1975 Tour Dates
Thanks for Danny D’Imperio for the dates of the first tour of 1975, as well as for the band photo. Setlists are not from Danny. April – August dates come from Ernie Garside’s calendar. Thanks for Gordon Johnson for the Sept – Dec dates!
MF – ITINERARY – DANNY D’IMPERIO – 1975 1st tour
January
Jan. 19 – (rehearsal – Union Hall Local #77 – 11:00 A.M. – 6:00 P.M.) Philadelphia, Pa.
Jan. 20 – Cedar Cliffs High School, Camp Hill, Pa. (rehearsal 4:30 – 6:30) (show 8:00 – 10:00)
Jan. 21 – Roxbury High School, Succasunna, New Jersey (clinic 2:00 – 4:00) (show 8:00 – 10:00)
Jan. 22 – Brookhaven Jr. High School, Brookhaven, Pa. 8:00 – 10:00
Jan. 23 – Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia 8:00 – 10:00
Jan. 24 – Travel day to Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan. 25 – Wilson Auditorium, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 7:30 & 9:30 shows
Jan. 26 – “Beef ‘n’ Boards”, Indianapolis, Indiana 7:30 – 10:30
Jan. 27 – “The Attic West”, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 8:00 – 12:00
Jan. 28 – Rolling Meadows High School, Rolling Meadows, Illinois 8:00 – 10:00
Set I
Blue Birdland
Left Bank Express
Chameleon
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
The Fox Hunt
Superbone Meets the Bad Man
La Fiesta (incomplete)
Set II
MacArthur Park (intro)
LA Expression
I Can’t Get Started
Gospel John
Got the Spirit
Hey Jude
Jan. 29 – Lakeview High School, St. Clair Shores, Michigan 8:00 – 10:00
Jan. 30 – Lakewodd High School, Lakewood Ohio (Cleveland) (clinic 3:00 – 5:30) ( show 8:00 – 10:00)
Jan. 31 – “Holiday Inn” =, North Kensington, Pa. 10:00 – 1:00
February
Feb. 1 – Hamilton Place, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 8:30-10:30
Feb. 2 – CBL (Cerbral Palsy Telethon) CBL Studios, Toronto, Canada 2:00 – 3:00 A.M.
Seneca College – Minkler Auditorium, Willowdale, Ontario, Canada 8:00 – 10:00
Feb. 3 – “Hearthstone Manor” Depew, New York (Buffalo) 9:00 – 1:00
Feb. 4 – Timken Vocational High School, Canton, Ohio 8:00 – 10:00 TICKET
Feb. 5 – Upper Moreland High School, Willow Grove, Pa. 8:00 – 10:00
Feb. 6 – Pottsdown High School, Pottstown, Pa. 8:00 – 10:00
Blue Birdland
Left Band Express
Chameleon
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
The Fox Hunt
LA Expression
La Fiesta
MacArthur Park
Col Sanders Walks on Water
I Can’t Get Started
Superbone Meets the BadmanTrumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Stan Mark, Dennis Noday, Bob Summmers, Joe Mosello, Ernie Garside
Bones: Randy Purcell, Keith O’Quinn
Saxes: Andy Macintosh, Brian Smith, Bruce Johnston
Piano: Pete Jackson
Bass: Rick Petrone
Drums: Danny D’Imperio
Feb. 7 – “Holiday Inn”, New Brunswick, New Jersey 9:00 – 1:00
Feb. 8 – Indian Hills High School, Oakland, New Jersey 8:00 – 10:00
Feb. 9 – “Holiday Inn”, West Peabody, Mass. 9:00 – 12:00 Thanks to David Fay for the setlist!
