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Maynard Ferguson
tr, 1928-2006 US, Montreal
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Walter Maynard Ferguson "Tiger" Brown
Walter Maynard Ferguson, commonly known as, Maynard Ferguson, the "King of the Stratosphere" (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006), was a Canadian jazz musician and bandleader. He came to prominence playing in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own band in 1957. He was noted for his bands, which often served as stepping stones for up-and-coming talent, and his ability to play expressively and accurately in a remarkably high register.
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| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Level (DJ Premier Remix) / Mister Mellow | Showbiz & A.G. / Maynard Ferguson | 2017 | Single |
| Complete High Voltage | Maynard Ferguson | 2016 | Compil. |
| Chameleon / Conquistador / Hot | Maynard Ferguson | 2015 | Compil. |
| Temptation / The Buzz | Lenny Williams / Maynard Ferguson | 2015 | Album |
| It's My Time / Hollywood | Maynard Ferguson | 2015 | Compil. |
| Primal Scream / New Vintage / Carnival | Maynard Ferguson | 2014 | Compil. |
| M.F. Horn/M.F. Horn 2/M.F. Horn 3 | Maynard Ferguson | 2013 | Compil. |
| Maynard '61 + "Straightaway" Jazz Themes | Maynard Ferguson | 2013 | Compil. |
| The New Sounds Of Maynard Ferguson / Come Blow Your Horn | Maynard Ferguson | 2012 | Compil. |
| Double Exposure Plus Two's Company | Maynard Ferguson And Chris Connor | 2012 | Compil. |
| Maynard | Maynard Ferguson | 2011 | Album |
| You Saved My Day / Pagliacci | Cheryl Lynn / Maynard Ferguson | 2011 | Album |
| The Lost Tapes Volume Two | Maynard Ferguson | 2008 | Album |
| The Lost Tapes Volume One | Maynard Ferguson | 2007 | Album |
| Dream Band | Maynard Ferguson And His Birdland Dream Band | 2007 | Compil. |
| Dancing Sessions | Maynard Ferguson | 2007 | Compil. |
| On A High Note - The Best Of Concord Jazz Recordings | Maynard Ferguson | 2007 | Compil. |
| The Essential Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 2007 | Compil. |
| M.F. Horn 2 & The Ballad Style Of Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 2006 | Compil. |
| Say It With Trumpets | Maynard Ferguson | 2006 | Compil. |
| M.F. Horn 3 & M.F. Horn 4 & 5 | Maynard Ferguson | 2006 | Compil. |
| Hollywood Jam Sessions | Maynard Ferguson | 2005 | Compil. |
| Band Ain't Draggin' | Maynard Ferguson, Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra And Maynard Ferguson Octet | 2005 | Compil. |
| Maynard Ferguson Plays Bill Holman's Arrangements - I Have But Two Horns | Maynard Ferguson | 2005 | Compil. |
| Hollywood Party | Maynard Ferguson | 2005 | Single |
| Cool Fool | Bud Shank And Three Trombones Featuring Bob Enevoldsen, Maynard Ferguson, Stu Williamson, Bob Brookmeyer | 2003 | Compil. |
| Swingin' For Schuur | Diane Schuur, Maynard Ferguson | 2001 | Album |
| Orchestra Planet, The Best Of Orchestra Music | Paul Mauriat, Rondò Veneziano, Bert Kaempfert, Helmut Zacharias, Henry Mancini, Max Greger, James Last, Count Basie, Herb Alpert, Ray Conniff, Pee Wee Russell, Duke Ellington, Maynard Ferguson | 1999 | Compil. |
| It Might As Well Be Spring : The Roulette Years | Maynard Ferguson | 1997 | Compil. |
| Master Of The Stratosphere | Maynard Ferguson | 1997 | Compil. |
| This Is Jazz | Maynard Ferguson | 1996 | Compil. |
| Verve Jazz Masters 52 | Maynard Ferguson | 1996 | Compil. |
| Special Delivery | Tito Puente Featuring Maynard Ferguson | 1996 | Album |
| Live At The Great American Music Hall Part II | Maynard Ferguson | 1995 | Album |
| Live At The Great American Music Hall Part I | Maynard Ferguson | 1994 | Album |
