Stanley Newcomb Kenton was an American popular music and jazz artist. 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. Kenton was also a pioneer in the field of jazz education,creating the Stan Kenton Jazz Camp in 1959 at Indiana University.
Viva Kenton! is an album by Stan Kenton,released in 1959 by Capitol Records,and later on Kenton's own Creative World label.
Pietro Rugolo,known professionally as Pete Rugolo,was an American jazz composer,arranger,and record producer.
Milt Bernhart was a West Coast jazz trombonist who worked with Stan Kenton,Frank Sinatra,and others. He supplied the solo in the middle of Sinatra's 1956 recording of I've Got You Under My Skin conducted by Nelson Riddle.
June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days is a 1959 album by June Christy.
City of Glass,an album originally issued as a 10" LP by Stan Kenton,consists entirely of the music of Bob Graettinger. The original album has been reconstituted in different LP re-issues,and the entire set of Kenton/Graettinger Capitol Records sessions is on the digital CD City of Glass.
Stan Kenton Presents is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton with his "Innovations" Orchestra featuring performances recorded in 1950 and originally released as 78 RPM records and a 10-inch LP on Capitol before being reissued in 12-inch LP format in 1955.
Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton is a compilation album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton featuring performances recorded between 1951 and 1953 and originally released as a 10-inch LP and 45 rpm EP on Capitol before being reissued as a 12-inch LP with additional tracks in 1955.
Artistry in Rhythm is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton featuring performances recorded in 1946 and originally released on the Capitol label as four 78rpm discs,reissued as a 10-inch (25 cm) LP in 1953,and then as a 12-inch (30 cm) LP in 1955 with additional tracks.
A Presentation of Progressive Jazz is a 1948 jazz album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton.
Stan Kenton's Milestones is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton compiling performances recorded between 1943 and 1947 and originally collected on the Capitol label as a 10-inch LP in 1950 then reissued as a 12-inch LP with additional tracks in 1955.
Kenton in Hi-Fi is an album by bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton featuring performances of Kenton's signature compositions from the 1940s recorded in 1956 and released on the Capitol label. This album was re-released as 'Kenton in Stereo' in 1959. A 7-1/2 i.p.s.stereo reel tape - Catalog no. ZDS -10 - was recorded by Capitol and released in 1956. Apparently the stereo mix for the reel tape is unique,but the same stereo master tape was probably used for the stereo vinyl LP record.
Back to Balboa is an album by bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton featuring performances recorded at the Rendezvous Ballroom in 1958 and released on the Capitol label.
The Ballad Style of Stan Kenton is an album by bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton featuring performances recorded in 1958 and released on the Capitol label.
The Kenton Era is a compilation album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton featuring recordings from 1940 to 1954 which was originally released in two limited edition box sets,as fifteen 7 inch 45 rpm discs and four 12 inch LPs,on Capitol in 1955.
Stan Kenton Classics is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton compiling performances recorded between 1945 and 1947 and originally collected on the Capitol label as a 10-inch LP in 1950 then reissued as a 12-inch LP with additional tracks in 1955.
Kenton Live from the Las Vegas Tropicana is a live album by bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton featuring a concert recorded at the Blue Room of the Tropicana Hotel in 1958 and released on the Capitol label.
Sophisticated Approach is an album by the Stan Kenton Orchestra recorded in 1961 and released by Capitol Records. In 2006,Sophisticated Approach was digitally remastered and reissued on CD for the first time by Capitol Records/Blue Note Records and included six bonus tracks,including the non-album single,"Magic Moment".
Adventures in Standards is an album of Broadway show tunes by the Stan Kenton Mellophonium Orchestra recorded in 1961 for Capitol Records but not released until 1975 on Kenton's Creative World label.
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