I found the enclosed add in the Guardian in a 1945 edition, of Maynard Ferguson appearing at the Pavillion. Of course Maynard went on to become a famous jazz musician throughout Canada, the U.S. and worldwide. Does anybody remember him? He was born and in Verdun. He would be in his late 70s today and wonder if he is still playing.He is/was known for playing very high notes on his trumpet. (SHGV Archives)
J'ai trouvé l'annonce ci-incluse sur Maynard Ferguson apparaissant au Pavillion sur le bord de l'eau, dans le Guardian de Verdun dans une des éditions de 1945. Maynard est né à Verdun et est devenu un grand musicien de jazz connu au Canada, au États Unis et à travers le monde. Y en a t'il qui se rappel de lui ? Il est né à Verdun. Il serait dans les 70 ans + aujoud'hui et je me demande s'il jou encore. Est ce que quelqu'un le sait. Il est/était connu pour pouvoir jouer de très hautes notes avec sa trompette. (Archives SHGV)
Guy
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Hi Guy; I have seen this ad before!!!!!!!! hahahaha........Thanks again for your help. Ralph.
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Hi Arbutus,..(Gary)........haven't seen you on here for a while,..good to see your strill watching ..... as for Maynard,...there sure are a lot of 'hits' when you type his name into Google,..628 pages on my first attempt,....I guess if he was born in May of '28,.......his family name may be ina Verdun phone Book of those years (if they had a phone ...maybe unlikely,....but there must have been Census Books around,.....they say he learned Piano & Violin at age 4,........but then it says he went to the French Conservatory of Music,at age 9,.....which would make it 1937,.....now if we could find out where the French Coservatory of Music was,..they may have a record of his attemdance ,as well as where he lived,.........Might be a good place to start,.....but I'm sure you have traced down most of the obvious leads (round up the usual suspects)..........hahahahaha Hope you get your man...... Good Luck , Have Fun & Remember Verdun
Gary, This is terrific information. I have viewed the sites you mention and they are very informative and entertaining.It is amazing to see how activ Maynard is at 77 , specially since a trumpet is very demanding physically. Harry James died relatively at a young age but his smoking did not help.If we can find his place of birth, I will take a picture of the house and post it. Thanks again for your efforts. Guy
So where was the French Conservatory of Music.? Was it in Verdun,Montreal......? Anyone know,..........HF&RV
Ralph, Where you able to make a readable print of the Messenger death notice of your uncle ? Guy
Good Morning Guy; No, I have not printed it yet, but hope to try soon. Ralph.
Where is the ad?
Francois I replied to your email, the ad was lost over the years in transferring from our old site to this one, I have tried to save as many of the old stories as possible & a lot of photos do appear in different blog topics, but as mentioned some just didn't make it. Cheers ! LesF
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