The All Time Chairman Of The Board Trumpeter…

For those of us who played trumpet, especially big band jazz, it just doesn’t get much better!

Did  we mention he also played valve trombone, flugelhorn, and baritone horn, as well as inspiring a generation of young big band musicians?

Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/HNtuC0Txffk

 

 

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Retired from manufacturing management in 2012. Currently an active semi retired NASM Certified Personal Trainer. Exercise, philosophy, politics, government, science, and family occupies my non working and sleeping hours. Destroying the rancid acrimony that exists between conservatives and liberals, an acrimony destroying the very fabric of our society, is the ends to which this site dedicates itself.

2 thoughts on “The All Time Chairman Of The Board Trumpeter…”

    1. I was first introduced to Maynard Ferguson in 1972 by Ronnie Drum, a trumpet player and band leader himself, as well as a mentor of mine. Give It One has always been one of my favorites. The dude was phenomenal. I’m sure he inspired the likes of Bill Chase, Lin Biviano, and a whole host of other high note trumpeter. Including me. But I chose to go a different route because good trumpet players are a dime a dozen. I do miss it. But I have the music to listen to and wonder what could have been if only…

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