Most Maynard Ferguson fans consider his years on the Roulette label (from 1958 to 1962) to be his finest big band recordings. They are ferocious on every level—from stampeding arrangements to ...

BEAVER CREEK – Jazz musician and Grammy-nominated trumpet master Maynard Ferguson will host an after-school workshop and discussion for Eagle County band students and a public concert at the Vilar ...

What would the holidays be without brass. Here are a bunch of recently posted YouTube clips of Maynard Ferguson in action, including Christmas for Moderns, an Ed Sullivan Show performance in 1960 and ...

The “Gonna Fly Now” theme from “Rocky” did not originate with Canadian trumpet virtuoso Maynard Ferguson. But Ferguson’s soaring take on it is now considered by many to be the most iconic version of ...

LOS ANGELES - Jazz trumpeter and big-band leader Walter "Maynard" Ferguson, famed for his screaming solos and ability to hit blisteringly high notes, has died at age 78, associates said today. The ...

Walter “Maynard” Ferguson, the jazz trumpeter known for holding extreme high notes and a hit recording of the theme to “Rocky,” died Wednesday in Ventura’s Community Memorial Hospital of kidney and ...

VENTURA, Calif. – Maynard Ferguson, the jazz trumpeter known for his soaring high notes and his recording of “Gonna Fly Now,” a hit version of the theme from the “Rocky” movies, has died. He was 78.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A salute to Maynard Ferguson, one of the jazz world's flashiest trumpeters, colors American Music Review's annual Stagedoor Spectacular at 8 p.m. Friday, March 4, in the Long ...

Maynard Ferguson, who died Wednesday at 78, was a veteran trumpeter and bandleader best known for delivering stratospheric high notes, rock-concert-level volume, and sheer excitement in equal ...

VENTURA, Calif. – Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, known for his soaring high notes and for his hit recording of "Gonna Fly Now," which lent the musical muscle to the "Rocky" movie franchise, has died ...

Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, known for his soaring high notes and for his recording of “Gonna Fly Now,” a hit version of the theme from the “Rocky” movies, has died. He was 78. Ferguson, who lived ...

Already a band leader in his native land by his early teenage years, trumpeter Ferguson played in the bands of Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey and Charlie Barnet in the 40s. His breakthrough into public ...