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This Is An Orchestra

Artist: Stan Kenton
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Format: CD
SKU: TAN111252  |  Barcode: 780291112520
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Description

This fascinating flip through the Kenton story brings you prime performances by his most influential orchestra of each decade. Join him in '48 in Chicago (Lover; Impressionism; Safranski), in '56 in Monterey, CA (Cherokee; Young Blood; Intermission Riff), in '61 and '62 with his Mellophonium Band (Maria; Malaguena; Gone with the Wind) and in '71 and '73 in Ohio and England (Malaga; of Space and Time; Artistry in Rhythm). 40 tracks!

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Specifications
  • Format
    CD
  • Composers
    Edward Heyman, Bill Holman, Bill Russo, Leonard Bernstein, Marion Sunshine, Stan Kenton, Ray Wetzel, James Van Heusen, Benny Carter, Pete Rugolo, Irving Mills, Allie Wrubel, Lorenz Hart, Stephen Sondheim, Marilyn Bergman, Duke Ellington, Johnny Burke, Johnny Green, Jimmy Dorsey, Ernesto Lecuona, Richard Rodgers, Michel Legrand, Victor Young, George Shearing, Mitchell Parish, Gerry Mulligan, Moisés Simóns, Jule Styne, Alan Bergman, Herbert Magidson, Hank Levy, Willie Maiden, Sam Lewis, Sammy Cahn, Ray Noble, Billy Strayhorn
  • Label
    Tantara Records
  • Genre
    Big Band
  • Number of Discs
    2
  • Release Date
    6/22/2010

Tracks

  • 1 Theme & Introduction
  • 2 Lover
  • 3 Downbeat Award to June Christy By Editor Ned Williams
  • 4 Lonely Woman
  • 5 Downbeat Award to Pete Rugolo
  • 6 Impressionism
  • 7 Downbeat Award to Eddie Safranski
  • 8 Safranski
  • 9 Downbeat Award to Shelly Manne
  • 10 Artistry in Percussion
  • 11 Downbeat Award to Stan Kenton
  • 12 The Peanut Vendor
  • 13 Theme & Sign-Off
  • 14 A Theme of Four Values
  • 15 Young Blood
  • 16 Intermission Riff
  • 17 Cherokee
  • 18 Take the 'A' Train
  • 19 Polka Dots and Moonbeams
  • 20 Fearless Finlay
  • 21 I'm Glad There Is You
  • 22 Kingfish
  • 23 Out of Nowhere
  • 24 Limelight
  • 25 Gone with the Wind
  • 26 Intermission Riff
  • 27 Sophisticated Lady
  • 28 Lullaby of Birdland
  • 29 It's a Big Wide Wonderful World
  • 30 Give Me a Song with a Beautiful Melody
  • 31 Prologue: West Side Story
  • 32 Maria
  • 33 Malaguena
  • 34 What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
  • 35 No Harmful Slide Effects
  • 36 Of Space and Time
  • 37 For Better and for Worster
  • 38 Street of Dreams
  • 39 Malaga
  • 40 Artistry in Rhythm