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STAN KENTON
This Is An Orchestra
Double CD
A COLORFUL, FASCINATING AND DRAMATIC JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOMENTOUS FRONTIERS OPENED BY THE KENTON CARVAN! EACH DECADE IS REPRESENTED BY ARGUABLY ITS MOST INFLUENTIAL KENTON ORCHESTRAS!
“…not just jazz, but eternal music with the great inner authority of a work of art.”
- PC Newman |
DISC 1 |
Feb. 22, 1948 - DownBeat Awards -
Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL |
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Feb. 1, 1956 - Soldier's Club,
Fort Ord, Monterey, CA |
1) |
THEME & INTRODUCTION |
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14) |
A THEME OF FOUR VALUES |
2) |
LOVER |
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15) |
YOUNG BLOOD |
3) |
JUNE CHRISTY AWARD |
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16) |
INTERMISSION RIFF |
4) |
LONELY WOMAN |
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17) |
CHEROKEE |
5) |
PETE RUGOLO AWARD |
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18) |
TAKE THE 'A' TRAIN |
6) |
IMPRESSIONISM |
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19) |
POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS |
7) |
EDDIE SAFRANSKI AWARD |
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20) |
FEARLESS FINLAY |
8) |
SAFRANSKI |
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21) |
I'M GLAD THERE IS YOU |
9) |
SHELLY MANNE AWARD |
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22) |
KINGFISH |
10) |
ARTISTRY IN PERCUSSION |
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23) |
OUT OF NOWHERE |
11) |
STAN KENTON AWARD |
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24) |
LIMELIGHT |
12) |
THE PEANUT VENDOR |
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13) |
THEME & SIGN-OFF |
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DISC 2 |
1961-62
Four Mellophonium Band Dates |
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1971 - Springfield, Ohio
1973 - Bristol, Somerset, England |
1) |
GONE WITH THE WIND |
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10) |
WHAT ARE YOU DOING
THE REST OF MY LIFE |
2) |
INTERMISSION RIFF |
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11) |
NO HARMFUL SLIDE EFFECTS |
3) |
SOPHISTICATED LADY |
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12) |
OF SPACE AND TIME |
4) |
LULLABY OF BIRDLAND |
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13) |
FOR BETTER AND
FOR WORSTER |
5) |
IT'S A BIG WIDE
WONDERFUL WORLD |
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14) |
STREET OF DREAMS |
6) |
GIVE ME A SONG WITH
A BEAUTIFUL MELODY |
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15) |
MALAGA |
7) |
PROLOGUE –
WEST SIDE STORY |
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16) |
ARTISTRY IN RHYTHM |
8) |
MARIA |
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9) |
MALAGUENA |
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