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Maynard Ferguson

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Composer
Died
Aug 23, 2006
Zodiac
Taurus
Born in
MontrealCanada
About
Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader known for his remarkable ability to hit high notes. He became leader of the Birdland Dream Band in 1956. He lived with Timothy Leary for a time in the early 1960s, experimenting with a variety of psychedelic drugs.
Family
He was born to two musicians. He fathered three daughters, Corby, Wilder, and Lisa, with his wife Flo Ferguson.

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