| The Complete Roulette Recordings of the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra | Maynard Ferguson | 1994 | Compil. |
| Live From London | Maynard Ferguson | 1994 | Album |
| Storm | Maynard Ferguson | 1994 | Album |
| The Essence Of Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 1993 | Compil. |
| Footpath Café | Maynard Ferguson | 1992 | Album |
| Two Big Bands Play Selections From West Side Story & Other Delights | Buddy Rich / Maynard Ferguson | 1991 | Compil. |
| Big Bop Nouveau | Maynard Ferguson | 1990 | Album |
| High Voltage 2 | Maynard Ferguson | 1989 | Album |
| Two's Company | Maynard Ferguson And Chris Connor | 1989 | Album |
| Summer Of '51 | Stan Kenton And His Orchestra Featuring: Art Pepper, Shelly Manne, Milt Bernhart, Maynard Ferguson | 1987 | Album |
| High Voltage | Maynard Ferguson | 1987 | Album |
| Body & Soul | Maynard Ferguson | 1986 | Album |
| Mercury V.S.O.P. Album II | Erroll Garner, Johnny Hartman, Junior Mance, Helen Merrill, Paul Bley, Maynard Ferguson, Roland Kirk | 1985 | Album |
| Live From San Francisco - From The Great American Music Hall | Maynard Ferguson | 1985 | Album |
| Big Band RTB With American Guests | Jazz Orkestar Radio-Televizije Beograd & Clark Terry, Johnny Griffin, Nathan Davis, Maynard Ferguson, Ernie Wilkins | 1984 | Compil. |
| Trumpets On High! | Maynard Ferguson / Dizzy Gillespie / Miles Davis & Metronome All Stars | 1984 | Compil. |
| A Collection Of | Maynard Ferguson, Chris Conner | 1983 | Album |
| M.F. Horn | Maynard Ferguson | 1983 | Album |
| Hollywood | Maynard Ferguson | 1982 | Album |
| Storm | Maynard Ferguson | 1982 | Album |
| Hollywood | Maynard Ferguson | 1982 | Album |
| "Conducts The Birdland Dreamband" Vol 1 & 2 | Maynard Ferguson | 1982 | Album |
| Interchords - An Interview With Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 1982 | Album |
| Hollywood Sampler | Maynard Ferguson | 1982 | Album |
| Columbia Records Presents Jazz Jazz Jazz | Arthur Blythe, Miles Davis, Al Di Meola, Charles Earland, Fathers & Sons Productions, Maynard Ferguson | 1982 | Compil. |
| I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 85 | Maynard Ferguson / Tony Scott | 1982 | Compil. |
| Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 1981 | Compil. |
| Dance To Your Heart | Maynard Ferguson | 1980 | Single |
| It's My Time | Maynard Ferguson | 1980 | Album |
| It's My Time | Maynard Ferguson | 1980 | Single |
| The Best Of Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 1980 | Compil. |
| Dance To Your Heart / An Offering Of Love Part 1 | Maynard Ferguson | 1980 | Single |
| Rocky II Disco | Maynard Ferguson | 1979 | Single |
| Rocky II...Knockout! | Maynard Ferguson | 1979 | Single |
| Rocky II Disco / Gabriel | Maynard Ferguson | 1979 | Single |
| Main Theme From Star Trek - The Motion Picture | Maynard Ferguson | 1979 | Single |
| Hot | Maynard Ferguson | 1979 | Album |
| What's It All About? | Ronnie Milsap / Maynard Ferguson | 1978 | Single |
| Theme From "Battlestar Galactica" | Maynard Ferguson | 1978 | Single |
| Carnival | Maynard Ferguson | 1978 | Album |
| Main Title (From The 20th Century-Fox Film "Star Wars") / Oasis | Maynard Ferguson | 1977 | Single |
| Scheherazade / Maria (From "West Side Story") | Maynard Ferguson | 1977 | Album |
| Conquistador | Maynard Ferguson | 1977 | Album |
| Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky") | Maynard Ferguson | 1977 | Single |
| Main Title (From The 20th Century-Fox Film "Star Wars") / Oasis | Maynard Ferguson | 1977 | Single |
| Theme From Star Trek | Maynard Ferguson | 1977 | Single |
| Maria (From "West Side Story") / Oasis | Maynard Ferguson | 1977 | Single |
