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Steve Wiest	UNT MF Tribute!	Lead	[-]
Posts: 88 (09/12/08 07:13 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Hello To All Forum-Folk! Here is the announcement we've been waiting for! The University of North Texas will be hosting a Maynard Ferguson musical tribute in Fort Worth Texas at McDavid Studio on October 17! Here are the details: "Dreaming of Birdland" A Tribute to Maynard Ferguson featuring the UNT One O'Clock Lab Band with special guests Pete DeSiena and Stockton Helbing (more guests to be announced soon!) For info on McDavid Studio (part of Bass Performance Hall), to buy tickets, and to stay on top of developing details go to: http://www.basshall.com/ and click on McDavid Studio We will be playing the killer music of the Birdland Dream Band era as well as a taste of Big Bop Nouveau (Besame Mucho for sure, and some surprises). Pete DeSiena is one of the greatest living players of Tenderly and will no doubt play that and then some, while our man Stockton will be featured on Besame and then take it from there! I am working on one more major trumpet soloist as well. More on that soon. The One O'Clock Lab Band will be fueled by a great lead trumpet player: James Blackwell, and the whole band is burning this semester, so it should be a blast! Other members of the MF "extended family" are trying to clear their schedules e'en as I type, so I will alert you as soon as things firm up. Here is a chance to breath life into this great collection, and I hope you all will be able to be there! The place will sell out soon, so go grab some tix and spread the word! More later... Last Edited By: k115810 09/12/08 08:27 PM. Edited 12 times.
camel lips		#1	[-]
Posts: 1125 (09/12/08 08:48 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Woo Hoo I get to say woo hoo first.
barrypartake		#2	[-]
Posts: 23 (09/12/08 09:13 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I am so there. Barrypartake
trumpet4	unt tribute	#3	[-]
Posts: 19 (09/13/08 04:37 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	great news! question re tix, went to site for concert venue and only saw general admission seating option. anyone with more info please advise.
bdtptboy		#4	[-]
Posts: 201 (09/13/08 06:19 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Unfortunately I can't get there, although I'll be closer to Texas than normal! Would have been the perfect way to celebrate my birthday too..... Likely to be any web broadcast hookup or anything like that? www.BryanDavis.info
aggieed		#5	[-]
Posts: 102 (09/13/08 05:14 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Darn, I'm going to miss out by a week since I hadn't planned on being in the Denton area until the last week of October. Bummer, man! It sounds like it'll be a good time, though!
Steve Wiest		#6	[-]
Posts: 89 (09/13/08 05:35 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	To trumpet4: The McDavid Studio is a general seating-only night club-type venue. It has very cool table seats with good line of sight from all angles. A very hip room to play and an excellent place to present jazz. I know that you will enjoy it greatly. See you there! To aggieed: Sorry you can't make it. I realize this is fairly short notice, but things moved quickly! Tell your friends to come by in your honor.
trumpet4	unt tix	#7	[-]
Posts: 20 (09/14/08 05:35 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	steve thanks for the info, i went ahead and purchased two when i first saw the announcement, just wondered if GA was the only option. sounds like a great place and i cant wait!!!
Steve Wiest		#8	[-]
Posts: 90 (09/14/08 08:07 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	trumpet4: Cool! I will see you there. (tell all your friends )
rjames1999	Tribute	#9	[-]
Posts: 1 (09/15/08 08:20 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Got my tickets. Sounds like a small venue - I didn't want to be disappointed. I haven't had the opportunity to attend any of the previous tributes, so this will be a treat. Thanks Steve!
MFCadi	Tribute lodging.	#10	[-]
Posts: 35 (09/15/08 09:21 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Is there a certain hotel that we need to make reservations with? MFCadi
Steve Wiest	Guest Artists Finalized!	#11	[-]
Posts: 91 (09/15/08 03:33 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hello All, I now have the run-down of guest artists: Stockton Helbing Craig Johnson Pete DeSiena These three will be featured along with the One O'Clock Lab Band. I can guarantee it will be a killer show. Here's the latest from the McDavid Website: "Dreaming of Birdland" The UNT One O'Clock Lab Band's Tribute to Maynard Ferguson Presented by: Bass Hall Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street www.myspace.com/mcdavidstudio Dates / Times: Friday, 10/17/2008 7:30 PM Friday, 10/17/2008 10:00 PM Information: The world-famous University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band will be performing music from the recently acquired Maynard Ferguson Music Library. The shows will consist of arrangements and compositions from the "Birdland Dream Band"-era - pieces of music written by some of the greatest names in jazz: Benny Golson, Ernie Wilkens, Don Sebesky, Slide Hampton, Willie Maiden, and Mike Abene, as well as some Big Bop Nouveau favorites such as the Grammy-nominated Besame Mucho and much more. An evening of high powered modern big band jazz in the exciting tradition of the great Maynard Ferguson. With special guests and Maynard/One O'Clock Alum Craig Johnson, Pete DeSiena and Stockton Helbing. _________________________________ Re: Tribute Lodging: If you all would like, any Forum Member is more than welcome to sit in and check out our rehearsal. We will probably read through the stuff with the guest artists on the day of the gig in Kenton Hall. Nothing set in stone yet, but probably something like 1-3:00 on Friday the 17th , then we'll take a bus down to Fort Worth. (One O'Clock folk only on the bus! ) So, if you go that route, I would suggest one of the fine hotels in Denton so that you can make the hang.
