The number of jazz-centered big bands “on the road" these days can be counted on the fingers of one hand with a digit or two to spare. The Glenn Miller and Count Basie orchestras remain randomly ...

Here are the members of Kenton’s band in “Prologue: This is An Orchestra” from the album New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm: Thanks to Guido Herrera-Yance, host on KXLU’s long-running Latin radio ...

The Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra pays its first visit to the Berkshires on Sunday. Jazz. It’s been described as America’s original art form. The baseball of music. Despite its origins in the South and ...

One hundred years after his birth, big-band leader Stan Kenton is getting his props. Tomorrow night, the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra will perform Kenton “hits of the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s ...

The Stan Kenton Alumni Band, made up of musicians from the late, great big-band director’s 1956-1978 bands, will perform a concert at Chapman University at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 12 in Memorial Hall.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --Big-band jazz giant Stan Kenton will be celebrated with a concert Saturday at Hopkins High School. The 100th anniversary of Kenton's birth is coming up next year. To kick off the ...

Enter Your Email to Unlock This Article Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. On Friday, November 16, the Maltz ...

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Among bandleader Stan Kenton's many ensembles, surely none has given rise to as many differences of opinion--pro and con--as the Mellophonium Orchestra of the early 1960s. Audiences generally loved ...

Stan Kenton recorded a piece called “Prologue: This is An Orchestra.” In the 10 minute work he introduces all the members of his jazz orchestra: the drummer, bassist, saxophonists, trumpet player, ...