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KENTON Stan

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Born: 19.02.1912 (Los Angeles, California, USA, as Stanley Newcomb Kenton)
Died: 25.08.1979 (stroke)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Artistry In Percussion1946
2.Thermopylae1947
3.City Of Glass1948
4.This Modern World1949
5.Incident In Jazz1950
6.West Side Story
(Grammy)		1961 Capitol
7.Inventions In Time1962
8.Instrumental Adventures In Jazz
(Grammy)		1962 Capitol
9.The Uncollected Stan Kenton & His Orchestra, Vol. 6 (1962)1962 Hindsight
10.Artistry in Bossa Nova17.06.1963EMI
11.The Uncollected Stan Kenton & His Orchestra, Vol. 2 (1941)
& His Orchestra		1966 Hindsight
12.Greatest Hits25.03.1977Capitol
13.Stan Kenton Conducts The Jazz Compositions Of Dee Barton1/1979 Creative World
14.From Coast to Coast: Live Cafe Rogue 194506.04.1999
15.1947 V. 204.05.1999
16.Live At Newport Jazz Festival
(live)		25.05.1999
17.Formative Years 1941
& His Orchestra		08.06.1999
18.Adventures in Blues29.06.1999
19.HMV Jazz13.09.1999
20.Adventures In Jazz20.09.1999
21.Kenton Showcase06.06.2000Blue Note
22.Easy Go23.01.2001Blue Note
23.Portraits On Standards05.06.2001Capitol Jazz
24.Sketches On Standards23.04.2002Blue Note
25.Stompin' At Newport04.06.2002Pablo
26.Together27.08.2002Sounds Of Yesteryear
27.Clearwater 7224.09.2002Hitchcock
28.196224.09.2002Sounds Of Yesteryear
29.Complete Capitol Studio Transcriptions01.10.2002Deffinitive Classics
30.Hollywood Night Spots08.10.2002Arpeggio Jazz
31.Munich 195322.10.2002Sounds Of Yesteryear
32.Let's Go To Town19.11.2002Lightyear
33.With the Danish Radio Big Band04.03.2003Storyville
34.Stan Kenton Alumni Live On The Road
credited to: Stan Kenton Alumni Band
(live)		04.03.2003Summit
35.At Brant Inn 196322.04.2003Sounds of Yesteryear
36.Contemporary Concepts20.05.2003Blue Note
37.195127.05.2003Classics
38.Lush Interlude / The Kenton Touch08.07.2003Collectors' Choice Music
39.Kenton With Voices / Artistry in Voices and Brass08.07.2003Collectors' Choice Music
40.World We Know / Finian's Rainbow08.07.2003Collectors' Choice Music
41.One Night Stand19.08.2003Magic
42.Merry Christmas16.09.2003Blue Note
43.Artistry in Symphonic Jazz
credited to: Stan Kenton Orchestra		11.11.2003Tantara
44.Paris (1953)18.11.2003Sounds of Yesteryear
45.Time for Love18.11.2003Tantara
46.Tunes and Topics, Pt. 218.11.2003Tantara
47.Tunes and Topics, Pt. 118.11.2003Tantara
48.Horns of Plenty, Vol. 218.11.2003Tantara
49.Horns of Plenty, Vol. 118.11.2003Tantara
50.Artistry in Symphonic Jazz
credited to: Stan Kenton Orchestra		18.11.2003Tantara
51.Horns of Plenty, Vol. 302.12.2003Tantara
52.Back to Balboa24.02.2004Blue Note
53.Concerts In Miniature 1953
& His Orchestra		16.03.2004Sounds of Yesteryear
54.Live in Stockholm
& His Orchestra
(live)		20.04.2004Sounds of Yesteryear
55.Live at the Soldiers Club, Fort Ord, California 19
& His Orchestra
(live)		15.06.2004Status
56.Complete 1943-1947 Capitol Studio Master03.08.2004Definitive Classics
57.Kenton for Collectors, Vol. 121.09.2004
58.Kenton Plays Poland
& His Orchestra		21.09.2004Sounds of Yesteryear
59.Radio Rarities21.09.2004
60.Stan's Singers28.09.2004
61.CD-116.11.2004
62.CD-216.11.2004
63.Special Delivery
& His Orchestra		23.11.2004Sounds of Yesteryear
64.Redlands Concert
(live)		25.01.2005
65.Live Concert Humboldt State 1959
(live)		08.02.2005
66.Stan Kenton Today08.02.2005Dutton Vocalion
67.Gene Krupa / Stan Kenton
& Gene Krupa		15.02.2005Platinum Disc
