am THE FANADDICT FOR FERGUSON!!! What a solo dude! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm having a flashback
Ha! Just saw this one. Thanks so much man😍 What an exciting show that was! Such a joy to have worked with him. He is a treasure indeed❤️
The hair, the accessories, the fashion, and oh yeah...the playing!,
Ladies and Gentleman, a young Zak Bagans on bass. Joking aside, (sorry Zak), they take and make sheet music from these and study for years. Thanks Steve. this video is hot.
Nobody played with the Energy & Passion of MAYNARD! We don't have his "like" anymore! Mike McClary, Professor of Music/Trumpet (ret) Georgia Perimeter College & State University-Dunwoody Campus.
I agree Mike. There are many gifted musicians out there of course, but Maynard was that “perfect storm” of experiential influences (friends with Miles, Dizzy, and Clifford) and a once-in-a-century profound talent. I believe that he had a perfect and organic understanding of air efficiency and could hear everything that he wanted to play right before he played it. As funny and spontaneous as he could be, Maynard was a VERY deep thinker and could memorize anything quite quickly. His contemporaries such as Miles, Freddie, Woody, et al realized this and gave him the nickname “Fox.”
I’ve seen him live, once with a sextet and the other time with Big Bop Neuvou (?) band.
Maynard Ferguson is so talented. He's the king of trumpet, and also from Montréal. I'm proud of it dude!
+Bruno Ouellet He actually went to the same high school there as Oscar Peterson! He was really proud of that.
The king of the hard-blown trumpet and super-high notes. Miles Davis was a different kind of king of the trumpet: Primarily subtle music and mute trumpet. As different from one another as night and day.
Mark Pettigrew and they played together at Birdland. Sharing the stage for years.
@@SteveWiest21stCentury Amazing solo by the way! :-)
what a band!!!!
Sem palavras!Espetacular!!!!!!!!!!
Obrigado meu amigo! foi uma alegria e uma honra ser membro da banda de Maynard🙏❤️
Great live!
Thanks so much! It was an electric night of great fun.
We enjoyed a lot of great entertainers there at Gilly's. It's too bad it's not there anymore.
So many great venues lost over time. Always sad.
最高にかっこいい！！！！！
どうもありがとうございました！
Flugel has 4 valves? was this custom? for higher range or pedals?
13:01 after MF's set, a close up on Hugh Hefner with the Announcer, Bill Cosby, saying thanks and good night.
Bill. Cosby.
Andy from WKRP on bass!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS...this is like finding the Holy Grail for this Maynard fan!!!! I'd always wondered if there was more to this set than the 1st two 2 tunes on this VHS tape that I rented at Blockbuster as a 14 year old kid in 1986 right before having my jaw hit the floor after hearing your solo break, Steve! This was the first video I had ever seen of MF (I rented it right after joining the high school jazz band, after a buddy of mine loaned me his Live From SanFrancisco tape.) Were these the only three songs you guys performed that night? I've seen some other footage on youtube where Maynard runs off stage at the end to Blue Birdland, but some other footage where he's exiting to "Don't Stop 'till You Get Enough" (did you guys perform the entire Blue Birdland chart that night or was it just for his stage entrance/exit at this gig?) Also, where did you find the footage of the "Hollywood" performance? The high quality footage makes me wonder if this was off of the large Laser Disc release of this concert, but the narrator before the 3rd song makes it seem like that 3rd tune might have been from a TV promo.Either way, thanks again!
90jazzer So glad you enjoyed this! Great memories for me as it was my first "big time" show with Maynard. Unreal!
As far as your questions:
You: Were these the only three songs you guys performed that night?
Me: As far as I remember, yes. I think we played these three and then ended with our "walk off" version of "Blue Birdland" which was from the last shout chorus out.
You: Also, where did you find the footage of the "Hollywood"
Me: One of my friends turned me on to this footage, and I popped it up on RUclips. More people should see and hear this cool stuff! And there was indeed an old-school Laser Disc release of the entire festival. I remember being SO impressed with that technology back in the day :)
I've told the story before, but later when I have a bit more time, I will post it here. It is in regards to said solo break of which you spoke so kindly. What an experience!
God I remember thinking it was so cool walking around my high school in a bright blue MF t-shirt. Maynard toured like CRAZY back in the 80s and I saw him at least once a year for a decade. I had a t-shirt from each one of those too. Sadly, wore them all out...
Wow, Steve!
Heck of a way to open your solo there Steve! Wow.
Indeed!😛 So much so in fact, that I wrote a story about it in “Medium.” Check it out: medium.com/@SteveWiest1/maynard-ferguson-sponge-bob-rabbits-and-a-scary-handshake-f0d9765db314
hot damn
Ed Weibe Well.
