Hey Jude à la Maynard Ferguson

A Tribute to Maynard Ferguson.
Big band fans will love the 'Tribute to Maynard Ferguson' with its catchy jazz standards and original MF big band arrangements presented by the Swiss Youth Jazz Orchestra (SYJO) directed by Fritz K Renold at the virtual Jazzaar Festival event in April 2021.
Special guests are Wayne Bergeron, Maynard's own celebrated lead trumpeter, and top lead trumpeters from the UK, Ryan Quigley and Louis Dowdeswell, who are chosen to take turns playing Maynard's parts. Five other featured artists are alumni of the Maynard Ferguson Big Band, such as Tom Garling on trombone, Tim Ries on alto sax, Christian Jacob on piano, Gildas Boclé on bass, and Peter Erskine on drums. The players not only perform but also engage us with their stories with Maynard and share their impressions of the project.
See them revive the Big Band Bash with a smoking performance of fever-pitched trumpets soaring above the swinging grooves of the rhythm section led by Peter Erskine! Sit back and watch the SYJO catch the fever and get your feet tapping!

"Hey Jude"
Composer: John Lennon/Paul McCartney

JAZZAAR FESTIVAL 2021
APRIL 12th - APRIL 21st, 2021

TRIBUTE TO MAYNARD FERGUSON
THE SWISS YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA
DIRECTED BY FRITZ K. RENOLD

Wayne Bergeron - lead trumpet (CA, USA)
Ryan Quigley - lead trumpet (UK)
Louis Dowdeswell - lead trumpet (UK)
Tim Ries - alto sax (NY, USA)
Tom Garling - trombone (IL, USA)
Christian Jacob - piano (CA, USA)
Gildas Boclé - bass (FRA)
Peter Erskine - drums (CA, USA)

The Swiss Youth Jazz Orchestra
Nicola Bernhard - trumpet
Samir Rachide - trumpet
Moritz Renner - trombone
Sebastian Wey - trombone
Mattia Facchini - alto sax
Baptiste Pfaff - tenor sax
Felix Piringer - tenor sax
Moritz Becker - bari sax
Merlin Breij - guitar
Sebastian Wells - percussions

Administration - Helen Savari-Renold
Audio Mix - Klaus Genuit, (Hansahaus Studio)
Audio Mastering - Marko Schneider, (Imagion AG)
Creative Director - Sharon Renold
Producer/Story Board - Lydia Renold
Video Editor - Aldo Caminada (BBM Productions)
Video Editor - Roland Baerlocher (BBM Productions)
VIDEO EDITOR - Callum Ramsey
Graphics - Theres Windmüller
Public Relations - Yvonne Söhner
Social Media - Samir Rachide
Secretary - Markus Hammer

Audio Crew
Luca Brügger, CH
FRITZ K RENOLD, CH
Aaron Walk, CA, USA
Charley Pollard, CA, USA
Wayne Bergeron, CA, USA
Paul Wickliffe, NJ, USA
Josh Richter, IL, USA
Midilive Studios, FRA
Louis Dowdeswell, UK

VIDEO CREW
Aldo Caminada, CH
Richard Baerlocher, CH
Roland Stocker, CH Thomas Staeubli, CH
Peter Erskine, CA, USA
Logan Shroyer, CA, USA
Bob Malone, CA, USA
Brian O'Carrol, NJ, USA
Sean Robert Kelly, IL, USA
Gildas Boclé, FRA
Louis Dowdeswell, UK

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JAZZAAR FESTIVAL 2021

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Picture Credit: Andreas Mayer

[pzzguy]

I got to do the mic check for Maynard at morning rehearsal at the stadium at Nebraska football game. I was the guy that had memorized Gonna Fly Now and could actually hit the notes. We did an all Maynard halftime show and Maynard took the field for Gonna Fly Now. He said “I knew I would pack the place.lol”. Maynard did a concert next door the next night. We all took our trumpets and played along to “Hey Jude”. That night I drove Maynards band guys to our after parties in my ‘79 Chevy Station Wagon. Good memories.

