Thursday, June 30, 2005

Contemporary's Schankman now managing
trumpet great Maynard Ferguson


Maynard Ferguson

In last week's flurry of Jazz Festival coverage, I overlooked an item from Kevin Johnson's Post-Dispatch column announcing that Steve Schankman, founder of Contemporary Productions and one of the owners of Finale Music and Dining, will be taking over managerial duties for Maynard Ferguson. Schankman, a trumpet player himself who leads the horn section for the Fabulous Motown Review, has been friends with Ferguson for years, and has already booked the trumpeter for a return engagement at Finale during Thanksgiving week.

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