Wow.
Maynard covering Mike & Q!
Stan Mark the best lead trumpet from Maynard Ferguson Band over the years. Style, pressure, sound. AMAZING.!
+Altair Martins yes indeed !
Altair Martins I know!! I'm a young trumpeter. And he came and gave a jazz clinic in Arizona. Also I was so blessed too have a private lesson with Stan mark afterwards!!!! He's such an amazing and talented man.
How long ago was this ?
CarsRcool about 2 months ago;) maybe alittle more.
I've always appreciated Stan Mark's contribution to Maynard's band also and his recordings with Maynard Ferguson contributed much to my concept of what lead trumpet should sound like. He was a true workhorse on that .470 extra large bore trumpet. ruclips.net/video/puijzjhkJ_o/видео.html , recorded shortly after Stan left the band is one of my favorite Maynard pop ballad recordings ever, although it isn't a Maynard ballad.
The Boss!
Thanks for uploading 'Hollywood'. I have BOTH of the two VHS volumes of the Jazz Festival. What I always found strange was that, for some reason, 'Portugese Love' was featured on BOTH volumes, yet 'Hollywood' was omitted (I knew it was taped because I recalled seeing it on the Playboy Channel (or CED videodisc) many years ago as part of their very first 'Video Magazine", which I assume is the source of the clip here.
Steve: ANY IDEA why RCA/Columbia repeated the footage in both volumes, while leaving out 'Hollywood'? A mistake? A last-minute copyright problem (leading to a substitution)?
Hi mythmaker18, Well, the short answer is: I have no idea!🙃 The production on this thing was some of the sloppiest editing EVER! So it’s any one’s guess what of why things happened. There were plenty of folks second guessing each other and LOTS of financial shenanigans afoot. Happily, a ton of great music resulted and a grand time was had by all🤠
The style matched what the music demanded - full out BA.
Every time I see Dave Mancini I think he looks like the Klopeck kid Hans from The Burbs movie!
What is the name of that drummer? I love his intensity.
That's my pal Dave Mancini (no relation to Henry) Dave is an Eastman grad and has played with many, many of the greats over the years. Check out his bio here: www.yamaha.com/artists/artistdetailb.html?CNTID=5814191&CTID=5070020
Steve I was seriously wondering if the guys in the band got to speak or even hang with Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon?
What I'd like to know is how much of your solo was from previously rehearsed licks and how much was TRULY improvised on the spot for the first time (percentages please). My guess is about 70:30.
Hi John Doe! Well that is a GREAT question! I can't give you an exact percentage of course, but I can certainly approximate. And my answer is different for those days than it would be now. As mentioned in greater detail elsewhere, my solo break on "Don't Stop" was completely spontaneous and had nothing to do with what I had planned. I was late getting to the mic and Maynard still insisted on the customary pre-solo handshake ( a beautiful tradition, but in this case: quite frightening!) It caused me to freak out and just blow! After that, the rest of the solo was built on licks and ideas that I had worked out previously. In those days, I would play something I knew and then have a conversation with whatever the rhythm section was doing, and go about the business of spontaneously developing my pre-planned ideas. Therefore, at the end of the day, I'd say I was operating on a 50/50 percentage of playing stuff that I knew would work and then truly improvising or spontaneously composing things that were informed by my initial ideas. I have since learned that the more I practice jazz vocabulary through the assimilation of transcribed material and the more I practice various compositional devices (triad pairs, pentatonics, scale patterns and devices, etc) the more material I have to draw upon. I asked J.J. Johnson a similar question. My query was "What do you think about when you improvise?" His answer was one for the ages: "Well, Steve...if my colleagues have a thorough understanding of jazz syntax, I don't think of anything!" You dig?
@@SteveWiest21stCentury Thank you so much for that detailed explanation Steve. And thanks for sharing with us JJ's response. Very cool. I did notice the rush when you started. I was wondering how you got those notes off like you did in that rush. Great solo. I asked because I played jazz bone for a short period in my life but not long enough to know how others did their solos. I recall improvising every time I played, but there were certain set licks i used to keep a flow through the solo (I'd say about 60:40). These days you probably do full improv but back then you were just a kid, so I figured you might have some setups since your flow was so good and because that was such a high profile performance. Must have been an amazing experience and remarkable period in your life. Oh I noticed you've aged really well.Thanks for sharing!
I just stumbled across this. The name Steve Wiest sounds familiar. Did you go to Towson University by chance? Did you know Rusty Barker? I heard he was in Maynard's band around this time. BTW, your solo was incredible! Thanks for sharing that. One great band!
Bravo Steve Wiest, you da man!!
