Stan Kenton - 1965
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2011
- Kenton played in the 1930s in the dance bands of Vido Musso and Gus Arnheim, but his natural inclination was as a band leader. In 1941 he formed his first orchestra, which later was named after his theme song "Artistry in Rhythm". A competent pianist, influenced by Earl Hines, Kenton was much more important in the early days as an arranger and inspiration for his loyal sidemen. Although there were no major names in his first band (bassist Howard Rumsey and trumpeter Chico Alvarez come the closest), Kenton spent the summer of 1941 playing regularly before a very appreciative audience at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa Beach, CA. Influenced by Jimmie Lunceford (who, like Kenton, enjoyed high-note trumpeters and thick-toned tenors), the Stan Kenton Orchestra struggled a bit after its initial success. Its Decca recordings were not big sellers and a stint as Bob Hope's backup radio band was an unhappy experience; Les Brown permanently took Kenton's place.
By late 1943 with a Capitol Records contract, a popular record in "Eager Beaver", and growing recognition, the Stan Kenton Orchestra was gradually catching on. Its soloists during the war years included Art Pepper, briefly Stan Getz, altoist Boots Mussulli, and singer Anita O'Day. By 1945 the band had evolved quite a bit. Pete Rugolo became the chief arranger (extending Kenton's ideas), Bob Cooper and Vido Musso offered very different tenor styles, and June Christy was Kenton's new singer; her hits (including "Tampico" and "Across the Alley From the Alamo") made it possible for Kenton to finance his more ambitious projects. A popular recording of "Laura" was made, the theme song from the film Laura (starring actress Gene Tierney), and featured the voices of the band.
Calling his music "progressive jazz," Kenton sought to lead a concert orchestra as opposed to a dance band at a time when most big bands were starting to break up. By 1947 Kai Winding was greatly influencing the sound of Kenton's trombonists, the trumpet section included such screamers as Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, and Al Porcino, Jack Costanzo's bongos were bringing Latin rhythms into Kenton's sound, and a riotous version of "The Peanut Vendor" contrasted with the somber "Elegy for Alto". Kenton had succeeded in forming a radical and very original band that gained its own audience.
In 1949 Kenton took a year off. In 1950 he put together his most advanced band, the 39-piece Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra that included 16 strings, a woodwind section, and two French horns. Its music ranged from the unique and very dense modern classical charts of Bob Graettinger to works that somehow swung despite the weight. Such major players as Maynard Ferguson (whose high-note acrobatics set new standards), Shorty Rogers, Milt Bernhart, John Graas, Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Bob , Laurindo Almeida, Shelly Manne, and June Christy were part of this remarkable project, but from a commercial standpoint, it was really impossible. Kenton managed two tours during 1950-1951 but soon reverted to his usual 19-piece lineup.
Then quite unexpectedly, Kenton went through a swinging period. The charts of such arrangers as Shorty Rogers, Gene Roland, Gerry Mulligan, Marty Paich, Johnny Richards, and particularly Bill Holman and Bill Russo began to dominate the repertoire. Such talented players (in addition to the ones already named) as Lee Konitz, Conte Candoli, Sal Salvador, Stan Levey, Frank Rosolino, Richie Kamuca, Zoot Sims, Sam Noto, Bill Perkins, Charlie Mariano, Mel Lewis, Pete Candoli, Lucky Thompson, Carl Fontana, Pepper Adams, and Jack Sheldon made strong contributions. The music was never predictable and could get quite bombastic, but it managed to swing while still keeping the Kenton sound.
(extract from Wikipedia 2011)
My Dad took me to see the Stan Kenton Orchestra when I was 16....it was my first gig and, just short of 50 years later, I've never forgotten the sound and the power of the band. Boy, they could shift some air!
Yea, but they miked the hell out of those instruments. The trumpet players use to play directly into the mikes on their screaming solos . ..
@@callmeBe I don’t recollect any PA system being used but it was a loooong time ago!
@@ijmanchester Well, not that long ago for some of us. Yea, the three great traveling big bands at the time: Maynard, Woody, and Stan were all just thrashing loud. Maynard would put his bell into the mike and scream double high C's. Kenton's group was not much better. Woody was the same, too. My ears would ring for days afterwards. Now, the other traveling bands at the time, Les Brown, Harry James, Basie, Goodman had pickup groups, etc. were much more contained (and very, very good also--just a much more settled style).
Stan Kenton's band - the most boombastic jazz band ever !!!
