Born in Verdun, Canada, Maynard Ferguson quickly outgrew the dance bands he played with in Montreal and Quebec. Though his main instrument was the trumpet, Ferguson was driven and could play a range of brass instruments in his teens. By the late 1940s, when Ferguson was 20, he was being courted by bandleaders in the U.S. who were eager for a hot trumpet…
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