Chef! Thank you my friend. You can find me now at my new online presence (I've left Social Media except for RUclips) www.steve-wiest.com/blog. Please stop by and sign up! I would really like to stay in touch. I hope that you are well and SAFE my brother. Much love🙏❤
It's kind of like watching fat Elvis. But I loved fat Elvis. What a great sleazy band this is. That trombone break was ridiculously good.
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Hello brother Wiest! Could you please list the band members names? There’s a few guys that I can’t make out in this video.
Brother BLIEGS! Sure: L-R Back row: Me, Chris Braymen, Alan Aise, Stan Mark, Hobbie Freeman, Daniel Jordan, Nelson Hill, Denis DiBlasio Fron Row L-R: Ron Pedley, Dave Mancini, Matt Bissonette,. WHAT A BAND!
Thanks Steve! I thought that looked like Dan in the Sax section! Definitely Maynard’s best band ever!!!
wow that’s Matt B on bass?? amazing! thanks for posting this Steve!
how many applicants did he receive for any given single seat in that band?... what an incredible collection of musicians
Well, it depended on the tour and who was on the band. Generally speaking, the system was word of mouth, in other words, any new band member prospect came via the recommendation of a current band member. Very rarely were unsolicited audition tapes accepted. In my case...I was one of the RARE and fortunate ones. In 1981 a large portion of Maynard's band quit at the same time and the next tour started in Chicago. I just happened to be living in Chicago at the time and my cousin Nick Drozdoff was already playing trumpet with the group. I had (at Nick's urging) sent in an audition tape. The top-call Chicago guy that they asked first turned it down and they gave me a try (thanks to Nick) I got the gig and my life from there on out was set!
@@SteveWiest21stCentury , thanks for sharing this. It's great to hear stories like this directly from the greats like you. I had no idea you and Nick Drozdoff were related.
Ole Stan put on some weight by this time and using it to his advantage
What is the name of the first song
+Bendik Vestrheim
"Don't Stop Til You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson.
+Bendik Vestrheim Cant get enough
Who's rocking that sax solo at 6:31?
+holykiller1191 Nelson Hill!
Nelson Hill
www.yamaha.com/artists/nelsonhill.html
I don't remember the exact year, probably in the mid 70s.
That was an incredible band in the 70s!
Holy crow, swaggin trombone solo man
+Louis Loveland Thanks man!
Dang Dave Mancini looks like Courtney Gains! That Klopec kid from The Burbs movie LOL!
list the personnel..
the best lead was wayne bergeron with ferguson
+Alice Gariépy
Its hard to find much on the late trumpet player John Donnelly from Scotland, However Maynard also spoke highly of hum. John can be found playing lead in the section on both MF Horn I and II. He's probably on one or two more. The one that had "Bridge Over Troubled Waters". Maybe another too.
Maynard talked about Donnelly as having a system for playing the trumpet that was the exact opposite as his own. And I agree. Donnelly would angle his horn above the 90 degree perpendicular to his face. That and as he ascended he would angle the horn ever higher as he rose.
I've been told from various resources that (Like Bergeron) John Donnelly was the real deal. That and his Double C's were painfully loud. He could absolutely crush any note upstairs.
Musically and technically, probably but Lyn Biviano and Lynn Nicholson were the most exciting and risk takers.
Don't forget Roger Ingram
Maynard at his best
He was killin’ it that night for SHO!!🤠
Jet Tone baby!
Never heard a trombone go that high. Wow, amazing, Steve. Also, who is the shit-hot drummer?
And also, what's the name of the second song, please?
Thanks! The drummer is my pal Dave Mancini. He’s a monster.
In the era of three man sax sections for Maynard, this one rivals the Migliore/Colby/Millitello grouping. Or (prob the best) the Mackintosh/Povel/Johnstone trio from Live at Jimmy’s.
You listen to to these two tunes-not close to classic Maynard, but damn that’s a great band. When did Maynard ever not have the best guys in his bands?
Pretty much always had the absolute best. Everyone wanted to study at the University of Maynard Ferguson😍
Where's 'Thor' (a Trumpeter active in the 80s with MF)
Not sure who that would be. Any more info?
I believe that was DAN WELTY. (He recently passed away...so sad) [His son is on FB...he appreciates shout outs*]
Damn the bones sound good on PL. Two bones sound like 4.
+Johnboy S Thanks man! Playing with Chris Braymen was wonderful! We clicked 100% and his deep sound and time feel made us sound like an entire full section.
Wiest with the Triple F! God Love it!
TJ Antaya Ha! Well if you mean fortississimo...then yes! :) Not sure what that note was....but I was sho-nuff electrified, scared, and full of adrenaline!
High f
Good lord, the opening lick of that first trombone solo was disgusting
Thank you Tavo (I think :)