| ロッキーのテーマ = Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky") | Maynard Ferguson | 1977 | Single |
| New Vintage | Maynard Ferguson | 1977 | Album |
| Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky") / Theme From Star Trek | Maynard Ferguson | 1977 | Album |
| Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky") / More Than A Feeling | Maynard Ferguson / Boston | 1977 | Single |
| Pagliacci / Primal Scream | Maynard Ferguson | 1976 | Album |
| Pagliacci / Pagliacci | Maynard Ferguson | 1976 | Single |
| Stratospheric | Maynard Ferguson | 1976 | Compil. |
| Primal Scream | Maynard Ferguson | 1976 | Album |
| Invitation | Maynard Ferguson | 1976 | Single |
| M.F. Horn And M.F. Horn Two | Maynard Ferguson | 1975 | Compil. |
| M.F. Horn 4&5: Live At Jimmy's | Maynard Ferguson | 1974 | Album |
| Chameleon | Maynard Ferguson | 1974 | Album |
| The Big 'F' | Maynard Ferguson | 1974 | Compil. |
| M.F. Horn 3 | Maynard Ferguson | 1973 | Album |
| Screamin' Blues | Maynard Ferguson | 1973 | Album |
| The Herbie Mann-Maynard Ferguson Years | Herbie Mann - Maynard Ferguson | 1973 | Compil. |
| The Herbie Mann-Maynard Ferguson Years | Herbie Mann / Maynard Ferguson | 1973 | Compil. |
| Echoes OF An Era : A Message From Newport / Newport Suite | Maynard Ferguson | 1972 | Compil. |
| M.F. Horn Two | Maynard Ferguson | 1972 | Album |
| Macarthur Park / Bridge Over Troubled Water | Maynard Ferguson | 1972 | Single |
| M.F. Horn Two | Maynard Ferguson | 1972 | Album |
| '61/Si, Si, M.F. | Maynard Ferguson | 1972 | Compil. |
| Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 1971 | Album |
| Trumpets Out Front | Herb Pomeroy / Maynard Ferguson | 1971 | Compil. |
| The Dynamic Sound Of Big Band Jazz | Maynard Ferguson | 1970 | Compil. |
| L-Dopa | Maynard Ferguson | 1970 | Single |
| M.F. Horn | Maynard Ferguson | 1970 | Album |
| Eli's Comin | Maynard Ferguson | 1970 | Single |
| The Ballad Style Of Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson With The Keith Mansfield Orchestra | 1969 | Album |
| Maynard + Gustav | Gustav Brom Orchestra A Maynard Ferguson | 1969 | Album |
| Trumpet Rhapsody | Maynard Ferguson | 1968 | Album |
| Ridin' High | Maynard Ferguson | 1968 | Album |
| The Maynard Ferguson Years | Maynard Ferguson | 1965 | Compil. |
| Big Band Scene '65 | Count Basie & Maynard Ferguson | 1965 | Album |
| Take The "A" Train / Maine Bone / Blues Fr'ell / The Lights Across The River | Maynard Ferguson, Clark Terry Sextet feat Ben Webster | 1964 | Single |
| Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 1964 | Album |
| People | Maynard Ferguson | 1964 | Single |
| Dimensions Vol. 1 Feat. Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 1964 | Single |
| The Blues Roar | Maynard Ferguson | 1964 | Album |
| The World Of Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 1964 | Compil. |
| Color Him Wild | Maynard Ferguson | 1964 | Album |
| Maynard '64 | Maynard Ferguson | 1963 | Album |
| Jazz Goes Hollywood | Teddy Wilson, Rufus Jones, Maynard Ferguson, Clark Terry | 1963 | Album |
| Bud Shank | Bud Shank with Maynard Ferguson - Stu Williamson and Bob Enevoldsen | 1963 | Album |
| A Message From Maynard | Maynard Ferguson | 1963 | Album |
| The New Sounds Of Maynard Ferguson And His Orchestra | Maynard Ferguson | 1963 | Album |
| Maynard 63 | Maynard Ferguson | 1963 | Single |
| George Gershwin's Porgy And Bess | George Gershwin, Mel Tormé, Frances Faye With Betty Roché, George Kirby, Johnny Hartman, Sallie Blair, Frank Rosolino, Loulie Jean Norman, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Russell Garcia Conducting The Studio Orchestra, The Australian Jazz Quintet, The Pat Moran Quartet, The Stan Levey Group And Maynard Ferguson, Cat Anderson, Howard McGhee, Herbie Mann, Paul Gonsalves, Ralph Sharon, Johnny Hodges | 1962 | Album |
