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Stan Kenton and His Orchestra: Concert Kenton

Read "Concert Kenton" reviewed by Jack Bowers


There's no question that Stan Kenton led one of the more successful and popular orchestras of the storied Big Band Era, winning various yearly polls while drawing large crowds to his jazz concerts and dance performances from coast to coast. But Kenton always wanted something more: to enlighten as well as entertain. Music, he felt, should be cerebral as well as visceral. And so he formed the Neophonic Orchestra to play the sort of forward-looking jazz he felt many listeners ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Concert Kenton

Sounds of Yesteryear
2020

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Chances Are It Swings

RCA Victor
1972

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Shorty Rogers Courts...

RCA Records
1954

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Cool and Crazy

RCA Victor
1953

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