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Frank Sinatra: How About You? (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 17, 07"I like New York in June," sings Frank Sinatra. "How about you?" Obviously a trick question. Who, after all, is ...
Stan Kenton: Lover (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 21, 07After lulling us with an intro fit for a biopic of some doomed Romantic Composer, including stating the melody as a C...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE GREAT LOVERS
Jazz has always relied on popular songs to connect quickly with an audience. In return, jazz has helped keep alive ...
Stan Kenton: Evening in Pakistan (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 22, 07Like 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, 07As 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: Machito (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 09, 08The Kenton band’s music attracted the finest young instrumentalists, as the band provided an excellent forum for new ...
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: Unison Riff (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 09, 08Even though Kenton led a composer/arranger’s band in many ways, a number of his musicians later became major jazz per...
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: Elegy for Alto (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music January 18, 08After disbanding his "Artistry in Rhythm" ensemble, Kenton reformed the band and called the resulting music "Progress...
Stan Kenton: The Peanut Vendor (alternative review) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 24, 07A Cuban song that was the USA's first Latin crossover hit (1931) gets a facelift from the much-maligned Stan Kenton. ...
The Trombones Inc.: Old Devil Moon (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 16, 07In the Space Age's rapidly unfolding drama, the Moon held center stage. Not only was it our nearest celestial neighbo...
Stan Kenton: The Peanut Vendor (1947) (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music October 24, 07More well known that the first popular American version recorded by Don Azpiazu’s Orchestra in 1931, this arrangement...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE LATIN JAZZ CLASSICS
Percussionist, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Editor's n...
Stan Kenton: Easy Go (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music January 27, 08During his "Innovations" period, Kenton would drop the strings between tours and play dance gigs to recoup the money ...
Maynard Ferguson: Love Locked Out (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music February 06, 08Maynard Ferguson led an impressive band in Canada as a teen, and would soon join the bands of Jimmy Dorsey, Boyd Raeb...
Stan Kenton: Eager Beaver (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music April 04, 08In 1943, Stan Kenton vied for personnel with the military draft. Kenton was a formidable presence, but no match for U...
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