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Title: The world loses another music great... Post by: Nebu on August 25, 2006, 10:48:30 AM Maynard Ferguson dies at the age of 78. (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=2352609)
I'm not sure many of you know Maynard beyond his work on the Rocky theme (Gonna Fly Now), but he was one of my inspirations while studying music in college. Title: Re: The world loses another music great... Post by: stray on August 25, 2006, 09:28:43 PM Was he one of your instructors or something? Is there anything about his horn playing that you directly apply to the bass, or do you mean he was influential on a theoretical level?
Title: Re: The world loses another music great... Post by: Nebu on August 26, 2006, 01:25:45 AM Well... even though I was a bass player professionally, my passion was in brass (trumpet, french horn, and baritone). I studied and performed mostly on trumpet and baritone when I was in college. That's where my fascination with Maynard came from.
I'm just happy someone else here knows who he was! Title: Re: The world loses another music great... Post by: stray on August 26, 2006, 01:35:41 AM I like a lot of Jazz too, but mostly Bop era stuff. I wish I was Coltrane on guitar (fat chance, I know).
I'm thinking about getting a sax actually. Just a cheap one. Not aiming for anything serious, but I'd like to start approaching music from a completely different angle right now. If anything, it'd help me look at my main instrument in new ways. Title: Re: The world loses another music great... Post by: Righ on August 26, 2006, 04:58:29 PM I wasn't familiar with him, but the Birdland/Zawinul connection makes me think I should take a listen.
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