68.Artistry in Paris17.05.2005Jasmine
69.Romantic Approach / Sophisticated Approach07.06.2005EMI
70.Viva Kenton07.06.2005Blue Note
71.Conducts Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra, Vol. 105.07.2005Tantara
72.Conducts Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra, Vol. 205.07.2005Tantara
73.At the Hollywood Bowl 1948
& His Orchestra		19.07.2005Sounds of Yesteryear
74.Stage Door Swings16.08.2005Blue Note
75.Progressive Years: 1941-194713.09.2005Jazz Legends
76.Best of Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
& His Orchestra		25.10.2005Jazz Forever
77.Live in Europe
(live)		13.12.2005Dutton Vocalion
78.Battle Royal
& Charlie Barnet & Woody Herman Orchestras		17.01.2006Sounds of Yesteryear
79.Sophisticated Approach16.05.2006Blue Note
80.Big Sounds from the Small Screen20.06.2006Dynaflow
81.Kenton for Collectors, Vol. 220.06.2006Dynaflow
82.Progressive Jazz
& His Orchestra		20.06.2006Sounds of Yesteryear
83.Stan Kenton and Friends20.06.2006Dynaflow
84.Best of Stan Kenton11.07.2006Collectables
85.1951-1952
& His Orchestra		15.08.2006Classics Fr
86.At His Very Best29.08.2006
87.Kenton Era20.02.2007Sounds of Yesteryear
88.Cool Hot and Swingin'
credited to: Stan Kenton Orchestra		10.07.2007Tantara
89.Greatest Hits Live
& His Orchestra
(live)		17.07.2007Sounds of Yesteryear
90.Artistry in Omega21.08.2007Dynaflow
91.Artistry in Rhythm21.08.2007Avid
92.Live at the Bluenote
& His Orchestra
(live)		22.01.2008Sounds of Yesteryear
93.Live from Birdland
(live)		23.09.2008Mr. Music
94.Unrecorded Stan Kenton
& His Orchestra		23.09.2008Sounds of Yesteryear
95.1952-195318.11.2008Classics
96.Viva Prado
& His Orchestra		13.01.2009Sounds of Yesteryear
97.Kenton on Campus17.02.2009Dynaflow
98.Sounds in 3-Dimensions17.02.2009Dynaflow
99.Stan's Singers, Vol. 217.02.2009Dynaflow
100.Music 5517.03.2009Sounds of Yesteryear
101.Man of Music21.04.2009Sounds of Yesteryear
102.Live from Canada
(live)		18.08.2009Mr. Music
103.Kenton Rarities13.10.2009DRG
104.From Eugene Armory Live, Pt. 1
& His Orchestra
(live)		17.11.2009Sounds of Yesteryear
105.From Eugene Armory Live, Pt. 2
& His Orchestra
(live)		19.01.2010Sounds of Yesteryear
106.Live at the Hollywood Palladium
(live)		19.01.2010Mr. Music
107.From Eugene Armory Live, Pt. 3
& His Orchestra
(live)		19.01.2010Sounds of Yesteryear
108.Live from Freedomland 62
& His Orchestra
(live)		16.02.2010Sounds of Yesteryear
109.Have Band Will Travel
credited to: The Stan Kenton Alumni Band		09.03.2010Summit
110.Swinging in San Francisco
& His Orchestra		18.05.2010Sounds of Yesteryear
111.This Is an Orchestra
credited to: Stan Kenton Orchestra		22.06.2010Tantara
112.Live At Humboldt State College In Arcata, California
& His Orchestra
(live)		21.09.2010Sounds of Yesteryear
113.Rosengarten: Manheim, Germany 23rd April 1956
(live)		15.02.2011Sounds of Yesteryear
114.Live Birdland Encores
(live)		17.05.2011Mr. Music
115.AFRS Jubilee Recordings17.05.2011Sounds of Yesteryear
116.Stan Kenton Conducts the Berlin Dream Band19.07.2011Sounds of Yesteryear
117.Dance Date 195820.09.2011Sounds of Yesteryear
118.Kenton's Christmas
& His Orchestra		12.06.2012Sector
119.8 Classic Albums26.06.2012
120.Rendezvous At Sunset
& His Orchestra		21.08.2012Sounds of Yesteryear
121.Two Shades Of Autumn
& His Orchestra		18.09.2012Sounds Of Yesteryear
122.Christmas Legends
& His Orchestra		23.10.2012Music All
123.Christmas Classics
& His Orchestra		30.10.2012Amra
124.Christmas Songs
& His Orchestra		20.11.2012Serious Class
