Stan Kenton his Orchestra Opus In Pastels 01, 04, 1972 World of Jazz

Bigband leader and pianist Stanley Newcomb Stan Kenton (19111979), a progressive and back in the 50s also a controversial musician, is nowadays looked upon as one of the biggest bandleaders of all time. Already in the 40s he toured around the world, and he gave his famous Concert in Progressive Jazz in Carnegie Hall. In the early fifties he founded a 43member orchestra, Innovations in Modern Music, After two tours it seemed financially not possible to continue this project, He also recorded lots of albums, and in 1970 he started to cooperate with the creative world label. This lead to several concerts around the world, including the performance in Rotterdam. In this material we also recognize: Bass John Worster Drum John von Ohlen Trumpet Dick Shearer Percussion Ramon Lopez Kenton is also known for his talent scouting and his nose for talent, he worked with big shots like Maynard Ferguson and Stan Getz. The song, here performed is Take the Atrain, a jazz standard b