What a super big band man Mr Kenton was brilliant arrangements superb musicians
Next to Stan behind the piano, there were Darryl Goes on drums and John Worster on bass. Saxes l. to r.: Gene Siegel, Gary Lefebvre, Ray Reed, Bob Dahl and Bill Fritz (playing on Bob Gioga's old baritone sax (!) and doubling on bass sax); Trombones l. to. r. : Jim Amlotte, Bill Moffatt, Bob Fitzpatrick, Jack Spurlock and Graham Ellis; Trumpets l. to r. : Gary Barone, Larry Ford, Dalton Smith, Ron Ossa and Bob Behrendt.
Thank you for preserving this! That's my cousin, Bill Trujillo, on tenor sax, 2nd chair from the left. He's 90 and still going strong! He stayed with Kenton's band well into the new millennium.
The tenor player on the left of Ray Reed is Gary Lefebvre.
I love Kenton and Big Band Jazz. He is the King!
I recognized a friend from long ago: Gary Beron, trumpet player on far left. Met him in Cleveland with Jiggs Whigham. Thanks for the memories!
Jerbob1 That's Gary Barone!
Thanks for the correction.
@@Jerbob1 welcome!
Great to see a very young Maynard Ferguson here (far left of trumpets) before he became a real powerhouse player. Back in my jazz trumpet days Kenton was a huge influence. A great band in every way.
Not Maynard. This was done in 1965, WGN Chicago. I believe that's Gary Barone. Dalton Smith on Tpt. 1.
Maynard was long gone. He already had his bands in the early 60's. Live At The Peacock, Maynard '61, Maynard 62, Si Si, etc..
I took lessons from your dad when I was a senior in hs. What a kind man he was, and bent over backward for me. You were a baby at the time. I still remember him pausing during one lesson and saying to me, "excuse me, Bill, while I feed this kid..." He proceeded to go help your mom by feeding you a bottle. I love how he put his family first. That's the kind of guy he was...a good man for sure! Blessings...B.
Nice add! Thanks for sharing about Milt!
"The Big Bands" was a half-hour syndicated series which aired on several TV stations around the US, usually on Saturday nights. Living in Maryland in 1965, I caught the show on WJZ-TV, Channel 13, in Baltimore, MD. In addition to Stan Kenton's orchestra, the program featured the orchestras of Count Basie, Ray McKinley (directing the Glenn Miller Orchestra), Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, Perez Prado, Harry James (featuring Buddy Rich on drums), Woody Herman, Ralph Martieri, Si Zentner, Les & Larry Elgart and others. I recorded the audio of the foregoing on reel-to-reel tape. By the way, my notes show that vocalist June Christy also performed on this program with Kenton. Because the video tapes of these programs were shipped to the local stations, instead of transmitted over AT&T's long distance facilities, the audio fidelity of these programs was excellent. (Generally, the TV networks were content to use AT&T's low-fidelity 5 khz channels, which were designed to carry AM radio programs, instead of the more-expensive 15 khz channels. This kinescope recording doesn't capture the fuller fidelity of the original; but, I'm thankful for this post.
When Kenton was in town (always for a week in summer) I went to the Marine Ballroom on the SteelPier in Atlantic City EVERY night and stood at the bandstand along with dozens and dozens of others. Kenton played "for dancing" but he played what HE wanted more often; great concert charts that lifted the spirit and soared out of the ocean. Great, great nights!!
Kenton's band was exciting. I first heard him at Fort Ord in the the fifties and was amazed; had never heard anything like it and became an instant fan.
SKO. Cutting edge and will always remain that way.
I was delighted with this performance. The alto sax with receding hair line is the late Ray Reed and as you see a monster on his solos. The baritone sax player on the left end I believe is Gene Siegle. Both were in Band with me in High School and in the High School big band at Reseda High, Calif in 1959-1960. Ray was a great alto saxist who ran a quintet for many years in the Los Angeles area. RIP Ray.
Do you happen to know if any footage exists of Charles Deremo? I believe he played alto sax around the same time. He is my grandfather but we’ve never met.
Charles Deremo played with the Kenton band in 1969. He is actually recorded on the album "Kenton roars at the Golden Lion".@@cassideremo
Oceans of love to you, Milt Bernhart. Love you, always.