125.It's the Talk of the Town
& His Orchestra		15.01.2013Sounds of Yesteryear
126.Live East Coast Encores
(live)		02.04.2013Mr. Music
127.Flying High in Florida
& His Orchestra		17.09.2013Sounds of Yesteryear
128.Stan Kenton Collection: 1937-194701.10.2013Acrobat
129.Road Scholars Live
credited to: Stan Kenton Alumni Band
(live)		14.01.2014Summit
130.Concerts In Miniature, Vol. 1: The Preview Performances
& His Orchestra		15.04.2014Sounds of Yesteryear
131.Concerts in Miniature, Vol. 2
& His Orchestra		17.06.2014Sounds of Yesteryear
132.Concerts in Miniature, Vol. 315.07.2014Sounds of Yesteryear
133.Concerts In Miniature, Vol. 4
& His Orchestra		19.08.2014Sounds of Yesteryear
134.Concerts in Miniature, Vol. 5
& His Orchestra		18.11.2014Sounds of Yesteryear
135.Kenton Roars! At the Golden Lion
credited to: Stan Kenton Orchestra		13.01.2015Tantara
136.Concerts in Miniature, Vol. 6
& His Orchestra		20.01.2015Sounds of Yesteryear
137.Concerts In Miniature, Vol. 7
& His Orchestra		20.01.2015Sounds of Yesteryear
138.Concerts in Miniature, Vol. 8
& His Orchestra		17.03.2015Sounds of Yesteryear
139.Concerts in Miniature, Vol. 9
& His Orchestra		16.06.2015Sounds of Yesteryear
140.Concerts in Miniature, Vol.10
& His Orchestra		21.08.2015Sounds of Yesteryear
141.Live: His Artistry in Rhythms18.09.2015Mr. Music
142.Road Show
& His Orchestra & Ann Richards & The Four Freshmen		27.11.2015Capitol
143.Concerts in Miniature, Vol. 11
& His Orchestra		19.02.2016Sounds of Yesteryear
144.Concerts in Miniature, Vol. 12
& His Orchestra		18.03.2016Sounds of Yesteryear
145.The Stuttgart Experience
credited to: Stan Kenton Orchestra		01.04.2016Jazzhaus
146.Storming Through the South
& His Orchestra		01.04.2016Summit
147.Concerts in Miniature, Vol. 13
& His Orchestra		20.05.2016Sounds of Yesteryear
148.Concerts in Miniature, Vol. 14
& His Orchestra		17.06.2016Sounds of Yesteryear
149.Hits30.09.2016Sure Shot Production
150.Concerts in Miniature, Vol. 16
& His Orchestra		07.10.2016Sounds of Yesteryear
151.The Essential Recordings14.10.2016Primo
152.Concerts in Miniature, Vol. 15
& His Orchestra		21.10.2016Sounds of Yesteryear
153.Concerts in Miniature, Vol. 1720.01.2017Sounds of Yesteryear
154.A Kenton Celebration
& Brigham Young University Synthesis & Stan Kenton Orchestra		10.02.2017Tantara

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
& Red Dorris		3/1944 10
2.And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
& His Orchestra & Anita O'Day & Band Ensemble		9/1944 4
3.How Many Hearts Have You Broken?
& His Orchestra & Gene Howard		10/1944 9
4.Tampico
& His Orchestra & June Christy & Band Ensemble		7/1945 4
5.It's Been A Long, Long Time
& His Orchestra & June Christy		10/1945 7
6.Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy
& June Christy		3/1946 9
7.Orange Coloured Sky
& Nat King Cole		10/1950 11
8.September Song
& His Orchestra		4/1951 20
9.Laura
& His Orchestra		8/1951 17
10.My Love
& Nat King Cole		7/1960 Capitol 47
11.Mama Sang A Song10/1962 Capitol 32

Press References:

Melodie
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
197911 333profile
Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1972012.02.197222Caught In The Actgig review
1972012.02.197232Jazz Sceneinterview
19731010.03.197351Jazz Sceneinterview
19762703.07.197624Jazz Albumsalbum review
19764002.10.197633Caught In The Actgig review
19772304.06.197732Jazz Albumsalbum review
1979106.01.197918Jazz Albumsalbum review
19793301.09.197927profile