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Stan Kenton

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Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 - August 25, 1979) led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator. Stan Kenton was born in Wichita, Kansas, and raised first in Colorado and then in California. He learned piano as a child, and while still a teenager toured with various bands. In June 1941 he formed his own band, which developed into one of the best-known West Coast ensembles of the Forties. Kenton's musical aggregations were decidedly “orchestras.” Sometimes consisting of two dozen or more musicians at once, they produced an unmistakable Kenton sound--as recognizable as that of the bands of Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, or Count Basie

Album

Roots

Label: Submarine Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: January 14, 1944—Introduction: Artistry in Rhythm; Begin the Beguine; Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me; Eager Beaver; Shoo Shoo Baby; Ol’ Man River; I’ll Be Around; Reed Rapture; The Goon Came On; Harlem Folk Dance; Sign Off: Eager Beaver. September 20, 1945— Introduction: Artistry in Rhythm; Blue Skies; And There You Are; Tampico; I Surrender Dear; Southern Scandal; It’s Been a Long, Long Time; The Man I Love; I Wish I Knew; Reed Rapture; Sign Off: Artistry in Rhythm. November 1945—Theme: Artistry Jumps; I Can’t Get Started; Tampico; Body and Soul/Sign Off. Bonus track: October 15, 1945—I Don’t Want to Be Loved.

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Late-Period Art Pepper Box Sets

Read "Late-Period Art Pepper Box Sets" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


In his essay, “Endgame," which opens the liner notes to Art Pepper: The Complete Galaxy Recordings (Galaxy, 1989), music critic Gary Giddens said of Art Pepper's professional comeback: “Pepper's sudden reappearance in 1975 was something of a second coming in musical circles. For the next seven years, his frequent recordings and tours, and ...

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Article: Album Review

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra: Roots

Read "Roots" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Roots is a most appropriate title for this series of concerts by the Stan Kenton Orchestra recorded in 1944-45 on behalf of the Armed Forces Radio Service. While the sessions do include a handful of staples from the Kenton book ("Eager Beaver," “Reed Rapture," “Tampico," the well-known “Artistry in Rhythm" theme), it's clear that Kenton and ...

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Article: Reassessing

Shelly Manne and His Men at the Black Hawk 1

Read "Shelly Manne and His Men at the Black Hawk 1" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci


For many years, but certainly for most of the '50s and '60s, the top jazz drummer--by public opinion--was Shelly Manne. Although he was typically associated with West Coast Jazz, (a term he disliked), Manne had come West from jny:New York City in the '50s and settled in jny:Los Angeles in the halcyon days of the post-war ...

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Article: Interview

Dino Betti van der Noot: la big band tra suono e racconto

Read "Dino Betti van der Noot: la big band tra suono e racconto" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Nel mondo del jazz, e non solo in quello, Dino Betti van der Noot è una personalità decisamente unica: formalmente un dilettante, ha però pubblicato quindici album, molti dei quali pluripremiati; scrive per big band, una cosa oggi ormai rarissima, dando inoltre vita a opere che si discostano dalla tradizione della formazione; dotato di una cultura ...

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Article: Album Review

Marshall Gilkes and WDR Big Band: Life Songs

Read "Life Songs" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Maryland-born trombonist Marshall Gilkes, who spends much of his time working in and around various jazz bases in North America, returns to his “second" home, Cologne, Germany, for Life Songs, his eighth album as leader and third with his former employer, Cologne's world-class WDR Big Band. Gilkes spent the years 2010-13 in the WDR trombone section, ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Gary Bartz, Sun Ra, Meshell Ndegeocello and More

Read "Gary Bartz, Sun Ra, Meshell Ndegeocello and More" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This show gets into both the celestial and the funky with artists such as Gary Bartz, Sun Ra, Oliver Nelson, Itamar Borochov, and Meshell Ndegeocello. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Sun Ra “Rocket Number ...

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Article: Album Review

Oscar Peterson: Con Alma

Read "Con Alma" reviewed by Chris May


To borrow Duke Ellington's description of Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson was born poor, died rich and never hurt anyone along the way. He also brought joy to untold numbers of people. But, truth to tell, his style was the twentieth-century equivalent of modern day AI-produced generative music. Sit Peterson down at a piano, progamme him (as ...

Album

Salute!

Label: Sounds of Yesteryear
Released: 2023
Track listing: My Funny Valentine; The Opener; Sam Meets the Mambo; Take the “A” Train; When Your Lover Has Gone; Nightingale; The Wind; Jersey Bounce; Captain Obu; Prelude to a Kiss; Tico Tico; A Lot of Livin’ to Do; Tuxedo Junction; Beeline East; The Shadow of Your Smile; Just Bones; Street of Dreams.


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