[Dixielandjazz] Frank Sinatra Jr. interviewed

[Jack Mitchell]

> But the younger Sinatra is a storehouse of jazz academia and its changes 
> through
> the years, which keeps it continually viable in an age of synthetic music 
> and current
> fads.
> "The big jazz band sound changed in the 1960s with Stan Kenton, who was 
> primarily
> responsible with experimenting and more flexibility in the sound.


It seems that Sinatra's "storehouse of jazz academia" (whatever that means) 
needs some revision. Kenton changed the big band sound in the 1940s. Whether 
it was for better or worse, I'll leave others to discuss.

Best wishes
Jack Mtchell