Composer Maynard Ferguson

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Maynard Ferguson

Living place: Montreal

Birthday: 4-5-1928 (96 years old)

Global rank: #34368

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Composer Maynard Ferguson profile

Who is Composer Maynard Ferguson?
Canadian jazz trumpeter and conductor known for his remarkable ability to hit high notes. He became leader of the Birdland Dream band in 1956. He lived with Timothy Leary for a time in the early 1960s, experimenting with various psychedelic drugs.
He was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1992.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He first played the piano and violin as a child before finding an interest in brass instruments. His first solo performance was the Canada Broadcasting Corporation Orchestra, where he was billed as a prodigy. He garnered fame as part of the Stan Kenton Orchestra.

Family life info

He was born to two musicians. He fathered three daughters, Corby, Wilder, and Lisa, with his wife Flo Ferguson.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Composer Maynard Ferguson?
He and Miles Davis were contemporaries and were both jazz trumpeters and bandleaders.

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When was Composer Maynard Ferguson born?
Maynard Ferguson birthday 4-5-1928 (at the age of 96).
Where is Composer Maynard Ferguson's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Maynard Ferguson was born in Montreal, of Canada. is a Composer, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Maynard Ferguson's global rank is 34368 and whose rank is 157 in list of famous Composer.
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Events in 1928 and 4-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Maynard Ferguson

  • Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, is signed in Paris by 65 nations.
  • Richard E. Byrd starts an expedition to Antarctic; returns in 1930.
  • The first of Joseph Stalin's Five Year Plans imposes collectivization on agriculture in the Soviet Union.

Birthday Maynard Ferguson (4-5) in history

  • Day 4-5 year 1626: Dutch Governor Peter Minuit landed in Manhattan, which he later bought for $24 in cloth and brass buttons.
  • Day 4-5 year 1886: The Haymarket Square riot broke out as a result of a labor demonstration.
  • Day 4-5 year 1932: Public Enemy Number One, Al Capone, was jailed for tax evasion.
  • Day 4-5 year 1959: The first Grammy Awards were held.
  • Day 4-5 year 1961: Civil rights activists, called "freedom riders," left Washington, DC for New Orleans.
  • Day 4-5 year 1970: Four Kent State University students were shot down by National Guard members during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration.
  • Day 4-5 year 1998: The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was sentenced to four life terms plus 30 years for his series of bombings that killed three and injured 23.
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