indiana mf fan		#12	[-]
Posts: 180 (09/15/08 04:35 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This sounds like a GREAT time, but unfortunately we can't make this one. My 14 yr old t-bone player has a football game to march in that night, plus the Iowa state marching contest is the next day. Steve, I plan on signing him up for the band camp there next summer (and I'm planning to stay in Denton the whole week as well).... maybe one of these concerts can coincide with the trumpet/trombone camp???????? Just an idea to throw out there. Thanks a million for keeping this music alive! Brian
aggieed		#13	[-]
Posts: 103 (09/15/08 07:24 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Craig Johnson?!!?!?!?!? Oh, man, when I first "discovered" the One O'Clock back in 1988 he was the lead trumpet player, and with all due respect to all the leads since him, he remains my favorite! He was playing with Maynard when I saw Maynard for the first time live here in Austin at The Paramount in 1992. Glenn Kostur was also in that band. Damn, now I'm really pissed that I may end up missing this one. I'll have to find a way to make it now!
highnotes2000	7:30 or 10:00???	#14	[-]
Posts: 14 (09/15/08 07:38 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Is the 7:30 show different from the 10:00 show?
Old Ironchops		#15	[-]
Posts: 295 (09/15/08 07:59 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	MFCadi wrote: Is there a certain hotel that we need to make reservations with? MFCadi Are you driving the MF Cadi down there?
indiana mf fan		#16	[-]
Posts: 181 (02/10/27 02:21 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Unfortunately for my high school band, I "discovered" Craig Johnson back in about 1984 when he single-handedly blew away all of the other Ft. Wayne, IN bands at a regional HS marching band competition. We were lined up in the end zone getting ready to play next... when...... Craig started to play!!! I believe it was MF's Carnival that he played, and without a mic those double B's cut through the air like a sharp knife. I kid you not that all of us looked at each other with the same look... as in why do we even bother playing after that. When I get together with my old friends now almost 25 yrs later we always talk about that day.... we were practically cheering for him to go higher, and higher.......
18MaynardStreet	Tribute to Maynard Ferguson Set Lists	#17	[-]
Posts: 1989 (09/15/08 09:50 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm just wondering if there are any set lists established for the Tribute to Maynard Ferguson concerts on October 17, 2008. Also (and I realize this is really nitpicking), the only MF recordings to use the title of Birdland Dream Band (aside from reissues) were the two albums that Maynard recorded for Vik in 1956 (the Live at Peacock Lane Fresh Sounds reissue uses the Dream Band name but drops the word Birdland). Of the arrangers mentioned above (Benny Golson, Ernie Wilkins, Don Sebesky, Slide Hampton, Willie Maiden, and Mike Abene), only Wilkins arranged for the Birdland Dream Band (he also played baritone saxophone in the band). Note that the Birdland Dream Band was made up of New York studio musicians, while the Peacock Lane band was made up of West Coast studio musicians playing pretty much the same charts. Golson, Sebesky, Hampton, Maiden, and Abene wrote for the so-called Roulette band, which began recording for that label in 1958 and released albums through 1964 as Maynard Ferguson and his Orchestra. That orchestra was made up of the musicians that toured with Maynard (Golson was an exception) and also arranged for the band (Don Menza and Don Rader are two more notable examples). Confused? It gets worse...the label's jazz wing was actually called Roulette Birdland (Count Basie and Sarah Vaughan were also on the roster); and Maynard's band was essentially the house band at Birdland, where MF and the band recorded the live Roulette album A Message from Birdland. Enough already...concert-goers will enjoy some of the best music ever penned for MF or any other band for that matter. Last Edited By: 18MaynardStreet 09/16/08 03:36 AM. Edited 1 times.
aggieed		#18	[-]
Posts: 104 (09/16/08 12:53 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	indiana mf fan wrote: Unfortunately for my high school band, I "discovered" Craig Johnson back in about 1984 when he single-handedly blew away all of the other Ft. Wayne, IN bands at a regional HS marching band competition. We were lined up in the end zone getting ready to play next... when...... Craig started to play!!! Reminds me of when I was in high school there was a trumpet player out of San Antonio named Pat Murray who was a phenomenal lead player and featured rather well in his high school's marching shows. I believe he played lead trumpet in the Texas All-State Jazz Band three years in a row. Actually his high school had several great young trumpet players in the early 90's...Curtis Calderon (Four Freshmen) being another one I remember.
MarcoSoliz		#19	[-]
Posts: 389 (09/16/08 02:43 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Any chance that this event will be recorded or video taped? Just asking.
AKtrpt1	Craig Johnson	#20	[-]
Posts: 526 (02/10/06 02:22 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I saw him in Palm Bay Fl in 1990...WOW! He's got some power to say the least. Ten-four AK

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