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As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though Kenton had several pop hits from the early 1940s into the 1960s, his music was always forward-looking.
Stan Kenton In ConcertRecorded In London 6 February 1972Complete Concert00:00 Minor Booze04:45 Chiapas11:57 Artistry In Percussion17:05 MacArthur Park23:11 M...
Stan Kenton (born December 15, 1911, Wichita, Kansas, U.S.—died August 25, 1979, Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz bandleader, pianist, and composer who commissioned and promoted the works of many modern composer-arrangers.
Explore Stan Kenton's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Stan Kenton on AllMusic.
Mr. Kenton was the last major jazzband leader to emerge from the Big Band era of 1935-45, and his was one of only a handful of bands that survived when that era came to an end. It was also the...
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.
Stanley Newcomb Kenton began taking piano lessons from his mother, Stella Kenton, after she bought a used upright piano. He was ten years old at the time and two years started taking lessons with a private teacher.
Last December, the late composer, arranger, bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton would have turned 100.
Bandleader, arranger, pianist Stanley Newcomb Kenton was born in Wichita, Kansas, and raised in California. He played piano and arranged for local bands, and formed his own big band in 1940.
That's noted jazz historian, educator and author Dr. Herb Wong, having (almost) the last word on Graham Carter's superlative documentary, Stan Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm, and summarizing the legendary bandleader's life and legacy about as well as anyone could.