Editing Maynard Ferguson (section)

===England and jazz rock===
As a Canadian in England, Ferguson avoided the union's ban on American musicians.<ref name="New Grove" /> In 1969, he moved to [[Oakley Green]], a hamlet on the outskirts of [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]], near London. He had two houses while he was in the UK, the final one a three-story house by the [[River Thames]]. That same year, Ferguson signed with CBS Records.

He started a sixteen- to eighteen-piece big band with British musicians playing jazz rock.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> The band got attention for its version of "[[MacArthur Park (song)|MacArthur Park]]" by Jim Webb. Ferguson's band made its North American debut in 1971.<ref name="New Grove" />

In 1970 he led the band on ''The Simon Dee Show'' from London Weekend Television.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1221906.ece|title = Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpet maestro|access-date = December 31, 2006|author = Steve Voce|author-link = Steve Voce|date = August 26, 2006|newspaper= [[The Independent]]|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210506/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1221906.ece|archive-date = September 30, 2007|df = mdy-all}}</ref>