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Stan Kenton
Merry Christmas! CD (2003)
Bob Rolfe CD discography
 $9.39   
When bandleader Stan Kenton was approached to record an album of holiday music in 1961 he agreed, on one condition -- no songs about singing snowmen or flying reindeer. The resulting album, A Merry Christmas, is a polyphonic masterpiece that
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Stan Kenton
Best Of Stan Kenton CD (1995)
Bob Rolfe albums
$11.69 
No one would ever accuse the Stan Kenton Orchestra of swinging all that much. Still, this leading proponent of "progressive" jazz was singly influential in spurring on the West Coast scene.
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Lou Rawls
Black & Blue/Tabacco Road CD (2006) Bonus Tracks
Bob Rolfe discography
$12.55
Both BLACK AND BLUE and TOBACCO ROAD focus on jazz and blues standards, including George Gershwin's "Summertime," Hoagy Carmichael's "Rockin' Chair," W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues," and John D. Loudermilk's "Tobacco Road," which would become Rawls's signature tune.
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Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton's West Side Story CD (1961)
Bob Rolfe albums
$9.35
When the producers of the film West Side Story heard a sampling of what the Stan Kenton Orchestra had done to their score, they were disappointed that they had not thought to ask the band to play on the soundtrack.
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Stan Kenton
Adventures In Jazz CDs (1963)
Bob Rolfe CD discography
$9.15
This excellent outing by the 1961 edition of Stan Kenton's orchestra has one classic (Bill Holman's arrangement of "Malaguena"), a superior solo by altoist Gabe Baltazar on "Stairway to the Stars," a feature for Ray Starling's Mellophonium ("Misty"), a good
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Nat "King" Cole
Big Band Cole CD (1991)
Bob Rolfe music CDs
$9.29 
In a couple of irresistible pairings, Nat "King" Cole is heard here with both the Count Basie Orchestra (without Basie, who is replaced by Gerald Wiggins) and Stan Kenton's orchestra. The Basie band cuts--the album's first dozen tracks--were recorded in
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Stan Kenton
Horns Of Plenty, Vol. 1 CDs (2003)
Bob Rolfe songs
$14.79
This is the first of three double CDs that match a disc of live performances from Stan Kenton's Mellophonium Orchestra of
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Stan Kenton
Horns Of Plenty, Vol. 2 CDs (2003)
Bob Rolfe CD discography
$15.89 |
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Stan Kenton
Mellophonium Moods CD (1962) Reissued
Bob Rolfe music CDs
$15.75 |
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Stan Kenton
Mellophonium Magic CDs (1962)
Bob Rolfe discography
$18.05 |
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