<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For those who care:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maynard Ferguson passed away last night. For those who tuned for his band, I envy your labors and association with one of the truly great musicians of our time. Maynard went out on top, with a new studio recording just made and more than a year's worth of bookings on his schedule. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>His unofficial web site with lots of related news is:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.maynardferguson.com/">http://www.maynardferguson.com/</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:002401c6c7d5$f91e1ea0$e7cd1018@D62Z4R61" align=baseline border=0></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joseph Alkana RPT</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>