Maynard Ferguson
Hamilton HS, Chandler, AZ
10-01-2005

digital recorder (front row) > CD-R (from taper) > EAC > .wav > Adobe Audition > Flac level 8
SBE's corrected

01 Blue Birdland
02 I Love You
03 Frame for the Blues
04 Girl From Ipanema
05 Darn That Dream
06 Hit Medley: MacArthur Park, Give it One, Gospel John,
Don't Let the Sun..., Pagliacci, Rocky, Chameleon, Hey Jude
07 Birdland
08 Blue Birdland

This was the last time I saw MF, and was lucky enough to see the show from the
front row. The taper was near me, and was nice enough to give me a burned copy
direct from the master recording a few days later. He'd already edited it into
tracks, and I've made no changes to it. Most of the between-song dialog is missing.
Personnel was taken from comments made by MF, and confirmed from listings on the
MF Forum. Reggie Watkins opened the show with 2 or 3 songs from his solo CD, but those were
not recorded. This was a last-minute booking, and the auditorium was only about half full.
While waiting in line, I remember seeing a car pull up and MF got out, walked to
a wheelchair, and was pushed inside. He walked out for the opening number and sat for the rest
of the gig. For what it's worth, I woke up that morning and found a voicemail asking
if I was available to play a gig that night. When I returned the call, they'd already
found someone else, but I'm glad it worked out the way it did...


Personnel:
Trumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Patrick Hession, Jamie Hovorka, Pete Ferguson
Bone: Reggie Watkins
Saxes: Julio Monterrey (alto), Matt Parker (tenor)
Piano: Jeff Lashway
Drums: Stockton Helbing
Bass: Brian Mulholland