http://mp3.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 Banden720Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:03:33 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.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://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2720609&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 1.29 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://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2720609&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2720609&variant=data&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30175368&rws=%2Fstan-kenton%2Ftop-tracks.rss Big Band Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Stan Kenton on Rhapsody Online 30175368 tra.30175368 Stan Kenton art.6360 0.99 Stan Kenton And His Orchestra alb.30169680 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