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The Kenton band was alive and well for its return engagement at the Golden Lion in Dayton, Ohio in October 1970. Any brick wall within a mile of the club needed to be repointed after Stan and his world-class musicians completed their sortie, another of the hits and runs common to road bands. This tour was one of the opening forays of the magnificent Kenton bands of the 70s.

In this 1972 interview, Stan Kenton relates, in fine detail, the history of the band, the players and arrangers that brought the band to prominence, and the distinct periods of the band’s history.

Part One (Double CD)
T2CD-1114

TUNES (disc one - 68:06)

1. DIDN’T WE
2. BOGOTA
3. TICO TICO
4. WHAT ARE YOU DOING
   THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
5. CHIAPAS
6. A MAN AND A WOMAN
7. TERRY TALK
8. BON HOMME RICHARD
9. HERE’S THAT RAINY DAY
10. A LITTLE MINOR BOOZE
11. SODOMY

TOPICS (disc two - 38:36)

1. THE BAND’S STARTUP
2. FIRST EASTERN TOUR/
   PROGRESSIVE JAZZ
3. STANDARDIZATION OF WRITING
4. STAN’S NEAR DEPARTURE FROM MUSIC
5. INNOVATIONS TOURS
6. INNOVATIONS WRITERS
7. POST INNOVATIONS PERIOD
8. SHARED IDEAS ON CHARTS
9. CUBAN FIRE
10. MELLOPHONIUM ERA
11. GOODBYE TO CAPITOL
12. NEOPHONIC
13. CREATIVE WORLD
14. KENTON CLINICS/YOUNG PLAYERS
15. MAYNARD FERGUSON
16. SHELLY MANNE

TUNES (disc one - 63:18)

1. INTERMISSION RIFF
2. MAC ARTHUR PARK & REPRISE
3. GRANADA
4. GIRL TALK
5. HEY JUDE
6. TIARE
7. THE PEANUT VENDOR
8. TONIGHT
9. MALAGUENA

TOPICS (disc two - 41:12)

1. THE STATE OF JAZZ
2. BILL HOLMAN/GERRY MULLIGAN
3. DEE BARTON
4. JOHNNY RICHARDS
5. BILL RUSSO
6. GENE ROLAND
7. LENNIE NIEHAUS
8. HANK LEVY
9. KEN HANNA
10. PETE RUGOLO
11. 1959 BAND/
    TROPICANA LP
12. JACK SHELDON
13. 1972 BAND/YOUNG PLAYERS
14. CHARLIE MARIANO
15. ZOOT SIMS
16. MEL LEWIS
17. CREATIVITY INTERPRETED
18. A LEADER’S INFLUENCE
19. KENTON’S RECORDED LIBRARY