Editing Maynard Ferguson (section)

===Kenton and Hollywood===
In January 1950, Kenton formed the Innovations Orchestra, a 40-piece jazz orchestra with strings.<ref name="AMG"/> After the folding of the Barnet band, Ferguson was available for the first rehearsal on January 1. One of the Orchestra's recordings was named "Maynard Ferguson," one of a series of pieces named after featured soloists. When Kenton returned to a more practical 19-piece jazz band, Ferguson continued with him at third chair with numerous solo features. Notable recordings from this period that feature Ferguson include "Invention for Guitar and Trumpet", "[[What's New?]]", and "[[The Hot Canary]]".

In 1953, Ferguson left Kenton and spent the next three years as principal trumpet for [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref name="New Grove">{{cite book|last1=Kernfeld|first1=Bernie|editor1-last=Kernfeld|editor1-first=Barry|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz|date=2002|publisher=Grove's Dictionaries|location=New York|isbn=1-56159-284-6|page=750|volume=1|edition=2nd}}</ref> He appeared on 46 soundtracks, including ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]''. He also played on several other non-Paramount film soundtracks, usually those with jazz scores. Ferguson can clearly be discerned on several soundtracks from the time, including the [[Martin and Lewis]] films ''[[Living It Up]]'' and ''[[You're Never Too Young]].'' He still recorded jazz, but his Paramount contract prevented him from playing in jazz clubs. This was sometimes circumvented by appearing under aliases such as "Tiger Brown" or "Foxy Corby". Although he enjoyed the steady income, he was unhappy with the lack of live performance opportunities and left Paramount in 1956.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}}