[Dixielandjazz] Kenton Changes Big Band Sound

[Harry Callaghan]

While this is by no means intended as criticism of Mr. Kenton , when I saw
him on the same bill as Count Basie at NY's Carnegie Hall in 1960,  all the
members of his band looked young enough to be his sons.

His wife at the time, Ann Richards was vocalist............no, she was never
governor of Texas.
HC
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Stan Brager <sbrager at verizon.net> wrote:

> Like many big band leaders, Kenton changed his big band sound many times as
> did most of the big jazz bands - Goodman, Shaw, Basie, Herman, etc. They
> accomplished this mostly by disbanding and reforming. Duke Ellington, on
> the
> other hand, never disbanded - his music simply evolved as his capabilities
> as a composer and arranger grew. Along with this, came the usual changes in
> personnel (rare by most big band standards) and the numerical increase in
> band members.
>
> Stan
> Stan Brager
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen G Barbone [mailto:barbonestreet at earthlink.net]
> > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 4:44 PM
> > To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> > Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> > Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Kenton Changes Big Band Sound
> >
> > > "Jack Mitchell" <fjmitch at westnet.com.au> 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.
> >
> > > To which Bob Ringwald suggested could have been a typo.
> >
> > I would add that perhaps Sinatra Jr. was referring to Kenton's
> > Mellophonium band circa 1960-63. This version had its own 4
> > mellophonium section and was a change from previous Kenton sounds. He
> > even won a Grammy and it was the foundation of his educational work
> > with colleges and high schools which legacy and big band influence
> > continues today.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steve Barbone
> > www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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