Music
Alumni Orchestra Will Take Fond Look at Legendary Bandleader Stan Kenton
July 17, 1999
Entertainment & Arts
Shorty Rogers remembers the exact day he joined the Stan Kenton Orchestra: Jan. 2, 1950.
Feb. 12, 1994
Whether it was via his music or his strong personality, jazz giant Stan Kenton made lasting impressions on the men who worked for him. * The bandleader-pianist-composer “was one of the best leaders, the genuine article,” says saxophonist Kim Richmond, a member of the Kenton ensemble in 1967.
July 15, 1995
Stan Kenton, the renowned bandleader-composer-xarranger who died in 1979 at age 67, was one of jazz’s most controversial figures.
May 17, 1991
In Stan Kenton’s Defense
June 30, 2002
Here’s an easy one: Which bandleader established the “West Coast” jazz sound, and whose big band in the 1940s was the breeding ground for such jazz stars as Shorty Rogers, Bud Shank, Art Pepper, Shelly Manne, Bob Cooper, June Christy, Bill Holman and Maynard Ferguson?
Sept. 3, 1992
Bandleader Stan Kenton was, by any account, a most remarkable man.
May 30, 1991
It’s amazing how strongly the Stan Kenton legend persists.
April 4, 1989
When Pete Rugolo steps in front of the Stan Kenton Alumni Orchestra on Sunday in Irvine to conduct Kenton’s well-known theme song, “Artistry in Rhythm,” he’ll mark an association with the band and the tune that goes back almost 50 years.
March 20, 1993
“Back to Balboa,” a celebration dedicated to the memory and music of Stan Kenton, got under way in Newport Beach on Thursday as about 700 Kenton fans descended on the Hyatt Newporter Hotel, just minutes away from where the Kenton orchestra made its debut at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa, 50 years ago this weekend.
June 1, 1991