Here’s a photo of the great jazz trumpeter, Maynard Ferguson, just starting out as a young lad on the trumpet…

The young trumpeter Maynard Ferguson

Now for  a recording, or two, of Maynard just a few short years later leading the amazing Stan Kenton Orchestra.

In this recording, ‘This Is An Orchestra’, Maynard really kicks in at circa 8.00 mins…

…and a little more… ‘What’s New’…

Here’s the famous ‘Hot Canary’ Maynard recorded with Stan Kenton in 1950…