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Stan Kenton: All About Ronnie (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

Chris Connor was recommended to Kenton by June Christy. Connor did not stay very long, but her stint with the band ma...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Stan Kenton: Evening in Pakistan (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 22, 07

Like the proverbial Ark, Stan Kenton's behemoth Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra included at least two of every ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ EXOTICA

Exotica is armchair tourism. We experience foreign strangeness without the hassles of leaving home. No passports, imm...

Stan Kenton: Trajectories (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

As usual, Stan Kenton was ahead of the curve. His Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra was an icebreaker, intrepidly...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL 'THIRD STREAM' PERFORMANCES

A few years after longtime Metropolitan Opera French hornist Gunther Schuller assisted in Miles Davis's Birth of the ...

Stan Kenton: Frank Speaking (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

By 1952, Kenton was leading an ensemble called “New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm” and continued to attract excellen...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Stan Kenton: Hav-a-Havana (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

From a jazz standpoint, the ensemble Kenton led that featured the music of Willis Holman is the highpoint of Stan’s c...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Stan Kenton: All the Things You Are (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Kenton admired Gerry Mulligan, but didn't like his attitude or his insistence on everything played his way. Yet for a...

Shorty Rogers: Popo (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

As a trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, arranger and bandleader, Shorty Rogers was one of the most important figures...

Stan Kenton: Sambo (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

During his decades helming jazz's most overpopulated band, through whose ranks trooped hundreds of musicians, Stan Ke...

Shorty Rogers: Didi (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music January 17, 08

Before West Coast cool jazz turned ponderous and overambitious, in the same spirit that tainted Stan Kenton’s work, t...

Stan Kenton: You and the Night and the Music (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 20, 08

The influence of Bill Russo's teacher Lennie Tristano is reflected in this austere setting of the classic minor balla...

Stan Kenton: Eager Beaver (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music April 04, 08

In 1943, Stan Kenton vied for personnel with the military draft. Kenton was a formidable presence, but no match for U...

Stan Kenton: Young Blood (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

Mulligan and Stan Kenton was an odd mix that didn't work out. Mulligan's music was light years away from Kenton's dyn...

Stan Kenton: 23 Degrees North, 82 Degrees West (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

The title denotes the coordinates for Cuba, and Russo would later say that this was one of his better pieces. George ...

Stan Kenton: Invention for Guitar and Trumpet (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

Kenton first heard of Willis Holman when Gene Roland played Stan a recording of a 12-tone contrapuntal blues that Bil...

Stan Kenton: The Opener (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

Kenton may not have been entirely comfortable with Bill Holman's musical direction, but he bought everything that Bil...

Stan Kenton: Opus in Beige (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

Gene Roland first wrote for Kenton back in 1944, and not only contributed music for almost 30 years, but played ...

Stan Kenton: Fascinating Rhythm (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 20, 08

Updating the Kenton dance book was a wise idea, especially when Bill Russo became the main architect of New Concepts ...

Stan Kenton: An Esthete on Clark Street (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 26, 08

Bill Russo recorded this composition with his own orchestra for the Dee Gee label, and later created this setting for...

Charlie Parker with Stan Kenton: My Funny Valentine (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 20, 09

Yes, Charlie Parker actually recorded with Stan Kenton! And unlike the electronically created collaborations that are...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MY FUNNY VALENTINE

            My Funny Valentine, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Stan Kenton: Ennui (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

Kenton took his Innovations in Modern Music concert jazz orchestra on two tours throughout the U.S. Although there we...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

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