Vido Musso was one of my favorite tenor sax and TAKE ME BACK TO SERRENTO was recorded with SK. I saw Video in 1951 and his so called dance band really was worth the time and more than the effort Vido also played on SKs recordings. VIDO asked me A MARINE if I had a ROY was probably writing a record liner
This is the band, probably as I first heard it in Toledo Ohio probably in 1964 as a HS Student... WOW
This is one of Kenton's better bands. Malaguena is so crisp, in unison. Thanks for this.
Reuben's Blues (the second tune) is the first track of Adventures in Blues which is a great album featuring those wonderful mellophoniums. My favorite.
I watched Mr Kenton at Balboa in the 40s. Just couldn't wait for the week ends.
I enjoyed the band so much that I collected all off his 78 RPM Capital records. It was there that we first saw June Christy.
Ray Reed and Gary Barone two great people and great players I had the pleasure of working with in LA for years.
Gary is the trpt on the Barney Miller theme and he told me that he and the guys on the session came up with that on the spot. A great talent and an hilarious wit.
Love you Gary-RIP.
Wow. That band is tight. Love the sound of the bass sax.
Very, very enjoyable listening !!
Kenton was a greater influence in the jazz world that appears to be know or appreciated. He took jazz by the scruff of the neck and said "grow up, don't be ashamed to ger into depth and power". There are a few pioneers which led jazz forward into the modern idiom, but never underestimate the massive influence of Kenton, he was a 'one off' like few others.
+John Perks
Kenton did more for jazz education then any other leader of his time. His Kenton clinics in the summer set the prototype for others to copy for decades to follow. My first roommate at Berklee came from the clinic at Indiana (ironically his name was Ken Stanton!)
+Tony Hyde Thanks for that comment, Tony. Kenton brought a new and virile jazz-form into the music world. It brought a whole new meaning into musical form, and opened-up a greater understanding of just how deep and satisfying jazz could be in the world of human emotional expression.
Went to two Kenton clinics out west in the early 60's (Lake Tahoe and Reno). I was a teenager and had no idea what I was getting into: the entire band was there for a week. Truly amazing and shaped my musical career.
Best jazz band ever . We saw the band if it was in a 150 mile radius. We knew his road manager
Thx for airing these! Many good times recalled following, Stan, the REAL MAN!🎉😅
what is so great about this is Kenton never swayed from what HE wanted to play-the dancers looked lost standing around the band stand-i watched this one after the Jan Garber set and was like WOW-same show and so different in styles!!!! great video-i believe this is from a WGN show from chicago called the bandstand series???
Wow indeed. Outstanding. 5 x 5 x 5
A big big set up.
Always loved Reuben's Blues. There were more intricate or exciting pieces, but this one always had such a great groove to it.
Thanks
This was before they re-scored Malaguena for the lack of Mellophiums. It really lacks something without them, as difficult as they were.
That was very interesting. And CLEAN.
MAN I LOVE THIS SHIT
That is Gary LeFebvre, 2nd sax from left. And soloing in the first number and also on Malaguena. Don Sleet used to listen to Bob Behrendt on trumpet and Don and Gary played a lot together (see gary's website for a recording of a tune from the young up-starts at the Beacon Inn in 1959.
Reuben's Blues is by by Gene Roland, who wrote all the charts for "Adventures in Blues." Holman is the arranger of Limehous Blues (the first tune) and Maleguena (the third.
The alto soloist (center chair) is Ray Reed, who was in the band c.a. 1966-67 when I heard (and photographed) them in Chicago at the Plugged Nickel. John Worster is the bassist.
This seems tje last place you can hear Kenton of the 60s
Parris Rosolino you carry the greatest name in trombone playing!
GOOD !!!
My father is on the right, Bob Behrendt, playing trumpet. Dalton Smith is playing lead trumpet. Ronnie Oso is on his left.... Bob Fitzpatrick on lead trombone....Jim Amellotte is playing bass trombone.... I would have to check his albums to get the rest of the names.
Stan always had a smoking band!
+Kurt Behrendt Dalton Smith was from the same small Mississippi town where I'm from. My father (and all my family) were personal friends of his. If you know any "Dalton stories" or tidbits, I'd be interested to hear them.
Boy...I don't think there is enough room on this page to tell all the stories....
Dalton and my dad we best friends...so after my dad left the band, Dalton, Jim Amlotte, Dave Wheeler, Stan would come up to our house in Bishop California to go fishing quite often.
It was great growing up around these folks.
