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Stan Kenton: Cool Hot & Swingin'
by Jack Bowers
Cool Hot & Swingin', the seventh in an ongoing series of Stan Kenton treasures unearthed by Bill Lichtenauer's ever-resourceful Tantara Productions, recaps a splendid concert performance in February 1956 at the Civic Auditorium in San Bernardino, CA. This was a time when Kenton had pared the trombone and reed sections to four members each and added ...
Kenton Portraits: A Loving Salute
Label: Tantara
Released: 2006
Track listing: Disc 1 -- I Remember Stan; Appearing in Cleveland; Artistry in Trombones; Tribute to Stan Kenton; In Memoriam Stan Kenton; Bus to Nowhere; With the Old Man in Mind; Stan Kenton Medley (64:08). Disc 2 -- My Foolish Heart; Tribute to Kenton; The Tall Guy; Stone Canyon; Kenton in Portrait; Artistry in Rhythm (57:19).
Kenton Portraits: A Loving Salute
by Jack Bowers
Various Big Bands Kenton Portraits - A Loving Salute Tantara Productions 2006 The word breathtaking is over-used these days, so I must beg your indulgence as I use it to describe Kenton Portraits - A Loving Salute, which is indeed a loving and, yes, often breathtaking salute to one of ...
The Neophonic Orchestras: New Horizons, Volumes 1 and 2
By Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra
Label: Tantara
Released: 2005
Track listing: Vol 1, Disc 1 -- Fanfare for the New; Stan Kenton
The Neophonic Orchestras: New Horizons, Volumes 1 and 2
by Jack Bowers
The Neophonic Orchestra New Horizons, Volumes 1 and 2 Tantara Productions 2005 The date was January 4, 1965, and the audience that waited anxiously in the newly christened Dorothy Chandler Pavilion hardly knew what to expect. They had come to hear the first-ever performance by the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra, ...
Ray Starling's NY Soundstage Orchestra / Joel Kaye's NY Neophonic Orchestra: Alternate Routes
by Jack Bowers
It was Stan Kenton who coined the term “neophonic” to describe the music created by his adventurous L.A.–based orchestra in the mid-’60s. He also introduced the mellophonium as part of a Jazz orchestra. This exhilarating two-disc set deftly employs and amplifies Kenton's groundbreaking concepts in splendid recordings made by two of his former sidemen, Ray Starling ...
