Stan Kenton Discography of CDs

STAN KENTON CD discography w. His Orchestra, 1973. From Creative World

STAN KENTON albums The second of the six Hindsight Artist LPs covers the same early period as the first. Tenor-saxophonist Red Dorris and trumpeter Chico Alvarez are the main soloists while Kenton's arrangements (including the four part "Suite for Saxophones") are the main reason that this orchestra gained such a loyal following. No other big band sounded like it and, although its sound would evolve and change (the emphasis in the early days was on the saxophone section led by altoist Jack Ordean), the performances by Artist's first orchestra can easily be enjoyed by the fans of his later bands. These formerly rare performances are taken from radio transcriptions and contain many songs not otherwise recorded by Kenton. ~ Scott Yanow

STAN KENTON music CDs Recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago, Illinois in June 1974. Includes liner notes by Artist. Personnel includes: Artist (leader, piano); Roy Reynolds (saxophone); John Harner, Dave Zeagler (trumpet); Dick Shearer, Lloyd Spoon (trombone); Mike Ross (bass); Peter Erskine (drums); Ramon Lopez (percussion).

STAN KENTON discography This double album is pretty definitive of Artist's later orchestras. Few of the musicians ever became even minor names; not counting veteran saxophonist Willie Maiden, trumpeters Mike Vax and Warren Gale, trombonist Dick Shearer and drummer John Von Ohlen are the only recognizable players. The arrangements are generally workmanlike and sometimes dramatic but rarely memorable (those of Bill Holman and...

STAN KENTON songs Hindsight has released six Artist LPs originating from noncommercial sources. The first volume, taken from various radio transcriptions cut during 1941, gives one an interesting look at the early Kenton orchestra including performances of many songs that were not otherwise recorded by the innovative bandleader....

STAN KENTON CD discography National Anthems of: Austria, Belgium, Burma, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Czechoslavakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guinea, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Isreal, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Nationalist China, Norway, People's Republic of China, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Union of Soviet Socialist ...

STAN KENTON albums This LP was Artist's only solo piano record of his career, and it's a disappointment. Kenton was never a virtuoso but he had an Earl Hines-inspired style and was capable of much better than this introspective and wandering outing. There are some moments of interest...

This collector's album features Artist's Orchestra on five V-discs from Oct. 1945 and a full radio broadcast from Nov. 27 of that year. June Christy takes five vocals (including "Just A Sittin' and A Rockin'"); ballad singer Gene Howard has two spots; and the main...

The sixth of Hindsight's six Artist LPs features his Mellophonium Orchestra, a 22-piece ensemble with 19 horns including a four-piece mellophonium section. These noncommercial recordings (cut strictly for radio airplay) include charts by several arrangers (with Gene Roland and Ray Starling represented the most) and...

Recorded live At Redlands University and Brigham Young University, all of the tracks have been remixed and technically enhanced to improve the original sound. Recent reissue with the Kenton orchestra doing some '50s and '60s hits in concert during the '70s. ~ Ron Wynn