[miranda]

GOOD TRIBUTE, NO ONE LIKE MAYNARD !!!!

[blairflairontheair]

Oh my gosh guys!!! Since 1970 Maynard has been with me and this incredible arrangement is proof that the legend lives on. Wayne, your trumpet is just like Maynard's, a weapon!

[somewhat.random]

People are always surprised when we talk about the concerts we've gone to when I confess, the person I've seen the most all time is: Maynard Ferguson. Saw him the first time as a high school sophomore, and man....we stalked his Big Band through multiple states over multiple years. I remember one show, was poolside at a freaking country club outside of Canton OH. We were literally 5 feet from the band, and got to talk to them during the sets. Maynard sat down at our table and talked to us about music (table full of high school and college brass players) and life on the road. He laughed when my one friend requested then got the band to play it! Dude was a legend!

[brettknutsen]

My band director in junior high was a really good friend of Maynard. Our trumpet section got to do two days of one on one with him. My most favorite memory of playing trumpet in school.

[raygutoski]

Played trumpet for 20 years. When I finally quit and became a writer my friends threw a huge party to celebrate. Music is and always will be a huge part of my life. These guys were

[garylsmalley]

Hey Jude is a lip killer for the trumpet section! 🎺 No problem for these guys.

[edleonard]

Great to hear this update to a classic. This song changed my life in an amazing way in 1973 or 74. I was lead trumpet in my HS band and the other 3 first chairs were outside of the band room in one of their cars. They called me over and told me to get in the car and listen. They had an eight track of MF Horn 2 and cranked up Hey Jude!!!! That was my intro to Maynard and I’ve been a fanatic ever since!

[MrProplayer]

I want to hear Louis, Ryan and Wayne hold that high F then Lyn Nicholson play a triple F above it. Nice

[garybrinkman]

Absolutely great arrangement and performance that does right for Maynard, a man I met and played with once.

[davidbridenstine]

Heard the original band live in '72 (50 years, really?) at Hiram College. Hey Jude was the encore. The trumpet section, including Stan Mark with his afro and Dennis Noday, disappeared from the bandstand. MF played the opening verse on DiBlasio's soprano sax. We were all engrossed in the solos, waiting for the chorus, when the trumpet section entered, one in each aisle, from the back of the auditorium. What a sound. Never forget it. Got a speeding ticket on the way home.

[TheRichNewnes]

Nice tribute to Maynard and I gotta say, Wayne is superhuman. Perfectly in control with precise intonation even in the most extreme upper register and he;s still going strong after all these years. Everyone was great also!

[MADHIKER]

Saw Maynard half dozen times in Miami in the 1970's. What great memories. A man that loved his craft!

[thomasclehmanjr]

Maynard signed my trumpet. I treasure that

[MrMFHORN]

Incredible playing there by Wayne. Good to see little Louie Dowdeswell there in the section too

[keyboardtek]

My high school friend Mike Migliore, may he rest in peace, played many years with Maynard Ferguson band, Peter Erskine was in the band at the time. Mike told me the horn players would go out and run to keep their wind up. They asked Peter to run one day and apparently he out ran all of them. Oh to be young again!

[johndandrea]

wow....This was amazing. I was a huge Maynard Ferguson fan ever since he did a trumpet clinic for the local high schools in Daytona Beach where he was performing a concert. I was hooked then and have been ever since.

[DAFROGMASTER]

This is comepletely astonishing, these men and women did an incredible job!

[mikekelsey]

I was very fortunate to get the opportunity to see Maynard perform live. I was 19 years old at the time and had been devoted to Jazz all though my junior high and senior high school years.

[stephenmosack]

And they all look like they’re strolling through the park.
I’ve always envied dudes who can stay so cool while working so hard