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Listen to Stan Kenton, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!

Stan Kenton

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Listen to My Lady by Stan Kenton, see lyrics, music video & more!
My LadyStan Kenton
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DjangoStan Kenton
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Peanut VendorStan Kenton
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Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Remastered 2024)Stan Kenton

Latest Release

Listen to Genius In Rhythm (Remastered 2024) by Stan Kenton
ALBUMGenius In Rhythm (Remastered 2024)Stan Kenton

More albums from Stan Kenton

Listen to Mellophonium Memoirs by Stan Kenton
ALBUMMellophonium MemoirsStan Kenton
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ALBUMKenton CelebrationStan Kenton & BYU Synthesis
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ALBUMTreasures Big Band Classics, Vol. 97: Stan KentonStan Kenton
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ALBUMKenton Roars! At the Golden LionStan Kenton
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ALBUMJazz Masters: Stan KentonStan Kenton
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ALBUMDouble Feature, Vol. 3Stan Kenton & EWOC
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ALBUMRoad Band '67Stan Kenton
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ALBUMThis Is an OrchestraStan Kenton
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ALBUMStan Kenton-Festival of Modern American JazzStan Kenton
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ALBUMcool Hot & Swingin'Stan Kenton
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ALBUM1948 Live Click Club, Philadelphia (Live)Stan Kenton
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ALBUMGranadaStan Kenton
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ALBUMHorns of Plenty Vol. 1Stan Kenton
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ALBUMHorns of Plenty Vol. 3Stan Kenton
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ALBUMArtistry In Symphonic JazzStan Kenton
Listen to Tunes & Topics, Pt. One by Stan Kenton
ALBUMTunes & Topics, Pt. OneStan Kenton
Listen to Tunes & Topics, Pt. Two by Stan Kenton
ALBUMTunes & Topics, Pt. TwoStan Kenton
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ALBUMClearwater '72Stan Kenton
Listen to Celebration - Back to Balboa, Vol. 6 by Stan Kenton
ALBUMCelebration - Back to Balboa, Vol. 6Stan Kenton
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ALBUMThe Sound of KentonStan Kenton
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ALBUMV-discStan Kenton
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ALBUMOut Of NowhereStan Kenton
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ALBUMMasters of Swing: Stan KentonStan Kenton
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ALBUMA Time for LoveStan Kenton
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ALBUMCity of GlassStan Kenton
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ALBUMJourney Into CapricornStan Kenton
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ALBUMStreet of DreamsStan Kenton
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ALBUMStan Kenton Plays ChicagoStan Kenton
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ALBUMFinian's RainbowStan Kenton
Listen to The Jazz Compositions of Dee Barton (2007 Remaster) by Stan Kenton
ALBUMThe Jazz Compositions of Dee Barton (2007 Remaster)Stan Kenton
Listen to Stan Kenton Conducts The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra by Stan Kenton & The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra
ALBUMStan Kenton Conducts The Los Angeles Neophonic OrchestraStan Kenton & The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra
Listen to Artistry In Voices And Brass (Expanded Edition) by Stan Kenton
ALBUMArtistry In Voices And Brass (Expanded Edition)Stan Kenton
Listen to Artistry In Bossa Nova by Stan Kenton
ALBUMArtistry In Bossa NovaStan Kenton
Listen to Adventures In Blues (Expanded Edition) by Stan Kenton
ALBUMAdventures In Blues (Expanded Edition)Stan Kenton
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ALBUMAdventures in JazzStan Kenton
Listen to Viva Kenton! by Stan Kenton
ALBUMViva Kenton!Stan Kenton
Listen to Adventures In Time (Remastered) by Stan Kenton
ALBUMAdventures In Time (Remastered)Stan Kenton
Listen to Sophisticated Approach (Expanded Edition) by Stan Kenton
ALBUMSophisticated Approach (Expanded Edition)Stan Kenton
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ALBUMTwo Much!Ann Richards & Stan Kenton
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ALBUMThe Romantic ApproachStan Kenton
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ALBUMKenton's West Side StoryStan Kenton
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ALBUMStandards In SilhouetteStan Kenton
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ALBUMBack To BalboaStan Kenton
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ALBUMRendezvous With KentonStan Kenton
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ALBUMCuban FireStan Kenton
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ALBUMKenton in Hi-FiStan Kenton
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ALBUMContemporary ConceptsStan Kenton
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ALBUMKenton ShowcaseStan Kenton
Listen to Sketches On Standards (Expanded Edition) by Stan Kenton
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ALBUMPortraits on StandardsStan Kenton
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ALBUMNew Concepts of Artistry In RhythmStan Kenton
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Listen to The Formative Years by Stan Kenton
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Artist Playlists

Stan Kenton Essentials
Stan Kenton Essentials
He gave the jazz big band new life well past the ‘40s.
Stan Kenton Essentials
Stan Kenton: Deep Cuts
Stan Kenton: Deep Cuts
The bandleader maintained a healthy output well into the ‘70s.
Stan Kenton: Deep Cuts

About Stan Kenton

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Hometown
Wichita, United States of America
Born
1911
Genre
Jazz
Stan Kenton was the last major leader to emerge during the big band era of jazz, forming his protean orchestra in the early 1940s before going on to define a more technical, brassy iteration of the tradition that had as many detractors as adherents. Kenton was born in Wichita, Kansas, in 1911, and was already playing the piano by the time his family resettled in suburban Los Angeles in 1924. After spending much of the 1930s touring the Southwest in various bands, he formed his first band in 1940, working in a swing style and releasing a series of records for Decca that eventually found an audience. Many future stars worked in Kenton’s orchestra—which recorded for Capitol from the late 1940s until the end of the 1960s—including saxophonists Art Pepper, Bud Shank, and Stan Getz; singer June Christy; and trumpeters Maynard Ferguson and Conte Candoli. He forged a dense, brass-heavy sound articulated through complicated arrangements with fiery intensity and blaring volume. He also worked with a variety of arrangers including Pete Rugolo and Bob Graettinger, who experimented with form, pushing the music away from the dancefloor and toward the concert hall. Kenton achieved peak popularity in the 1950s, toggling between rhythmically driven excursions informed by swing and Cuban tradition. By the following decade, the group’s general popularity had waned even as it consolidated a fervent big band following, echoing the format’s decline within jazz. After being dropped by Capitol, Kenton launched his own Creative World label in 1970 and recorded prolifically for the new imprint, continuing to tour regularly until 1978, when failing health led him to disband the group. Kenton died in 1979 aged 67, shortly after suffering a stroke.

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Stan Kenton has also released music as a member of The Stan Kenton Band, Stan Kenton & The Innovations Orchestra, and Stan Kenton and His Orchestra.