Birdland
Left Bank Express
Chameleon
Don’t Let the Sun Go down on Me
Two for Otis
I Can’t Get Started
La Fiesta
Tommy
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
Superbone Meets the Badman
Hey Jude
MacArthur Park
Feb. 10 – “Holiday Inn”, West Peabody, Mass. 9:00 – 12:00
Feb. 11 – Shaker High School, Latham, New York 8:00 – 10:00
Blue Birdland/Stage Announcer
Left Bank Express
Chameleon
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
The Fox Hunt
LA Expression
La Fiesta (tape flip during drum solo)
I Can’t Get Started
Superbone Meets the Badman
Colonel Sanders Revenge
Got the Spirit
Hey Jude
Feb. 12 – Somerset High School, Somerset, Mass. 8:00m – 10:00
Feb. 13 – Lundholm Gym, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 8:00 – 10:00
Feb. 14 – Johnson Theatre – University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire (clinic 2:00 – 4:00) (show 8:00 – 10:00)
Feb. 15 – Centrum Auditorium, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 8:00 – 9:00
Feb. 16 – “Johnny Yee’s Restaurant”, Yarmouth, Mass. 9:30 – 1:30
Blue Birdland
Left Band Express
Chameleon
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Superbone Meets the Badman
La Fiesta
LA Expression
MacArthur Park
Col Sanders’ Revenge
I Can’t Get Started
The Fox Hunt
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
Airegin
Got The SpiritTrumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Stan Mark, Dennis Noday, Bob Summmers, Joe Mosello, Ernie Garside
Bones: Randy Purcell, Keith O’Quinn
Saxes: Andy Macintosh, Brian Smith, Bruce Johnston
Piano: Pete Jackson
Bass: Rick Petrone
Drums: Danny D’Imperio
Feb. 17 – “Riverboat Room”, Empire State Building, New York, New York 9:00 – 1:00 (This gig was for the Jazz Interactions Society, Thelonious Monk was in attendance)
Feb. 18 – Day off in NYC
Feb. 19 – Princeton High School, Princeton, New Jersey (clinic 2:00 – 4:00) (show 8:00 – 10:00)
Feb. 20 – Dwight Morrow High School, Englewood, New Jersey 8:00 – 10:00
Feb. 21 – “The Main Point”, Bryn Mawr, Pa. (Philadelphia) 8:00 – 1:00
Feb. 22 – “The Main Point”, Bryn Mawr, Pa. (Philadelphia) 8:00 – 1:00
Feb. 23 – North Hills High School (North Hills) Pittsburgh, Pa. (shows 3:00 – 5:00 & 8:30 – 10:30)
Feb. 24 – Day Off
Feb. 25 – J.R. Tucker High School, Richmond, Virginia (clinic 3:00 – 5:00) (show 8:00 – 10:00)
Feb. 26 – “Frog & Nightgown”, Raleigh, North Carolina 8:00 – 1:00
Feb. 27 – State University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (clinic 3:00 – 5:00) (show 8:00 – 10:00)
Feb. 28 – North Augusta High School, North Agusta, South Carolina 8:00 – 10:00
March
Mar. 1 – Troy State University, Troy, Alabama 8:00 – 10:00
Mar. 2 – Travel day to Jacksonville, Florida
Mar. 3 – “The Other Place”, Jacksonville, Florida 9:00 – 1:00
Mar. 4 – Dunedin High School, Dunedin, Florida 8:30 – 10:30
Mar. 5 – “Monte’s Pub”, Winter Park, Florida (Orlando) 9:30 – 1:30
Mar. 6 – “Officers Open Mess” – Patrick Air Forse Base, Cocoa Beach, Florida 7:30 – 11:30
Mar. 7 – Peabody Auditorium, Daytona Beach, Florida (clinic 2:00 – 5:00) (show 8:30 – 10:30)
Mar. 8 – Maurice Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 10:00 – 12:00
Mar. 9 – Maurice Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 3:00 – 5:00
Mar. 10 – Broward Community College, Pompano Beach, Florida (clinic 2:00 – 5:00)
Pompano High School, Pompano Beach, Florida (show 8:30 – 10:30)
Mar. 11 – Maurice Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 8:30 – 10:30
