Jazz Trumpeter Dead at 78

[a_pale_horse]

Maynard Ferguson died Wednesday of liver and kidney failure due to an abdominal infection. As the last of the greats, he joins Basie, Ellington, and Kenton, and closes a magnificant era for music progression.

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[anonymous]

He played those famous high notes in Rocky. I heard about it on NPR:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5708466