Jazz Articles about Don Scaletta

Don Scaletta and the Jazz Project: Stan Kenton Salute

by Jack Bowers
February 19, 2004

Although at 34:12 the Jazz Project’s salute to the incomparable Stan Kenton is one of the briefest I’ve heard, it is otherwise first-class all the way. Pianist Don Scaletta’s Florida-based band is quite good, and there are times when I was almost convinced that this was no re-creation but the powerful Kenton orchestra come alive again. The notion is especially strong on Jerome Kern‘s “Long Ago and Far Away,” Bill Holman’s “Kingfish“ and “The Opener,” and Johnny Richards’ “La Suerte ...