Mar. 12 – Maurice Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 8:30 – 10:30
Mar. 13 – Maurice Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 10:00 – 12:00
Mar. 14 – Maurice Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 10:00 – 12:00
Mar. 15 – Lake Wales High School, Lake Wales, Florida 8:00 – 10:00
Mar. 16 – Travel day to Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Mar. 17 – Foster Auditorium – University of Alabama (clinic 3:00 – 5:00) (show 8:00 – 10:00)
Mar. 18 – Travel day to Scottsburg, Indiana
Mar. 19 – Scottsburg High School, Scottsburg, Indiana 8:00 – 10:00
Mar. 20 – Crete Monee High School, Crete, Indiana (clinic 3:00 – 5:00) (show 8:00 – 10:00)
Mar. 21 – McHenry High School – West Campus, McHenry, Illinois 8:00 – 10:00
Mar. 22 – Elmhurst High School, Fortwayne, Indiana (2 clinics 1:30 – 2:30 & 3:30 – 4:30) (show 9:00 – 11:00)
Mar. 23 – Rock Island High School, Rock Island, Illinois 8:00 – 10:00
Set I
Blue Birdland
Left Bank Express
Chameleon
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Two For Otis
La Fiesta
Set II
MacArthur Park (Intro)
Fruit of the Loon
I Can’t Get Started
LA Expression
Got the Spirit
Hey Jude/Fire (funk ending)
Mar. 24 – Gordon Tech., Chicago, Illinois 8:00 – 10:00
Mar. 25 – Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois (clinic 2:00 – 4:00) (show 8:30 – 10:30)
Set I
Blue Birdland
Left Bank Express
Chameleon
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Two for Otis
La Fiesta
Set II
MacArthur Park
Fruit of the Loon
Superbone Meets the Bad Man
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
Got the Spirit
Hey Jude
Give It One
End of my tenure with the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra – travel home with all transportation paid.
This is as far as I can take you. I joined Woody Herman’s Band after this. If I find any photos I’ll scan and send. Hope this helps with your project.
Danny D’Imperio
3/26 – 4/16 Holiday
April
4/16 Rehearsal
4/17 Palo Alto, CA Gunn High School (Tour begins)
4/18 Hayward, CA Chabot College
4/19 Torrance, CA South High School
4/20 Open
4/21 Redondo Beach, CA Concerts By The Sea
4/22 Redondo Beach, CA Concerts By The Sea
4/23 Yuma, AZ Arizona Western College, Post Auditorium
4/24 Open
4/25 Fresno, CA Fresno City College
4/26 Orange, CA Orange High School
4/27 Hacienda Heights, CA Los Altos High School https://youtu.be/3wowKPSyygQ
4/28 San Diego, CA University of California, Mandeville Center
4/29 Open
4/30 Aurora, CA Aurora Hinkley High School
May
5/1 Greeley, CO University of North Colorado
5/2 Pueblo, CO South Colorado State College
5/3 Overland Park, KS Johnson County Community College
5/4 Manhattan, KS Kansas State University
5/5 Omaha, NE West Side High School
5/6 Algona, IA Algona High School
5/7 Willmar, MN Wilmer Senior High School PHOTO1 PHOTO2 PHOTO3
5/8 St. Paul, MN Prom Center
5/9 Waukesha, WI Carroll College
5/10 La Crosse, WI University of Wisconsin
5/11 Chicago, IL Jazz Medium
5/12 Germantown, WI Washington High School
5/13 Madison, WI Capitol Theatre
5/14 Gurnee, IL Warren Township High School
5/15 Open
5/16 Allendale, MI Grand Valley State College
5/17 Pittsburgh, PA
5/18 Washington, DC Sheraton Park Hotel
5/19 – 20 Philadelphia, PA Order of Brotherly Love
5/21 Media, PA Penncrest High School
5/22 Buffalo, NY Landmark
5/23 Allen Park, MI Civic Auditorium
5/24 Canton, OH The Drawbridge
5/25 Baltimore, MD Famous Ballroom
5/26 State College, PA State College Area High School
