Stan Kenton
Subtitle: this is an orchestra!
By: by Michael Sparke.
Series: North Texas lives of musicians -- no. 5; North Texas lives of musicians series -- no. 5.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Denton, Tex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781574412840
Subjects: Kenton, Stan; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Balboa bandwagon; title: Hollywood highs and Big Apple blues (1941/1942); title: Hanging on (1942/1943); title: Dance band days (1944/1945); title: A new beginning; title: The arrival of Rugolo; title: The artistry orchestra; title: Artistry off the rails; title: Progressive jazz; title: The lost years (1948/1949); title: Innovations in modern music (1950/1951); title: New concepts of artistry in rhythm; title: If it's Tuesday, it must be Belgium; title: "Kenton presents jazz" (1954/1955); title: Stompin' at the Savoy; title: Fuego cubano!; title: Back to Balboa (1957/1958); title: Standards in silhouette (1958/1959); title: The restless searcher; title: Four of a kind: the mellophonium orchestra; title: Adventures in time (1962/1963); title: Adventure in emotion: the LA Neophonic (1964/1968); title: Marking time (1965/1966); title: Delights and disappointments (1967/1969); title: The creative world of Stan Kenton; title: Macumba!; title: Height of ecstasy (1972/1973); title: Kenton goes rock (1973/1974); title: The road to "no where" (1975/1976); title: Accident!; title: Wounded warrior; title: The end of an era; title: Postlude.