| Maria (From "West Side Story") / Hip Twist | Maynard Ferguson | 1962 | Single |
| Summertime / The Lonesome Road | Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson | 1961 | Single |
| Two's Company | Maynard Ferguson And Chris Connor | 1961 | Album |
| Double Exposure | Chris Connor And Maynard Ferguson | 1961 | Album |
| "Straightaway" Jazz Themes | Maynard Ferguson | 1961 | Album |
| Newport Suite | Maynard Ferguson | 1960 | Album |
| Boy With Lots Of... Brass | Maynard Ferguson | 1960 | Single |
| A Message From Newport | Maynard Ferguson | 1960 | Album |
| Maynard Ferguson Plays Jazz For Dancing | Maynard Ferguson | 1959 | Album |
| A Message From Birdland | Maynard Ferguson | 1959 | Album |
| Around The Horn With Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 1958 | Single |
| Boy With Lots Of Brass | Maynard Ferguson | 1957 | Album |
| Birdland Dream Band Volume 2 | Maynard Ferguson | 1957 | Album |
| Around The Horn With Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 1956 | Album |
| Hollywood Party | Maynard Ferguson | 1956 | Album |
| One Night Stand With Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 1956 | Album |
| The Big Horn | Maynard Ferguson | 1956 | Single |
| Ramona / But Beautiful | Frank Rosolino / Maynard Ferguson | 1956 | Single |
| Dimensions | Maynard Ferguson | 1956 | Album |
| The Way You Look Tonight | Maynard Ferguson | 1955 | Single |
| E seu octeto | Maynard Ferguson | 1955 | Album |
| Jam Session Featuring Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 1955 | Album |
| Jam Session Featuring Maynard Ferguson, Vol. 1 | Maynard Ferguson | 1955 | Single |
| Maynard Ferguson And His Octet Vol. 2 | Maynard Ferguson | 1955 | Single |
| Autumn Leaves / Finger-Snappin' | Maynard Ferguson And Maynard Ferguson Octet | 1955 | Single |
| Conception | Maynard Ferguson | 1955 | Single |
| Jam Session Vol. 2 Featuring Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 1954 | Album |
| Conception | Maynard Ferguson | 1954 | Single |
| The Hot Canary / What's New? | Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton And His Orchestra | 1951 | Album |
| The Hot Canary / What's New? | Maynard Ferguson Accompanied By Stan Kenton And His Orchestra | 1951 | Album |
| Diz Does Everything | Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra Featuring Maynard Ferguson | Album | |
| The Way You Look Tonight / Lonely Town | Maynard Ferguson | Album | |
| Three Kenton's Be Boppers Groups 1947-1950 | Vido Musso, Maynard Ferguson, Eddie Safranski | Album | |
| Blues For A Four String Guitar | Maynard Ferguson | Single | |
| Somewhere Over The Rainbow / All God's Children Got Rhythm | Maynard Ferguson | Single | |
| U.S. Savings Bonds Division presents The Grammy Treasure Chest | Tony Bennett, Bill Evans, Diana Ross, Maynard Ferguson With Mike Douglas | Compil. | |
| Anthony And Cleopatra / Theme From "Naked City" | Maynard Ferguson | Single | |
| Dimensions Vol. 2 | Maynard Ferguson | Single | |
| Jazz Festival | Maynard Ferguson / Teddy Wilson / Clark Terry / Rufus Jones | Compil. | |
| M.B.B / Sweet Georgia Brown | Shorty Rogers, Shelly Manne, Milt Bernhart, Jimmy Giuffre, Maynard Ferguson, Abe Most, Bob Cooper, Irv Cottler | Single | |
| The Lost Tapes Volume Three | Maynard Ferguson | Album | |
| Joue Cleopatre | Maynard Ferguson | Single | |
| Gravy Waltz / Watermelon Man | Maynard Ferguson | Single | |
| The Cha Cha Cha | Maynard Ferguson | Single |
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