5/28 Greenfield, MA Greenfield High School
5/29 Somerville, NJ Watchung View Inn
5/30 North New Brunswick, NJ Holiday Inn
5/31 Annapolis, MD U.S. Naval Academy
June
6/1 Wood Ridge, NJ Marshmellows (cancelled)
6/2 Plainville, CT Wright’s Restaurant
6/3 West Peabody, MA
6/4 Off
6/5 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Place des Arts
6/6 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Place des Arts
6/7 Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Tour ends)
6/8 Off
6/9 – 11 Meetings at CBS? (EG calendar says CBS)
6/12 – 7/1 Holidays
July
7/2 Rehearsal in New York
7/3 Baltimore, MD Club Venus
7/4 Atlantic City, NJ Convention Hall Ballroom
w/ Stan Kenton and Buddy Rich
7/5 NY, NY Carnegie Hall
Audio from Wolfgang’s Vault
La Fiesta
Frame for the Blues
Chameleon
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Got the Spirit
Blue Birdland
Tommy Medley
7/6 Open
7/7 Youngstown, OH Idora Park
7/8 Rochester, NY Mid Town (filmed for TV)
7/9 Rochester, NY Mid Town
7/10 Chautauqua, NY Chautauqua Institution, amphitheatre
7/11 Dayton, OH Jilly’s
7/12 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
7/13 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
7/14 Ann Arbor, MI Briarwood Shopping Center
7/15 Norton, OH Brown Derby
7/16 Detroit, MI Pontchartrain Hotel
7/17 Chagrin Falls, OH Hillbrook Country Club
7/18 Chagrin Falls, OH Chagrin Valley Racquet Club
7/19 Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Forum, Ontario Place
7/20 Buffalo, NY Landmark Restaurant
7/21 Edinboro, PA Edinboro College
7/22 Bryn Mawr, PA
7/23 Open?
7/24 Inlet, NY Ole Barn Restaurant
7/25 Trenton, OH Holiday Inn
7/26 Reading, PA Stokesay Castle
7/27 Newark, DE University of Delaware, Mitchell Hall
7/28 Vienna, VA Wolf Trap Farm, Filene Center
7/29 Lynn, MA Harbor House
7/30 Wildwood, NJ London Alehouse
7/31 Off?
August
8/1 Laconia, NH Weirs Beach
8/2 Portland, ME Sheraton
8/3 – 4 Yarmouth, MA Johnny Yee’s
8/5 Albany, NY Round Towner Motor Inn
8/6 Scranton, PA
8/7 Erie, PA Rainbow Gardens
8/8 – 9 Chicago, IL Ratso’s
8/10 LaSalle, IL
8/11 Milwaukee, WI Attic West
8/12 Bolingbrook, IL Old Chicago Shopping Center
8/13 Interlochen, MI
8/14 Chicago, IL
8/15 Off?
8/16 Columbus, OH Grand View Inn
8/17 Off
8/18 Philadelphia, PA Robin Hood Dell
8/19 Rain date for above
8/20 Norwalk, CT House of Zodiac
8/21 Bristol, CT Lake Compounce
8/22 – 23 NYC Buddy’s Place w/ Buddy Rich Ad (Thanks to Eric Nau for this information!)
8/24 Off
8/25 – 30 NYC Buddy’s Place
8/31 Newport, RI Fort Adams POSTER
September
9/1 – 9/15 Holidays (Primal Scream sessions?)
9/16 Reading, PA Rehearsal
9/17 Reading, PA Clinic & Concert
9/18 Day off in NYC
9/19 Edison, NJ
9/20 Pittsburgh, PA Heinz Hall
9/21 Baltimore, MD Inner Harbor
9/22 Harrisburg,PA
9/23 Buffalo, NY
9/ 24 Off
9/25 Lima, OH
9/26 Off
9/27 Peoria, IL Football game halftime
9/28 Davenport, IA
9/29 Milwaukee, WI
9/30 Milwaukee, WI
Ernie Garside’s departure from the MF organization was announced in October 1975.
His calendar diverges from MF’s and the newsletters at this point. Oct and Nov newsletters
mention that the Primal Scream sessions took place in September, probably between
9/10 and 9/15.
October
10/1 Elk Grove Village, IL Elk Grove Village High School
Gordon Johnson has this as “Day off/travel?”
10/2 Columbia, MO
10/3 Lawrence, KA Free State Opera House TICKET
Posted to Facebook 2.26.2014
When I was a freshman in HS. I practiced my tail off to make the HS Jazz Band.
