[Dixielandjazz] From Mike Vax on rumors of Stan Kenton's 'racism.'

[JButler916 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/18/03 11:39:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
james at jiming.demon.co.uk writes:

> He clearly was a very stupid man (eg: supporting Wallace), and his bend was 
> a
> lumbering, pretentious monstrosity that often included some good jazz 
> players

Some good jazz players indeed. One only has to look at the personel for the 
1952 Kenton band to see a who's who of jazz greats! Maybe they were not or 
are not OKOM players but many were one of a kind such as Frank Rosolino and 
Maynard Ferguson.

Jim Butler
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