Regarding 'chops' - MF was pretty good in his earlier years, but as he got older his tone quality and control deteriorated significantly.
His bands too started to deteriorate in quality after the early seventies - much less disciplined and trained than the earlier bands. Going to a MF show from the mid-seventies on became a real 'roll of the dice' - somtimes you got a tight, great show, but often you got a sloppy, poorly executed performance.
newyorkvibes(Thursday 28th of August 2008 09:54:58 AM)
You was the best Maynard, i love u forever!
elduro0001(Tuesday 26th of August 2008 08:50:05 AM)
hahaha you make me laugh because you are a joke.... are you an idiot? because only a person with a very low IQ can say that maynard had no chops... obviously you dont know a crap about good trumpet players...
elduro0001(Tuesday 26th of August 2008 08:46:44 AM)
I've been playing this piece for a while now and I can play it almost complete... the thing is that i cant go higher than a A...
Ulysses1107(Friday 22nd of August 2008 09:55:05 AM)
man ive been trying to play this for a while now, and i still cant get to the first high parts
this guy must have had chops of steel to play this!
lamole2005(Saturday 23rd of August 2008 11:16:33 AM)
i can play it all the way except the part that he goes really high to like a b
Bobbyd1175(Friday 15th of August 2008 04:16:07 PM)
To Waltandrus-You are correct. Bill manufactured the "Doc Severinsen" mouthpiece which all the muscicans used including Maynard
Ferguson. I worked for Bill and Mille Ratzenberger for 13 years at the Continental and heard the world's greatest musicians. Bill knew Maynard from Jim and Andy's Club in NYC where any musician who was anybody hung out including Judy Holiday. Bill's mouthpiece was called the "Jet-Tone Musical Mouthpiece" which Doc indorsed in the 60s. HIs factory was in Farifield.
Toddlip(Wednesday 13th of August 2008 10:18:02 AM)
He must be. To say Maynard had no chops could get you in trouble with God...if you're serious.
