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Winghorn Heavyweight Member
Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 2156 Location: Olympia, Washington
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Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 9:43 pm Post subject: Stan Mark |
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I just finished listening to some vintage Maynard Fergusion and was wondering if his brilliant lead trumpet player Stan Mark was still alive and kicking.
I saw Maynard many times in person and still remenber Stan with his afro screaming away in the trumpet section. One of my heroes.
Anyone have any information regarding Mr. Mark?
Thank you,
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maynard-46 Heavyweight Member
Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Posts: 1842 Location: GEORGIA
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 5:54 am Post subject: stan mark |
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He's still with us!!! He has a FB page where he comments from time to time. I believe he's living in Las Vegas and still playing.
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Winghorn Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 10:04 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, Butch. Nice to hear.
Steve |
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trumpet.sanity Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 10:11 am Post subject: |
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I saw Maynard decades ago and was always impressed with Stan. He had a great 1st trumpet sound, great high chops and a real "bad boy" attitude as a youth I thought was so cool.
And he sold me and my dad a couple t shirts!! |
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trumpet.sanity Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 10:22 am Post subject: |
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Further thinking on the older 80s MF days: Thise guys acted like they were at a party every time I saw them.
Everybody had crazy long hair, they were always laughing and joking. I assume there was lots of partying and mind altering substances involved.
Maynard never seemed snarky with anybody from what I saw. Seemed like he was a very forgiving and easy going guy to work for. Maybe that's only what I saw during shows, but seemed like nothing but good vibes. |
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Tony Scodwell Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 11:30 am Post subject: Stan Mark |
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I believe Stan Mark is living in or near Portland nowadays and has something to do with a limo service. He left Las Vegas some time ago.
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RussellDDixon Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.stanmarkmusic.com/ ... Central Point, Oregon _________________ Schilke X3 Bb trumpet
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cheiden Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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There is a MF themed Facebook page that Stan contributes to time to time. Several other MF alumni show up there are well. _________________ "I'm an engineer, which means I think I know a whole bunch of stuff I really don't."
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John Mohan Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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RussellDDixon wrote: | http://www.stanmarkmusic.com/ ... Central Point, Oregon |
The Schedule section on his webpage was last updated in June 2005. Perhaps he's too busy to update it...
Seriously, hope he's doing well - he was a big part of the Wow factor of the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra back in the day. |
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cheiden Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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John Mohan wrote: | RussellDDixon wrote: | http://www.stanmarkmusic.com/ ... Central Point, Oregon |
The Schedule section on his webpage was last updated in June 2005. Perhaps he's too busy to update it...
Seriously, hope he's doing well - he was a big part of the Wow factor of the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra back in the day. |
I could be wrong but maintaining a web page seems to be a hassle that a lot of musicians don't relish. It's my guess that many musician's web pages are either commissioned or created by friends, not the musicians themselves. I've seen lots of musician web pages go untouched for years. These days it's so much easier to update a Facebook page or Tweet your fans. _________________ "I'm an engineer, which means I think I know a whole bunch of stuff I really don't."
Charles J Heiden/So Cal
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MF Fan Veteran Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Last I heard Stan was up in the Pacific NW and owned a Limousine service. I don't think he's playing professionally anymore, in fact he sold a number of his horns within the past couple of years. _________________ MF Fan
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mcstock Veteran Member
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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I heard him speak at the opening of the jazz museum in Texas that has most of Maynard's memorabilia. At that time he said he played Taps for military funerals when asked and taught one student, a retired friend, but that was pretty much it.
http://shermanjazzmuseum.com/home/
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tim_wolf Veteran Member
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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A recent post on the "Get on the bus" FB page had a reply by Stan who stated that he is no longer playing. |
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John Mohan Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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cheiden wrote: | John Mohan wrote: | RussellDDixon wrote: | http://www.stanmarkmusic.com/ ... Central Point, Oregon |
The Schedule section on his webpage was last updated in June 2005. Perhaps he's too busy to update it...
Seriously, hope he's doing well - he was a big part of the Wow factor of the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra back in the day. |
I could be wrong but maintaining a web page seems to be a hassle that a lot of musicians don't relish. |
Or for that matter even starting one in my case. |
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blbaumgarn Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:52 pm Post subject: Stan Mark |
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I am adding this to a string that is three years old already, but it brought back memories so I will add it. Back about 1975 I drove a couple h.s. players over to a Maynard concert in southern Minnesota at a h.s. there. Old school gym and e got there plenty early so we got three seats up front and they played on the side of the old gym that was the stage. Behind the curtain which was partially pulled I hear this trumpeter warming up with this BIG sound. I thought the curtains were going to flutter. I just got curious and walked up the side stairs and peaked behind the curtain and that big sound was Stan Mark. He didn't act perplexed and we had a short conversation where we talked about Benges and he gave me some practice tips. Very cordial and nice even though I was basically interrupting him getting ready for work. And Yea to agree with everyone else he had that aura of a musician traveling in the 70s with the afro and all. Great lead trumpet and great memory. _________________ "There are two sides to a trumpeter's personality,
there is one that lives to lay waste to woodwinds and strings, leaving them lie blue and lifeless along a swath of destruction that is a
trumpeter's fury-then there is the dark side!" Irving Bush |
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cheiden Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:35 am Post subject: |
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My only brush with Stan was back in the 70s. I'd arrived at an MF concert in Santa Monica way early and had nothing to do so I decided to walk around the auditorium. When I got to the loading dock I couldn't help but notice that there was a single case there, all by itself. There wasn't anything or anyone around. So I took it upon myself to check it out. Sure enough, it was a trumpet case. I recall that it didn't even have a handle and it was being held together with duct tape. Then I noticed that it had Stan's name on it! I waited for quite a while for someone to come get it. I even tried banging on the door to see if I could get someone's attention. Nothing. Refusing to leave the case fearing someone would boost it, I decided to pick it up and carry it to the front of the auditorium. Eventually, I got someone to open a door. I clumsily tried to explain my concern and with some prompting, they took the horn from me. Sure hope it made it to Stan. _________________ "I'm an engineer, which means I think I know a whole bunch of stuff I really don't."
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kehaulani Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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Funny story.
I was at Disneyland in the fall, probably in the early 80s, and there was this killer brass group dressed in Dickens/Victorian garb caroling. They took a break and I started talking to one of the trumpet players. He introduced himself as Stan Mark. My jaw dropped.
I (I guess tactfully) asked him what on earth he was doing caroling at Disneyland and he just shrugged and said it helped him pay for Christmas, LOL. Very nice and approachable. _________________ "If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." Bird
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plankowner110 Heavyweight Member
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I was told by the design engineer at King Musical Instruments (Eastlake, OH) back in the early 1980s that the .470 bore Benge 7X was created for Stan Mark. (Benge was a subsidiary of King in those days.) _________________ C. G. Conn 60B Super Connstellation
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