My dad told a story once when Dalton had to go somewhere for a week and they had Bud Brisbois come in to cover for him.....After one set, Bud asked my Dad "Boy, do you guys always blow so hard?" To which my dad replied "no....when Dalton's here we work even harder!"
+Kurt Behrendt Thanks, Kurt, for the reply. Not sure whether I can post my email add here; on some sites it cannot be done. I will show my band's website, which has absolutely nothing to do with SK or jazz, but at least it will show my email. Feel free to send me all long or short stories you think of. All the best, >>Tim www.thealmostirishband.com
great living in ac.getting to hear all the great bands of the day in 40,50,60s and winding up with the gene krupa org.
Remember Butter Burgess too! Thanks, Ray!
@Parris Rosolino This is "Limehouse Blues." The opening theme is called "Artistry in Rhythm."
I enjoyed the concert immensely. I missed out on peanut vendor where did it go to !
Parris Rosolino,Try to listen to the 59 recording made by the Heath band of ' Limehouse Blues ',the section work and musicianship is classic and precise.
After theme, "Limehouse Blues."
I like the way the dancers seem a little put out with the second tune. Then Kenton clarifies why. But why not whirl around in spite of that?
ouh la la
Does anyone know if Gail Schleitwiler is in this?
Reuben's Blues - was this dedicated to Reuben McFall who was on trumpet in an earlier band?
do we have the rest of the peanut vendor
Who is the trumpet player 4th from the left? I've got a picture of me holding his horn at the Cedar Point ballroom in 1965.
Audience stops dancing.... realizes this isn't 1942 anymore....
People dancing to Kenton always makes me cringe.
I saw them at Disneyland back in the '70s, and for some reason, they alternated a set for dancing with a set for listening. It was a strange juxtaposition, a group of the WWI generation waiting to dance with a group college kids waiting to sit on the floor and get blown away.
@12:43 this chart is genius
+Daniel Liszewski I couldn't agree more. I believe it is from the pen of Bill Holman. That would explain it.
The Stones. ripped this off for Paint it Black !!
Did my ears deceive me or did the lead trumpet player paste a Eb above double C on the last tune (Intermission Riff)?
Yes!
Wikipedia has said it all!!
stop wrangling guys JUST ENJOY THE MUSIC !!!
How can you dance this?
Gary Barone
Unbelievable to see highly civilized people dancing
on such exclusively form of music, known those days as "Progressive Jazz"
Fraser Myers Big Band. Paint it Black . UA-cam
What years was John Park with Kenton?
Not exactly sure of the years, but I'm guessing early-mid 70's
What is the name of this song?
Personnel?
Who is the drummer. Looks like Jerry McKenzie but the dates don't fit. Anyone know?
The drummer is Daryl Goes from the Denver area. Also the bassist is
from the Boulder/Denver area, John Worster.
Nolan Tarp
@@terryhannum7642 Daryl Goes? By God he certainly does. So fast yet he seems to have all the time in the world. much like Jake Hannah.
Trumpet soloist?
Dancing?
sasha king crimson ₪₪₪₪
my mum & me, we hated; my father loved it
ignorance is NOT bliss!
DANCING???
who's on drums?
Darryl Goes (Denver, CO)
@@dorseyh thank you. Was wondering that also.
People trying to dance to the intro 🤦🏻♂️😂😂
Who is the drummer please? it certainly isn`t Shelley Manne.
Darryl Goes
Preschooler setup this video. LOL
First of all you copy the band's history out of a book, then you don't list ANY of the players in this band!
Then you chop the heads of the trumpet section!
You're dangerous!
You must be very young, Every generation of jazz got better than the preceeding.
Ken Swan
I couldn't disagree more.
Tool. Here's some personnel en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Kenton_Conducts_the_Los_Angeles_Neophonic_Orchestra
@@kenswan707 I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW SHALLOW AND OUTRIGHT STUPID YOU ARE!
His daughter did not share the public's enthusiasm
No sound
I really liked it when the band dressed in appropriate attire.NOT the chintzy looking UNIFORMS they wore in later days. I respected them too much to see those chintzy uniforms. making their appearance unworthy of their TALENT
Quit trying to be experts. I saW sk FOUR TIMES.,lIONEL Hampton five . 4 times. Tommy Dorsey., Harry James and others I am not trying to impress are you????
Not a single black face.....
What are you trying to accomplish with this?
Never even thought about that, I Saw Kenton in Newcastle upon Tyne, forget which year, and had to leave to get the bus home to Alnwick, halfway through Peanut Vendor!