The two albums on this CD reissue from Vocalion were recorded during trumpeter Maynard Ferguson's "English period (1968-72). It was a time when Ferguson was trying a number of new things, some of ...

VENTURA, Calif. – Maynard Ferguson, the jazz trumpeter known for his soaring high notes and his recording of “Gonna Fly Now,” a hit version of the theme from the “Rocky” movies, has died. He was 78.

In August 2005, when Maynard Ferguson and Big Bop Nouveau recorded MF Horn VI at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London, no one could have known or even suspected that the trumpet legend would pass away ...