years_active article_title past_members background genre origin name
1988-2006 big bop nouveau
 maynard ferguson , patrick hession group_or_band jazz united states big bop nouveau
big bop nouveau

big bop nouveau is a band formed in the late 1980s by the late jazz trumpeter maynard ferguson .
originally composed of four trumpets , two trombones and four saxophones plus a rhythm section -lrb- plus maynard -rrb- , it was later reduced to what has become known as the `` pocket big band '' format , consisting of three trumpets , two saxophones , a trombone and rhythm section -lrb- plus maynard -rrb- .
