RIP Maynard Ferguson

[Melissa Johnson]

Jazz legend Maynard Ferguson died this morning (http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=peopleNews&storyID=2006-08-24T181458Z_01_N24450100_RTRIDST_0_P EOPLE-FERGUSON-DC.XML) of complications of his liver.

Submitted by thexflamesxburn

[Boring Pop Song]

truly a legend. RIP

[dashboard1190]

Holy shit. This guy was amazing. I was in Jazz Band throughout middle school and we listened to countless songs by him, I even saw him perform at a local high school two years ago, incredibly talented.

RIP.

[w00t_man]

wow...that's really sad....i loved his music. this man was a true legend.

[Ruggiero2oo8]

Rip

[ironlionOROKU]

man really sad....birdland and weather report for life

[dashboard1190]

man really sad....birdland and weather report for life

birdland <3

[skankinbri]

Glad I got to visit him before he died.

RIP and thanks for the talk, even if for only five minutes.

[El_Jeffe]

keep hitting those high notes my friend

[BestKeptSecrets]

this is crazy, he was played here like a few months ago, damn, great musician.

[hangnail03]

sad news. so inspirational to anyone with jazz backgrounds and many other musicians. his music will be in the cd player this week....

[theeasykill]

Bless him for all the wonderful music and rip.

[thexflamesxburn]

triple c's man, triple high c's

[dangets]

shit... that sucks. a great musician and band leader. RIP

[FOBcareemo]

Glad I got to visit him before he died.

RIP and thanks for the talk, even if for only five minutes.


he lived near us didnt he??i think like moorpark. i met him before at a jazz competition i played at... a true legend

R.I.P.

[saysmydoctor]

So he was a motherfuckin' genius. Wow...that sucks alot. RIP Maynard.

[finch macbeth]

that man could scream

[DeadCityScars]

that's really sad, Tool was a great band, imo.

[CalmerThanYou]

Maynard could make the theme from rocky sound "cool".

I got to see him earlier this year. They encored with Birdland and that funky Herbie Hancock cover ( I can't remember the name). Those were terrific. But the best part of the encore was him and the piano player doing a duet that was as beautiful as anything I have ever heard.

May he RIP.

[Cursethishearse]

I remember my father taking me to see him multiple times when I still quite young. I even remember meeting Maynard when I was young. It's been a while seen I've last seen him play, but it brought me to a few tears to know he had passed. Rest in peace, Maynard.

[phunkspace]

that's really sad, Tool was a great band, imo.

I...I can't tell if you're joking...but if you are, this is fucking hilarious.

I was never much of a maynard fan in terms of playing, but his compositional work was fucking awesome. One of the few contemporary big bands I can listen to, aside from like...Mintzer's big band.

[Ryan Imhof]

whoa.

[CorporateFish]

this man is the sole reason i play trumpet. My favorite jazz musician of all time. RIP.