Stan Kenton

The Four Freshmen at Newport Jazz Festival Jul 2, 1959

Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

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Maynard Ferguson & Orchestra at Newport Jazz Festival Jul 3, 1959

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Stan Kenton & Orchestra at Newport Jazz Festival Jul 5, 1959

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Art Pepper: The Art History Project

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

The tragic jazz life and death story of saxophonist Art Pepper was similar to that of {{Charlie Parker = 10115}} in many ways. Like Bird's brilliance, Art Pepper's intense flame burned bright, and his genius with the saxophone was subject to fan adoration and critical admiration. Unlike Parker, who died at age 35, Pepper lived into his mid-50s, making an infamous comeback from drugs and prison...

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Lennie Niehaus (Part 4)

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

Lennie Niehaus' arrangements for Stan Kenton's band in the late 1950s and early 1960s are superb. So are his too-brief solos with the band. But if you really want to hear Lennie's musical genius at work, you have to dig his small-group recordings of the mid-1950s. Kenton, like many bandleaders in the LP era, was smart enough to know that the best way to hold onto star soloists was to let them record...

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Charlie Mariano

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Charlie Mariano's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Charlie MarianoCharlie Mariano (born November 12, 1923 in Boston) is an American jazz alto saxophonist. He played with one of the Stan Kenton big bands, Toshiko Akiyoshi (his then wife), Charles Mingus, Eberhard Weber... more...

Cory Jamison: My Kind of Jazz

Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

What ever happened to Cory Jamison?

New Old Photos and Program.

bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

My dear friend Margaret B came up with some old photos that need names and a 1956 Stan Kenton program. Stan's first tour of the UK. ----- 1) In this photo Humph is, we assume, giving the girl a trumpet lesson... CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY HER? ----- 2) This one is on a boat but with a grand piano it probably wasn't a riverboat shuffle. CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY THE BASS AND PIANO? ----- 3) Finally - can anyone...

Salute to Stan Kenton: Artistry in Contrast

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Artistry in Rhythm, the Ken Poston / Los Angeles Jazz Institute's 2009 homage to the renowned bandleader {{Stan Kenton = 8330}}, was held October 8-11 at the Sheraton LAX Four Points Hotel. As always, there was much to see, hear and admire: films, panel discussions, special presentations and, last but not least, no fewer than nineteen concerts by groups large and small including four lunchtime events...

Cuban singer Portuondo back in U.S. with "Gracias"

evonnedf8hv | 11/07/2009

NEW YORK (Billboard) –Omara Portuondo's Latin Grammy Award-nominated "Gracias" was released in the United States in 2008, but she wasn't able to tour stateside in support of the album until now. Like other Cuban singers, Portuondo, best known as one of the stars of the "Buena Vista Social Club" album, had been barred from performing in the States since 2003, when the administration

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assuntapw1yt | 11/06/2009

Britney Spears Blackout Download mp3 Download Britney Spears Blackout >>> Artist: Britney Spears Album: Blackout Tracks: 1. Gimme More (Produced by Danja) 2. Piece of Me (Produced by Bloodshy and Avant) 3. Radar (Produced by Bloodshy and Avant) 4. Break the Ice (Produced by Danja) 5. Heaven on Earth (Produced by Freescha and Kara Dioguardi) 6. Get Naked (I Got A Plan) (Produced by Danja) 7.

Customs House Big Band - Open Rehearsal

bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Listening to the Customs House Big Band in an auditoreum is quite an experience; listening to them in the confined space of the New Crown Hotel is positively mindblowing! Imagine being dropped into a massed band session by the Stan Kenton, Count Basie and Woody Herman Bands and it gives you an overall impression of the sound. Simply incredible. Not than I'm suggesting that the CHBB is equal to all...

Listen To The Bass Player: Part 1, Percy Heath

Rifftides (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

In the days when I was learning to truly listen, Red Kelly gave me a piece of valuable advice. He told me to close my eyes and in my mind isolate and concentrate on the bass player. He said that...

• INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Listen to the Bass Player: Part 1, Percy Heath - All About Jazz

Stan Kenton Orchestra Stompin at Newport download mp3

jeremybright2009 | 10/29/2009

Stan Kenton Orchestra Stompin at Newport >>>> Download Stompin at Newport <<<< artist: Stan Kenton Orchestra album: Stompin at Newport Tracklist: 1 The Opener mp3 2 Artistry in Rhythm mp3 3 Stompin at the Savoy mp3 4 Yesterdays mp3 5 Intermission Riff mp3 6 23 North 82 West mp3 7 Everything Happens to Me mp3 8 The Peanut Vendor mp3 9 The End of A Love Affair mp3 10 Young Blood

A free Preservation Hall Jazz Band download

Undercover Black Man (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

I’m still in a New Orleans frame of mind, peoples. I delivered today a fresh draft of my first “Treme” script, and now I’m cooling out. Found another FREE MP3 from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band , which has been a New Orleans institution for almost 40 years. This version of “Peanut Vendor,” recorded in 1966, was recently reissued in digital format. This configuration...

Cuban singer Portuondo back in U.S. with &quot;Gracias&quot;

evonnedf8hv | 11/07/2009

NEW YORK (Billboard) –Omara Portuondo's Latin Grammy Award-nominated "Gracias" was released in the United States in 2008, but she wasn't able to tour stateside in support of the album until now. Like other Cuban singers, Portuondo, best known as one of the stars of the "Buena Vista Social Club" album, had been barred from performing in the States since 2003, when the administration of President George...

Britney Spears Blackout download mp3

assuntapw1yt | 11/06/2009

Britney Spears Blackout Download mp3 Download Britney Spears Blackout >>> Artist: Britney Spears Album: Blackout Tracks: 1. Gimme More (Produced by Danja) 2. Piece of Me (Produced by Bloodshy and Avant) 3. Radar (Produced by Bloodshy and Avant) 4. Break the Ice (Produced by Danja) 5. Heaven on Earth (Produced by Freescha and Kara Dioguardi) 6. Get Naked (I Got A Plan) (Produced by Danja) 7. Freakshow...

Stan Kenton Orchestra Stompin at Newport download mp3

jeremybright2009 | 10/29/2009

Stan Kenton Orchestra Stompin at Newport >>>> Download Stompin at Newport <<<< artist: Stan Kenton Orchestra album: Stompin at Newport Tracklist: 1 The Opener mp3 2 Artistry in Rhythm mp3 3 Stompin at the Savoy mp3 4 Yesterdays mp3 5 Intermission Riff mp3 6 23 North 82 West mp3 7 Everything Happens to Me mp3 8 The Peanut Vendor mp3 9 The End of A Love Affair mp3 10 Young Blood mp3 11 La Suerte de Los...