[Dixielandjazz] Frank Sinatra Jr. interviewed
Robert Ringwald
rsr at ringwald.com
Fri Mar 11 16:09:06 PST 2011
Jack Mitchell wrote:
>> 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
Could be a typo on the part of the interviewer, or editor.
--Bob Ringwald
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