Hey Jude à la Maynard Ferguson

I got to do the mic check for Maynard at morning rehearsal at the stadium at Nebraska football game. I was the guy that had memorized Gonna Fly Now and could actually hit the notes. We did an all Maynard halftime show and Maynard took the field for Gonna Fly Now. He said “I knew I would pack the place.lol”. Maynard did a concert next door the next night. We all took our trumpets and played along to “Hey Jude”. That night I drove Maynards band guys to our after parties in my ‘79 Chevy Station Wagon. Good memories.

!. Grandes paises, dan grandes musicos.!!!. Viva EE UU.!!! y los Estados Desunidos de Latinoamérica.!!!.

People are always surprised when we talk about the concerts we've gone to when I confess, the person I've seen the most all time is: Maynard Ferguson. Saw him the first time as a high school sophomore, and man....we stalked his Big Band through multiple states over multiple years. I remember one show, was poolside at a freaking country club outside of Canton OH. We were literally 5 feet from the band, and got to talk to them during the sets. Maynard sat down at our table and talked to us about music (table full of high school and college brass players) and life on the road. He laughed when my one friend requested Malaguena..... then got the band to play it! Dude was a legend!

It's interesting how Maynard's arrangements live on. Even those from the 60s. Really tight group here. Nice work.

I want to hear Louis, Ryan and Wayne hold that high F then Lyn Nicholson play a triple F above it. Nice

I know he put decades into the craft, but he makes trumpet shakes up in the stratoshpere look soooo effortless that I sorta want to retire my horn.

Excellent orchestre !!! J'adore 😂

Hey Jude is a lip killer for the trumpet section! 🎺 No problem for these guys.

This group absolutely grows my heart. While working at tacobell during my teen years, I used to buy Tom Garling arrangements of Maynard's charts for my HS jazz band.

Heard the original band live in '72 (50 years, really?) at Hiram College. Hey Jude was the encore. The trumpet section, including Stan Mark with his afro and Dennis Noday, disappeared from the bandstand. MF played the opening verse on DiBlasio's soprano sax. We were all engrossed in the solos, waiting for the chorus, when the trumpet section entered, one in each aisle, from the back of the auditorium. What a sound. Never forget it. Got a speeding ticket on the way home.

Habe es mir schon so oft angeschaut, es zaubert mir immer wieder ein Lächeln ins Gesicht. Absolut spitze!

Saw Maynard half dozen times in Miami in the 1970's. What great memories. A man that loved his craft!

Incredible playing there by Wayne. Good to see little Louie Dowdeswell there in the section too

Great to hear this update to a classic. This song changed my life in an amazing way in 1973 or 74. I was lead trumpet in my HS band and the other 3 first chairs were outside of the band room in one of their cars. They called me over and told me to get in the car and listen. They had an eight track of MF Horn 2 and cranked up Hey Jude!!!! That was my intro to Maynard and I’ve been a fanatic ever since!

Excelente arranjo, expressão musical perfeita Parabéns.

Wonderful performance. Played trumpet 🎺 4th-12th grades because my older brother played Maynard Ferguson for me. Fortunate enough to see him live many times, and open for him my senior year at Fridley High School in Minnesota. Thanks for a great trip down memory lane.

My high school friend Mike Migliore, may he rest in peace, played many years with Maynard Ferguson band, Peter Erskine was in the band at the time. Mike told me the horn players would go out and run to keep their wind up. They asked Peter to run one day and apparently he out ran all of them. Oh to be young again!

Oh my gosh guys!!! Since 1970 Maynard has been with me and this incredible arrangement is proof that the legend lives on. Wayne, your trumpet is just like Maynard's, a weapon!

Flippin Amazing. Maynard would be proud.

What can be said about Wayne Bergeron's awesome talent that hasn't already been said. Just say Wayne and trumpet players everywhere just nod and say "Yeah."