Maynard Ferguson News

Get the Flash Player to see this player. Earlier this year, Steve Wiest was appointed director of the University of North Texas' celebrated, world-traveling jazz group, the One O'Clock Lab Band.

Saxophonist Bobby Militello has been in Dave Brubeck's band since 1983. "He heard me with Maynard Ferguson in '77 at the Vermont Jazz Festival where I got quite an ovation from the crowd of about 20,000," Militello says.

Pianist Jim Hendricks will perform in concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at Bethel Lutheran Church, 810 Third Ave.

Citius, Altius, Fortius -faster, higher, stronger. That is the Olympic motto representing the philosophical and performance goals of its participating athletes.

Pittsburgh jazz trombonist Randy Purcell, who gained fame with the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra, has died.

Randy Purcell attacked jazz performance and education with the same zest that marked his heyday as a powerhouse trombonist with the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra.

Local jazz trombonist Randy Purcell, known nationally for his work with famed trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, died Saturday night from complications of diabetes.

For those who think that Nashville, TN., aka Music City, is solely entrenched within the Country Music and Americana realm, then you'd be dead wrong.

Heads Up International How do you make one jazz trio different from so many others? Have the diverse stylings of Stanley Clarke}} on bass, the experience of Lenny White on drums and the adventurous spirit of Hiromi on piano.

The traveling autobus-the road to the road-has frequently been used as a symbolic metaphor in movies, books, commercials and, of course, songs of all kinds.

Bobak's Signature Room in Seven Bridges was the setting for this year's Jazz Cafe, an annual dinner and jazz event presented by the band program at Naperville Central.

Legendary jazz drummer and composer Peter Erskine will be guest artist at The University of Texas at Arlington's 23rd Annual Spring Percussion Bash at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, at Texas Hall .

The last couple of days have brought announcements of upcoming St. Louis shows by three touring trios that may be of interest to fans of jazz and creative music: * The New York-based organ trio FLOW will perform on Friday, April 17 at The Gramophone .

Once upon a time in the 1970's, top national jazz musicians made regular visits to the Rochester, and WXXI TV filmed their shows.

Joey Tartell is coming to do a masters workshop as well as perform with the Fishers High School Jazz Ensemble later this week.

This week, we've a little video taste of the work of drummer Peter Erskine , who will be in St.

The 42nd annual Elmhurst College Jazz Festival will kick off Friday, Feb. 27, with three full days and evenings of nothing but jazz.

Saxophonist Denis DiBlasio is guest artist for Bradley University's fifth annual Jazz Festival this week.

Alto saxophonist and educator Pete Yellin is a native New Yorker who has toured and recorded with many of the seminal names in jazz, among them Joe Henderson , Tito Puente, Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, Eddie ...

Jazz big bands have helped define the American musical landscape since at least the 1920s -- with each succeeding generation adding contemporary sounds to what came before.