Arturo Sandoval-"I Remember Maynard"

From one trumpet great to another-here's Arturo Sandoval's tribute to Maynard Ferguson. The arrangement features a cool quote from MF's classic "Frame for The Blues" (by Slide Hampton).

Arturo's "Trumpet Evolution" CD is a brilliant tribute to a whole constellation of trumpet stars, from classical guys like Maurice Andre', to jazzers like Bunny Berigan, Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Maynard. Sandoval's treatment of the tune "Maynard Ferguson", written by Shorty Rogers for Maynard during their Stan Kenton years, is essentially unplayable by anyone else, and it probably is the only tune on the CD Arturo doesn't nail.

UPDATE: Let's add Arturo's "Maynard Ferguson".



For that matter, here's MF with the same tune, with Stan Kenton and the band on Ed Sullivan, circa 1952.