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11 years old was the age my parents took me to Birdland to see Maynard perform with his band (I had heard him play at my house at an earlier age, but that's a different story...). Reading Matt's story about him and his son enjoying Maynard's music together brought me back to that.
My dad would usually arrange it so we'd sit one or two table back from the bandstand and often dead center in front of Maynard. Back then the band was relatively un-amplified -- as I remember it, there was a mic on the upright bass, I believe there was a mic in the acoustic piano, and one mic upfront for Maynard's announcements that was also used as a solo mic. There were no mics in the sections, so when it came time to solo each of the soloists would have to navigate off that tiny bandstand to the upfront mic - it was somewhat easier for the saxophones because the music stands were cut so low, they could just step over them to get to the solo mic.
So there were no stage monitors, not a lot of speakers, etc. But there was nothing to beat the pure acoustic sound of that band in that club. And oftentimes, a soaring heart-sweeping passage like in "Tenderly" or a building ensemble as in "Frame For The Blues" with Maynard coming in on top, would be accompanied with a nudge to the shoulder or a tap to the knee, and I'd turn to my dad and we'd smile. Talk about blessings, I am truly blessed to have experienced over 45 years of Maynard Ferguson...
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