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Stan Kenton: Sophisticated Approach
by Edward Blanco
Sophisticated Approach is a reissue of eighteen iconic ballad arrangements by Stan Kenton, originally recorded in 1961 with his unique and controversial four-piece mellophonium horn section. The ballroom circuit was the life-blood of the Kenton Mellophonium Orchestra in the late '50s and early '60s, and this album, arranged by Lennie Niehaus, was intended as an addition ...
Stan Kenton: Sophisticated Approach
by Chris May
The Donald Rumsfeld of American big band jazz in the 1940s and 1950s, Stan Kenton didn't so much embrace his audiences as shock-n-awe them into submission with relentless carpet bombing. Kenton's monstrous orchestras--the most overblown being the 43-piece Innovations In Modern Music outfit of the early 1950s--specialised in heavy-footed, portentous, screaming brass performances which left zero ...
Back to Balboa
By Stan Kenton
Label: Capitol Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. The Big Chase (Paich) - 4:17
2. Rendezvous at Sunset (Richards) - 4:17
3. Speak Low (Nash/Weill) - 3:28
4. My Old Flame (Coslow/Johnston) - 4:02
5. Out of This World (Arlen/Mercer) - 5:44
6. Begin the Beguine (Porter) - 3:41
7. Get Out of Town (Porter) - 2:38
8. Royal Blue (Holman) - 5:52
9. I Concentrate on You (Porter) - 3:21
10. Beyond the Blue Horizon (Harling/Robin/Whiting) - 3:35
11. Two Shades of Autumn (Coccia) - 3:54
12. Love Letters (Heyman/Young) - 2:26
13. Desiderata (Coccia) - 3:11
14. Artistry in Blues (Kenton) - 2:45
Stan Kenton: Back to Balboa
by Mitchell Seidel
By 1957, the Big Band Era was pretty well over. Fortunately pianist Stan Kenton never got the message. In fact, he continued to tour with various aggregations well into the ‘70s, ultimately laying the groundwork for modern jazz education with school performances and clinics. While the handwriting may have been on the wall in ...
The Stan Kenton Legacy
by AAJ Staff
Submitted on behalf of George Harris Before there were Dead Heads, Trekkies and even Beatlemaniacs, there were Kentonites. It’s difficult to believe that people like your father or uncle could have such unadulterated devotion to a leader, a band and an attitude about music, but it’s true. Sixty years ago, Stan Kenton put the musical world ...
From The Creative World Of Stan Kenton Comes... A Merry Christmas!
By Stan Kenton
Label: Capitol Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: O Tannenbaum; The Holly And The Ivy; We Three Kings Of Orient Are; Good King Wenceslas; The Twelve Days Of Christmas; Once In Royal David's City; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; O Come, All Ye Faithful; Angels, We Have Heard On High; O Holy Night; Christmas Medley; Joy To The World; Away In A Manger; The First Noel; We Wish You A Merry Christmas; Silent Night; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing;
Kenton With Voices / Artistry In Voices And Brass
By Stan Kenton
Label: Point Entertainment
Released: 2003
Adventures in Time
By Stan Kenton
Label: Capitol Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Commencement; Quintile; Artemis; 4 3 X 3 X 2 X 2 X 2 = 72; March to
Polaris; Septuor from Antares; Artemis and Apollo; Apercu
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