The recording enraged Kern's widow and was withdrawn from sale. Ferguson was featured on Barnet's recording of " All The Things You Are" by Jerome Kern. The Barnet band included Doc Severinsen, Ray Wetzel, Johnny Howell, and Rolf Ericson. In 1948, Ferguson moved to the United States, intending to join Stan Kenton's band, but it no longer existed, so Ferguson played with the bands of Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey, and Charlie Barnet. During this period, he came to the attention of American bandleaders and began receiving offers to go to the U.S.
He took over the dance band formed by his saxophonist brother Percy, playing dates in the Montreal area and serving as an opening act for touring bands from Canada and the U.S. Although trumpet was his primary instrument, he also performed on other brass and reed instruments. He won a scholarship to the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal where he studied from 1943 to 1948 with Bernard Baker.įerguson dropped out of the High School of Montreal when he was fifteen to pursue a music career, performing in dance bands led by Stan Wood, Roland David, and Johnny Holmes. He was heard frequently on the CBC, notably featured on a "Serenade for Trumpet in Jazz" written for him by Morris Davis. When he was thirteen, he soloed with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Orchestra. At nine years old, he heard a cornet for the first time in his local church and asked his parents to buy one for him. Encouraged by his mother and father (both musicians), he started playing piano and violin at the age of four. Biography Early life and education įerguson was born in Verdun (now part of Montreal), Quebec, Canada.
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