TICKETS ON SALE TODAY at 10am to Honor the Jazz Legend at a Special Performance on September 20th.
ST. LOUIS--The Maynard Ferguson Family, in association with Steve Schankman and Contemporary Productions, will present a tribute to Maynard Ferguson on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the campus of University of Missouri - St. Louis. The concert will be dedicated to the life and music of legendary musician and band leader, known as “The Boss," who passed away on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at the age of 78. Artists performing at this special concert will include the current Big Bop Nouveau Band and some of the many lead trumpeters and soloists from Maynard Ferguson's alumni. Those who have confirmed attendance include Wayne Bergeron, Denis DiBlasio, Mike Dubaniewicz, Carl Fischer, Chip McNeill, Peter Olstad, Reggie Watkins, Steve Wiest and many more to come. To find out new additions to the show, please continue to check www.maynardferguson.com for complete updates.
WHEN: Wednesday, September 20th ONE NIGHT ONLY! 7:30 pm
WHERE: The Touhill Performing Arts Center One University Boulevard (on the campus on University of Missouri-St. Louis)
TICKETS: Tickets are priced at $50, $40, and $25 All net proceeds to benefit The Maynard Ferguson Music Scholarship at the University of Missouri - St. Louis
For more information or to purchase tickets:
- Call the Touhill at 314.516.4949 or toll free at 866.516.4949
- Online at www.touhill.org.
- Tickets may be purchased at the Touhill Box Office, Monday-Friday 10:00am - 6:00pm. The Box Office is located at the Touhill at One University Blvd.
The Venue:
The lobby of the Touhill will open two hours before the event is set to begin for everyone to gather and visit if they wish. After the event, the lobby will remain open until midnight to also accommodate the wishes of the fans. There will be a cash bar available.
The Alumni:
We have assembled a Core Band with some additional guest players and former Musical Directors to represent a variety of different eras.
It is our plan to present a “Tribute in Music" to our friend, Boss, Father, and Band Leader.
It will be impossible to include every alumni that comes to the event musically but we would like to recognize them all by way of an Alumni Pass. I request to have all alumni attending the event contact me (Ed) via email. Please email Ed at [email protected]. In this email please include the year/years you were in the band and also if you expect to be bringing a spouse or significant other.
This does not circumvent ticket purchase as the proceeds go into the Maynard Ferguson Schlorship fund at the Univ. of Missouri at St Louis.
THE CORE BAND:
CONFIRMED TRUMPET PLAYERS:
PATRICK HESSION
SERAFIN AGULAR
WAYNE BERGERON
ROGER INGRAM
CONFIRMED SAX PLAYERS
MATT WALLACE
MIKE DUBANIEWICZ
CHIP MCNEILL
DENIS DIBLASIO
CONFIRMED TROMBONE PLAYERS
STEVE WIEST
TOM GARLING
REGGIE WATKINS
KEITH OSHIRO
JOE BARATI
CONFIRMED RHYTHM SECTION
STOCKTON HELBING- DRUMMER/MUSICAL DIRECTOR
BRIAN MULHOLLAND- BASS
JEFF LASHWAY- PIANO
CHRISTIAN JACOB - PIANO
ADDITIONAL CONFIRMED GUEST PLAYERS:
PETER OLSTADT
CARL FISCHER
SCOTT ENGELBRIGHT
ERIC MIYASHIRO
ERNIE HAMMES
STAN MARK
DANNY BARBER
MAYNARD FERGUSON BACKGROUND:
Maynard Ferguson, born May 4, 1928 in Montreal, started his career at the age of 13 when he performed as a featured soloist with the Canadian Broadcasting Company Orchestra. He played with some of the great Big Band Leaders of the 1940's including Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Barnett, Jimmy Dorsey and Stan Kenton. In 1945, at age 17, Ferguson became the leader of his own Big Band. He went on to record more than 60 albums, receiving numerous honors and awards including the GRAMMY nomination for “Gonna Fly Now" In 2005, Ferguson was awarded Canada's highest civilian honor, the “Order of Canada" from the Right Honorable Governor General Adrienne Clarkson. In addition to those accolades, Ferguson has been the recipient of DownBeat Magazine's prestigious “DownBeat" Award.
Mr. Ferguson had recently returned home to California from New York after several sold out performances in July at the famed Blue Note Club. During this time, Ferguson and his Big Bop Nouveau band also recorded a new album at Bennett Studios in Englewood, New Jersey. This, his latest and last recording, will be released later this year as a legacy to the life of Maynard Ferguson.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
