http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6360&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rssStan Kenton led one of the most successful big bands from the end of the Swing era through the counterculture revolution of the 1960s. Kenton's vision was unique and he often favored bombast and experimentation over the pulse of Swing. Oddly, the musicians he hired were the swingin'est around. Art Pepper, Anita O'Day, Shelly Manne, Shorty Rogers, Maynard Ferguson, June Christy and countless others all became stars with Kenton and went on to successful solo careers. If pretension often got the best of him, much of Kenton's music was great. Songs like "23 Degrees North - 82 Degrees West," -- which incorporated Latin rhythms without conga drums -- are still amazingly vital, while such albums as <I>City of Glass</I> remain cutting edge Third Stream works. Kenton's reputation suffered at the hands of latter day critics who complained that his music wasn't "black" enough. Today, people are waking up to the fact that his music was special because it sounded like no one else's. - Nick DedinaBig Banden720Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:39:22 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6360&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss Stan Kenton led one of the most successful big bands from the end of the Swing era through the counterculture revolution of the 1960s. Kenton's vision was unique and he often favored bombast and experimentation over the pulse of Swing. Oddly, the musicians he hired were the swingin'est around. Art Pepper, Anita O'Day, Shelly Manne, Shorty Rogers, Maynard Ferguson, June Christy and countless others all became stars with Kenton and went on to successful solo careers. If pretension often got the best of him, much of Kenton's music was great. Songs like "23 Degrees North - 82 Degrees West," -- which incorporated Latin rhythms without conga drums -- are still amazingly vital, while such albums as <I>City of Glass</I> remain cutting edge Third Stream works. Kenton's reputation suffered at the hands of latter day critics who complained that his music wasn't "black" enough. Today, people are waking up to the fact that his music was special because it sounded like no one else's. - Nick Dedina http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.861370&variant=play&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Tue, 23 Sep 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Stan Kenton on Rhapsody Online 861370 tra.861370 Stan Kenton art.6360 0.0 Jazz Profile No. 19 alb.121520 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/7/1/8/398171_170x170.jpg 1997-09-23 00:00:00.0 1997-09-23 00:00:00.0 true Gloomy Sunday tra.861370 288000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.861370&variant=play&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.861370&variant=data&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.861220&variant=play&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss Big Band Sun, 1 Jan 1961 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Stan Kenton on Rhapsody Online 861220 tra.861220 Stan Kenton art.6360 0.99 Adventures In Jazz alb.189408 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/4/3/8/398349_170x170.jpg 1999-08-24 00:00:00.0 1961-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Misty tra.861220 217000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.861220&variant=play&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.861220&variant=data&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2720609&variant=play&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss Big Band Tue, 23 Sep 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Stan Kenton on Rhapsody Online 2720609 tra.2720609 Stan Kenton art.6360 0.99 Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails 2 alb.196278 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/9/4/2/512497_170x170.jpg 2000-10-24 00:00:00.0 1997-09-23 00:00:00.0 true What Is a Santa Claus tra.2720609 149000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2720609&variant=play&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2720609&variant=data&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10359329&variant=play&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss Big Band Wed, 5 Jul 1961 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Stan Kenton on Rhapsody Online 10359329 tra.10359329 Stan Kenton art.6360 0.99 Sophisticated Approach alb.10358077 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/2/6/7/837629_170x170.jpg 2006-05-16 00:00:00.0 1961-07-05 00:00:00.0 true Darn That Dream tra.10359329 133000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10359329&variant=play&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10359329&variant=data&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.861292&variant=play&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Thu, 28 May 1953 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Stan Kenton on Rhapsody Online 861292 tra.861292 Stan Kenton art.6360 0.99 City Of Glass alb.283575 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/3/8/6/416831_170x170.jpg 1995-08-01 00:00:00.0 1953-05-28 00:00:00.0 true Thermopylae tra.861292 176000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.861292&variant=play&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.861292&variant=data&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.533693&variant=play&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss Big Band Thu, 18 Jul 1968 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Stan Kenton on Rhapsody Online 533693 tra.533693 Stan Kenton art.6360 0.99 Retrospective alb.234519 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/8/2/8/398284_170x170.jpg 1992-07-06 00:00:00.0 1968-07-18 00:00:00.0 true Tampico tra.533693 165000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.533693&variant=play&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.533693&variant=data&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10960150&variant=play&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss Big Band Wed, 1 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Stan Kenton on Rhapsody Online 10960150 tra.10960150 Stan Kenton art.6360 0.99 Salute To Stan Kenton alb.10959851 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/5/1/8/868158_170x170.jpg 2006-02-01 00:00:00.0 2006-02-01 00:00:00.0 true Come Back To Sorrento tra.10960150 128000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10960150&variant=play&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10960150&variant=data&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.861358&variant=play&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss Big Band Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Stan Kenton on Rhapsody Online 861358 tra.861358 Stan Kenton art.6360 0.0 A Merry Christmas! 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