There was only 1 spot open. We had a Smokin Band and I made the 5th chair. The rest
of the section was mostly seniors…They took me to Lawrence Kansas about 50 miles
from KC to see this guy named Maynard Ferguson. They had to ask my parents if I
could go. This One Night Changed my Life Forever!…From that moment on, I knew
that this is what I would do for the rest of my Life…I later got to live my
Dream and Play Lead for Maynard…But it All Started with this Ticket! -Jeff Taylor
10/4 Winfield, KA Southwestern College
10/5 Dallas, TX Mountain View College
10/6 Houston, TX La Bastille
10/7 Houston, TX La Bastille
10/8 Houston, TX La Bastille
10/9 Open
10/10 Enid, OK Phillips University
10/11 Tulsa, OK Memorial High School
10/12 St. Louis, MO Plantation Dinner Theater Photo set from concert (copyrighted–Do Not Copy without permission)
10/13 St. Louis, MO Plantation Dinner Theater
Don’t Let The Sun Go Down
Tommy Medley
10/14 St. Louis, MO Plantation Dinner Theater
10/15 Lakewood, OH Lakewood High School
10/16 Travel/Day off
10/17 North New Brunswick, NJ Holiday Inn
10/18 Ardsley, NY Ardsley High School
10/19 W. Peabody, MA Holiday Inn
10/20 W. Peabody, MA Holiday Inn
10/21 Westfield, MA Westfield State College
10/22 Wilmington, DE Concord High School
10/23 Travel to Chicago
10/24 Darien, IL
10/25 Toledo, OH University of Toledo
10/26 Travel to Philadelphia
10/27 West Chester, PA West Chester State College
Blue Birdland
Give It One
Primal Scream
Pagliacci
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
Tommy
MacArthur Park (short version)
Fruit of the Loom
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
I Can’t Get Started
10/28 Somerville, NJ Watchung View Inn
10/29 Hartford, CT Marc Anthony Café
10/30 Red Hook, NJ High School
10/31 Fredonia, NY
November
11/1 Houston, TX (per EG’s calendar) Gordon Johnson has “clinic?”
11/2 Belleville, NJ Fountains
11/3 Islip, NY High School
11/4 Bryn Mawr, PA Main Point
11/5 E. Stroudsburg, PA
11/6 New Oxford, PA New Oxford High School
11/7 Eynon, PA
11/8 Reading, PA
11/9 Day Off
11/10 Baltimore, MD Eastwind Ballroom
11/11 Kingsport, TN Civic Auditorium
11/12 Newport, KY Beverly Hills
11/13 Fairfield, IL Fairfield High School
11/14 Delavan, WI Delavan-Darien High School
11/15 Marquette, MI
11/16 Omro, WI
11/17 Glenview, IL Glenbrook South High School
11/18 Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin Lutheran High School
11/19 St. Paul, MN Prom Center
11/20 St. Paul, MN Prom Center
11/21 Highland, WI
11/22 Wheaton, IL Wheaton North High School
Blue Birdland
Give It One
Chameleon
Pagliacci
Two for Otis
Tommy Medley
MacArthur Park (Intro)
Fruit of the Loon
Foxfire
Christmas Medley
11/23 Detroit, MI Clarenceville High School
11/24 Detroit, MI Clarenceville High School
11/25 Travel/Day off
11/26 Greensburg, PA Hempfield High School
11/27 Day off
11/28 Dayton, OH
11/29 Jenkintown, PA
11/30 Buffalo, NY Landmark Restaurant
December
12/1/75 Day Off
12/2/75 Binghamton, NY – The Forum
12/3/75 Day Off
12/4/75 Fairfax, VA – J Robinson High School
12/5/75 Poughkeepsie, NY – Vassar
12/6/75 Rochester, NY – Top Of The Plaza
12/7/75 Newcastle, PA – Holiday Inn (Stan Kenton on bill)
12/8/75 Indianapolis, IN – Beef & Boards
12/9/75 Frankfort, KY – Governor’s Inaugural Ball
12/10/75 Chicago, IL – Ratso’s
12/11/75 Chicago, Il – Ratso’s
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